Question

8．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(chǎng)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(chǎng)） 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．．
36．The purpose of this story is toD．
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
37．Before they became cowboys，theyA．
A．served in the army          
B．worked as bar-room fighters
C．owned ranches             
D．were adventurous explorers
38．During"the cowboy era"mentioned in the story，B．
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
39．By saying"you can't keep the cowboy down"，the writer means thatB
A．cowboys are real people in history     
B．cowboys still fascinate people
C．you can't make cowboys unhappy  
D．you can't grasp the cowboy spirit
40．Which of the following statements would the writer agree to？A
A．The cowboy has been presented in different lights in different eras．
B．Cowboys are gun-shooting hooligans，without doubt．
C．Cowboys have always been a passing phenomenon．
D．Cowboys enjoy Italian foods，for example，spaghetti．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇議論文，文章主要介紹在不同時(shí)期人們對(duì)cowboy的不同理解．美國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)結(jié)束后一些小說(shuō)經(jīng)常把牛仔描繪成殘酷和暴力的男人．當(dāng)電影開始流行在1920年代，牛仔形象又變了．現(xiàn)在，一個(gè)牛仔成為偉大的白衣騎士．最近牛仔的形象仍然是變化的．近年來(lái)，在音樂(lè)家、電臺(tái)和酒吧的共同努力下，牛仔懷舊潮開始回歸，牛仔仍然讓人著迷．

解答 36．D        主旨大意題．根據(jù)全篇文章來(lái)理解可知，文章的主要介紹在不同時(shí)期人們對(duì)cowboy的不同理解，即告知讀者有關(guān) cowboy 的相關(guān)信息，故選D．
37．A        細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段"When the US CivilWar ended，many soldiers had no place to call home．So，they began to drift tothe country's rural West．Ranchers（農(nóng)場(chǎng)主） hiredthese men to take care of the cattle and work around the ranch．When the ranchowner wanted to sell the cattle，the cowboys would round up the herd from theopen prairie（牧場(chǎng)） and drive the cattle miles to the market．"可知，美國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)結(jié)束后，許多士兵無(wú)家可歸，他們開始前往該國(guó)西部農(nóng)村，農(nóng)場(chǎng)主雇用他們照顧牛和農(nóng)場(chǎng)工作．即他們?cè)诔蔀榕Ｗ兄�前是在軍�?duì)里服役的． 故選A．
38． B     推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三自然段中"Butpeople in the East had always been curious about their lifestyle．"可知，東部的人們一直好奇他們的生活方式．故選B．
39． B     推理判斷題．根據(jù)"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"可知，牛仔仍然讓人著迷，故選B．
40． A     主旨大意題．通讀短文可知，文章的主旨為介紹在不同時(shí)期人們對(duì)cowboy的不同理解．故選A．

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