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Thecowboyistheheroofmanymovies.Heis，eventoday，asymbolofcourageandadventure.Butwhatwasthelifeofthecowboyreallylike？

Thecowboy‘sjobisclearfromtheword“cowboy”。Cowboysweremenwhotookcareofcowsandothercattle.ThecattlewereintheWestandinTexas.PeopleinthecitiesoftheEastwantedbeeffromthesecattle.Trainscouldtakethecattleeast.Butfirstthecattlehadtogettothetrains.Partofthecowboy’sjobwastotakethecattlehundredsofmilestotherailroadtowns.

Thetripswerecalledcattledrives.Acattledriveusuallytookseveralmonths.Cowboysrodeforsixteenhoursaday.Becausetheyrodesomuch，eachcowboybroughtalongabouteighthorses.Acowboychangedhorsesseveraltimeseachday.

Thecowboyshadtomakesurethatthecattlearrivedsafely.Beforestartingonadrive，thecowboysbrandedthecattle.Theyburnedamakeonthecattletoshowwhotheybelongedto.Butthesemarksdidn‘tstoprustlers，orcattlethieves.Cowboyshadtoprotectthecattlefromrustlers.Rustlersmadethedangeroustripevenmoredangerous.

Eventhoughtheirworkwasverydifficultanddangerous，cowboysdidnotearnmuchmoney.Theywerepaidbally.Yetcowboyslikedtheirwayoflife.Theylivedinawildandopencountry.Theylivedalifeofadventureandfreedom.

（）55.Thecowboy‘sjobwas________.

A.tobeahero

B.totakecareofcattle

C.tobearustler

D.tobeadriver

（）56.Cowboys________.

A.madealotofmoney

B.hadadifficultjob

C.didnotliketheirwayoflife

D.wererich

（）57.Whenyoudosomethingnewexciting，youhave________.

A.asymbol

B.anadventure

C.ajob

D.atrip

（）58.Thecowboywasthemostimportantpersoninthemovie.Hewasthe________.

A.chief

B.rustler

C.hero

D.president