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esl 真题答案
When Im in New York but feeling lonely for Wyoming I look for the
Western movie ads in the subway.
But the men I see in those posters with their stern, humorless looks
remind me of no one I know in the West.
In our earnestness to romanticize the cowboy we ve ironically
disesteemed his true character. If hes strong and silentits because
theres probably no one to talk to. If he rides away into the sunsetits
because hes been on horseback since four in the morning moving cattle
and hes trying, fifteen hours later, to get home to his family. If hes a
rugged individualisthes also part of a team: ranch work is teamwork and
even the glorified open-range cowboys of the 1880s rode up and down
the Chisholm Trail in the company of twenty or thirty other riders.
Its not toughness but toughing it outthat counts. In other words,
this macho, cultural artifact the cowboy has become is simply a man who
possesses resilience, patience, and an instinct for survival.Cowboys are
just like a pile of rocks-everything happens to them. They get climbed on,
kicked, rained and snowed on, scuffed up by the wind. Their job is just to
take it,one old-timer told me.
Adapted from Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace of Open Spaces.1985 by
Gretel Ehrlich.
(Referring)
1. According to the passage, cowboys are probably strong and
silentbecause: A. their work leaves them no time for conversation.
B. they have been cautioned not to complain.
C. they are stern and humorless.
D. there is no one nearby to listen to them.
E. their work makes them too tired to talk.
(Reasoning)
2. For which of the following statements does the passage give
apparently contradictory evidence?
A. The cowboys work takes endurance.
B. Cowboys work alone.
C. Cowboys are adequately paid.
D. The cowboys image has become romanticized in American cultur
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