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| In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows．The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid． People in the western states had to __1__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern __2__．But someone had to __3__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the __4__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __5__ as six months to move the cattle．The __6__ was long but the cattle were driven __7__ as not to lose __8__．Then they could be sold at a good price． Most cowboys were young, __9__ men．A good horse _10__ their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy __11__ cows and knew how to control them．At night,he __12__ to the cows to keep them calm． In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of __13__ and cities．The cowboy seemed __14__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs． Today,the __15__ of cowboys has __16__ greatly．One  change is the use of trucks．The job is not so hard __17__ it used to be．And cowboys are better __18__ now．They are _19__ to be married．Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies． __20__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low． | |||
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