【阅读理解NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehaveonehundredandseventyhorsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofee】

　　阅读理解

　　NewYorkisoneofthelastlargeAmericancitiestohavesomeofitspolicemenonhorseback.TheNewYorkpolicehaveonehundredandseventyhorsesworkingincertainpartsofthecity.Thehorsesareexpensivetofeed,butitisevenmoreexpensivetolookafterthem.Becausethehorsesmustwalkonthestreets,theyneedspecialhorseshoes.Infact,theyneedmorethaneightthousandofthemeachyear.EverypolicehorseinNewYorkgetsnewshoeseverymonth.Keepingtheseshoesingoodrepairisthejobofsixblacksmiths.Thereareonlyaboutthirty-fiveoftheseblacksmithsinthewholeUnitedStates.

　　Thecostofshoesonahorseisbetweentwentydollarsandthirty-fivedollars,andittakesagoodblacksmithtwoorthreehourstodothejob.

　　Ablacksmith'sjobisnotaneasyone.Hemustbeabletoshapeashoefromapieceofmetalandthenfitittothehorsesfoot.Theblacksmithmustbendoverallthetimewhenheisfittingtheshoeandmustholdtheweightofthehorse'slegwhileheworks.Clearly,ablacksmithmustbeverystrong.Butevenmoreimportant,hemustbeabletodealwithhorse'sfullbeforetheblacksmithcanbeginhiswork,hehastogetthehorsetoliftitsleg.

　　OneoftheblacksmithinNewYorkisJamesCorbin.HecametothecountryfromIrelandin1948.Henotonlymakeshorseshoesforthepolicebutalsoworksforagroupofhorseownersnearthecity.Corbinbecameinterestedinblacksmithingbecausehisfatherdidit,andasheputsit,it'sagoodwaytomakealiving.

　　1．Accordingtothereadingpassage,ablacksmithmustbelikelya________man.

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　　A．cleverB．richC．strongD．lucky2．JamesCorbinbecameablacksmithbecausehe________.

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　　A．wasinterestedinhorses

　　B．wasneededbythepolicemen

　　C．drewapictureofthehorseshoe

　　D．hadtomakealiving

　　3．Inthereadingpassage,toshapeashoeisto________.

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　　A．fititonthehorse'sfoot

　　B．useitfortwoorthreehours

　　C．maketheformofahorseshoefromapieceofmetal

　　D．drawapictureoftheshoe

　　4．Thebesttitleforthepassageis________.

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　　A．PolicemenonHorseback

　　B．BlacksmithsandHorseshoes