The name “cowboy” conjures up many different images from movies, songs and TV. These imagined cowboys range from white-hat-wearing heroes to gun-shooting hooligans(流氓).But, cowboys are actually real people from US history.?
When the US Civil War ended, many soldiers had no place to call home. So, they began to drift to the country's rural West. Ranchers(農(nóng)場主) hired these men to take care of the cattle and work around the ranch. When the ranch owner wanted to sell the cattle, the cowboys would round up the herd from the open prairie(牧場) and drive the cattle miles to the market.?
With the invention of barbed wire(鐵絲網(wǎng)),the cowboy era(1865-1890) began to come to an end. But people in the East had always been curious about their lifestyle. Many country/western songs during this time tried to capture the true cowboy spirit. Newspapers published cowboy tales in serial form and adventure novels followed. The bigger the fiction, the better the sales. These novels often portrayed cowboys as cruel and violent men. Cowboys carried the bad reputation for many years afterwards.
When movies began to be popular in the 1920s,the cowboy image changed again. Now, a cowboy became the great white knight(騎士) that loved his horse more than the beautiful ladies he rescued. As the cowboy of the “Old West” spent more time with his horse than the ladies, this era's image was not entirely false.
Then, in the 50s,Hollywood began producing so-called “spaghetti westerns(意大利西部片)”.They earned the nickname because Italian companies financed the films and TV shows. This started the decade's “Cowboy Craze”.While this didn't last long, it made modern country/western music, fashion and dance extremely popular.?
In recent years, with the help of musicians, radio stations and bars, cowboy nostalgia(懷舊情緒) has returned. Even though his image is still changing—somewhere between ballad singing country boy and bar?room fighter—there's one thing for sure, you can't keep the cowboy down.?
小題1:The purpose of this story is to _______.
A．introduce cowboy movies and novels?
B．introduce various productions associated with cowboys?
C．show the cowboy's everlasting charm　?
D．inform us about the cowboy's spirit?
小題2: Before they became cowboys, they _______.
A．served in the armyB．worked as bar-room fighters?
C．owned ranchesD．were adventurous explorers?
小題3:During “the cowboy era” mentioned in the story, _______.?
A．the cowboy often came to the rescue of ladies in newspaper tales?
B．the distant Wild West appealed to people in the East?
C．cowboys were shown as cruel and violent men on the silver screen?
D．country music started the cowboy craze which swept the whole country
小題4:By saying “you can't keep the cowboy down”,the writer means that _______.
A．cowboys are real people in historyB．cowboys still fascinate people?
C．you can't make cowboys unhappyD．you can't grasp the cowboy spirit?

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B

小題1:有全文內(nèi)容，推出作者用意。?
小題2:在第二段中可找到答案。?
小題3:根據(jù)文章第三節(jié)中“But people in the East had always been curious about their lifestyle.”可得出答案。?
小題4:　根據(jù)這句話之前的語境可推測出答案。?
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A．According to a survey, two thirds of the nation are hoping to see the launch live on TV,
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C. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God.
D. There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
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The Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal. This great book of an armchair exploration tells us what has happened in the past and shows the relationship between us and the past travelers.
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C to sell more books about travels
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D．The Past Is a Foreign Country.
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A．Henry Monton Stanley, was saved by a German doctor in Africa.
B．In his book, Lowenthal focuses more on history than the present.
C．It took Shackleton and his men 3 years to cross Antarctica.
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When the first European arrived in the land now called Canada, around 400 years ago, there were about 350,000 native people living there. Most of these people were later forced to live in separate places, called reserves, away from the cities where the Europeans settled.
The French and the British both settled in Canada and fought for the control of it. Finally in 1763 Britain defeated France and Canada became a British colony. Today both English and French are the official languages of Canada. Most French-speakers live in Quebec Province.
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B. Europeans are the first people to arrive in Canada
C. Native Americans were not treated equally in Canada
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A. to make full use of                                          B. to offer the best of
C. to give up the biggest joy of                      D. to work through most of
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