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[单项选择]The era of the cowboy really began after the Civil War. During this decisive war the Texas cattle had roamed undisturbed in the wild, breeding freely on the plains and greatly increasing in number. By the end of the war, however, Texas was filled with wild cattle. The people in the mushrooming cities of the East and in the Middle West wanted more meat for their diet and local farmers could not keep up with their demands. Therefore, the need for the cowboy emerged from the demands of the people and the nature of the culture.
These men were handy with tools and knew how to handle a horse. Some of them discovered the use of rope to catch cattle and developed the lariat (套索). Their life was not an easy one. In winter, they watched over the herds and in the springtime they selected cattle for market often driving herds of them hundreds of miles to the nearest town. The cattle were then sold to buyers and the routine would start all over again.
His workday was long beginning be
A. The land was filled with cowboys.
B. The land was full of wild cattle.
C. The land was fertile for grazing.
D. The land was at peace again.
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Although no longer slavers after the Civil War, American blacks took no significant part in the life of white America except as servants or laborers. Many thousands of them emigrated from the war-ravaged South to the North from 1865 to 1915 in the hope of finding work in the big industrial cities. Whole communities of blacks crowded together into ghettos in New York City, Chicago and Detroit, where once the poor white immigrants had lived. These ghettos, neglected by the city authorities, became slums. The schools to which black children went were hopelessly inadequate. Unemployment in black ghettos remained consistently higher than in white communities.
41. Serious problems with black ghettos.______
Stable family life was difficult to maintain.
42. The extreme poverty of the blacks.______
In the late 1970s, nearly a third of all blacks still belonged to the so-called "underclass", they are so "under-privileged" and poor that th
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Immediately after the Civil War, however, the diet began to
change. 61. {{U}}Rail transportation increased the supply and improved the quality
of the milk that reached urban centers; cold storage and refrigerator cars made
possible the greater consumption of fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, and fresh
fish; and commercial canning extended the range of appetizing and healthful
foods.{{/U}} Subsequently food statistics indicated an increased consumption
of dairy products, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, sugar and syrups, coffee, tea,
cocoa, and spices. Decreased consumption was shown for meats, potatoes, and
grain products. 62. {{U}}By and large, the American diet continued to reflect a
considerable reliance upon animal products, rather than on grains, which meant
that a relatively large acreage was required to feed the American public.{{/U}}
Whereas a grain and fish diet, such as in Japan, requires only a quarter of an
acre high-yield cropland and no
