2018年山西省英语人教版必修2 Unit 1 Cultural relics 同步练习（八）.docVIP

Unit 1 Cultural relics 同步练习(八) 一.完形填空 In history, a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback. He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows. The work was dirty, tiring and not very well paid. People in the western states had to __1__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern ___2__ But someone had to __3____ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad. This was the job of a cowboy. Sometimes the ___4__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __5___ as six months to move the cattle. The_ _6__ was long but the cattle were driven ___7___ as not to lose __8___. Then they could be sold at a good price. Most cowboys were young, ___9___ men. A good horse __10____ their job of moving cattle much easier. A good cowboy __11___ cows and knew how to control them. At night, he _12___ to the cows to keep them calm In the late 1800s, America was changing from a nation of farm to one of ___13___ and cities. The cowboy seemed __14___ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs. Today, the ___15___ f cowboys has __16___ greatly. One change is the use of trucks. The job is not so hard_ __17___ it used to be. And cowboys are better __18___ now. They are ___19___ to be married. Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers. Some work for big companies. __20___ at night and on weekends, they become cowboys. These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat, keeping the beef price low. ( ) l. A. get B. buy C. sell D. raise ( ) 2. A. markets B. countries C. cities D. stories ( ) 3. A. deal with B. find out C. look after D. pay off ( ) 4. A. road B. railroad C. state D. farm ( ) 5. A. good B. much C. long D. far ( ) 6. A. journey B. trip C. tour D. travel ( ) 7. A. hurriedly B. smoothly C. slowly