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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