V. 完形填空
The American cowboy was a great national hero through facts and stories. In history, the real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback. He spent twelve to fourteen hours a day outdoors 1
C
with cows. The work was dirty, 2
C
and not very well paid. In the winter, most cowboys had to find 3
A
jobs. They were seldom 4
C
. Most of them worked in 5
B
of eight to ten.
People 6 raise beef cattle at low cost in the western states and send them 7 to the eastern markets. But someone had to 8 the cattle in the open land and get them to the nearest railroad. This was the 9 of a cowboy. Sometimes the railroad was more than a thousand kilometres away and it could 10 as long as six months to move the cattle. The cowboys moved the cattle slowly so that the cattle would not lose weight.
1. [A] work [B] to work [C] working
2. [A] tire [B] tired [C] tiring
3. [A] other [B] another [C] the other
4. [A] along [B] together [C] alone
5. [A] pairs [B] teams [C] team
