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【原文】
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 working with cows．The work was dirty, tiresome and not very well paid．In the winter, most cowboys had to find other jobs．They were seldom alone．Most of them worked in teams of eight to ten．
People could raise beef cattle at low cost in the western states and send them by train to the eastern markets．But someone had to look after the cattle on the open land and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the railroad was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as long as six months to move the cattle．The cowboy moved the cattle slowly so that the cattle would not lose weight．
Most cowboys were young, unmarried men．A cowboy's horse was his most important tool．A good horse made the job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy understood cows and knew how to control them．At night, he sang to the cows to keep them calm．
The cowboy quickly received popular praise．Historians say that was because the cowboy appeared during a time of change in American life．In the late 1800's, America was changing from a nation of farms to one of factories and cities．The cowboy seemed free and more independent than other Americans．
【全文翻译】：
美国牛仔是一个伟大的民族英雄，通过事实和故事。
在历史上，真正的牛仔是一个简单的农场工人骑马，他每天花十二到十四个小时在户外与牛一起工作，这工作很脏，令人厌烦，而且报酬不高。在冬天，大多数牛仔不得不找其他工作，他们很少单独工作，大多数人都是八到十人的团队。
人们可以养肉牛成本低，在西方国家，送他们乘火车到东部市场。但有人照顾在公开土地牛让他们最近的火车站。这是一个牛仔的工作。有时铁路超过一千公里，它可以作为只要六个月移动牛，牛仔把牛慢慢使牛不会减肥。
大多数牛仔都是年轻未婚的人，牛仔的马是他最重要的工具。一匹好马使搬家牛容易得多。一个好牛仔懂得牛，懂得如何控制牛群。
牛仔很快得到了大众的赞扬，历史学家说这是因为牛仔在美国生活的改变时期出现了。在1800年底，美国正在从一个农场国家转变为一个工厂和城市，牛仔似乎比其他美国人更自由和独立。
课文教学问题：
In the past, the cowboy's work ________．[ ]
A．was covered with dirtB．cost much laborC．was less paidD．All of the above
2.Sometimes it took the cowboys ________ to move the beef cattle from the western states to the eastern markets．[ ]
A．a weekB．a monthC．half a yearD．a year
3.The cowboy's important instrument in the past was the ________．[ ]
A．truckB．horseC．sleeping-bagD．raincoat
3.The cowboys quickly receive popular praise because they appeared ________．[ ]
A．in the western parts of the United StatesB．in the eastern markets every yearC．in the time of great changes in AmericaD．in the early 1800's
