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（農場主） 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） and drive the cattle miles to the market．?
With the invention of barbed wire（鐵絲網），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期人們對cowboy的不同理解．美國內戰結束后一些小說經常把牛仔描繪成殘酷和暴力的男人．當電影開始流行在1920年代，牛仔形象又變了．現在，一個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，在音樂家、電臺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．根據全篇文章來理解可知，文章的主要介紹在不同時期人們對cowboy的不同理解，即告知讀者有關 cowboy 的相關信息，故選D．
37．A        細節理解題．根據第二段"When the US CivilWar ended，many soldiers had no place to call home．So，they began to drift tothe country's rural West．Ranchers（農場主） 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） and drive the cattle miles to the market．"可知，美國內戰結束后，許多士兵無家可歸，他們開始前往該國西部農村，農場主雇用他們照顧牛和農場工作．即他們在成為牛仔之前是在軍隊里服役的． 故選A．
38． B     推理判斷題．根據文章第三自然段中"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"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期人們對cowboy的不同理解．故選A．

點評 解答細節理解題時，一個常用的方法就是運用定位法，即根據題干和選項中的關鍵詞從原文中找到相關的句子，與選項進行比較從而確定答案；推理判斷題既要求學生透過文章表面文字信息推測文章隱含意思，又要求學生對作者的態度、意圖及文章細節的發展作正確的推理判斷，力求從作者的角度去考慮，不要固守自己的看法或觀點．