Modem cowboy seem to be giving up the bandanna
(印花大手帕) handkerchief; yet there was a time when this article was almost as
necessary to a cowboy's equipment as a rope, and it served for purposes almost
as varied. The bandanna made a good sling for a broken arm; it
made a good bandage for a blood wound. Early Irish settlers on the Nueces River
used to believe that a bandanna handkerchief that had been worn by a drowned man
would, if cast into a stream above the sunken body, float until it came over the
body and then sink, thus locating the body. Many a cowboy out on the lonely
plains has been buried with a clean bandanna spread over his face to keep the
dirt, or the coarse blanket on which the dirt was poured, from touching him. The
bandanna has been used to hang men. Rustlers used to "wave" strangers around
with it as a warning against nearer approach, though the hat was more commonly
used for signaling. Like the Mexican sombrero (阔边帽) or the fourgallon Stetson,
the bandanna could not be made too large. When the cowboys of the Old West make
their final parade on the grassy shores of Paradise, the guidon (旗手) that leads
them should be a bandanna handkerchief. It deserves to be called the "flag of
the range country".
单选题
Early settlers believe that a sunken body could be located by casting into a stream ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型
参见93题注释，可知答案应为B。
单选题
The author implies that a cowboy was buried with a bandanna over his face ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[分析] 推断题型
见第二段第三句：Many a cowboy out on the lonely plains has been buried with a clean bandanna spread over his face to keep the dirt，or the coarse blanket on which the dirt was poured，from touching him. (许多牛仔一个个地出没在人迹罕至的草原上，人们在他们死后掩埋他们时会用一块干净的印花大手帕盖在他们的脸上以隔开泥土；或者用粗糙的毯子盖住他们的尸体以隔开掩埋他们的泥土)；由此可推断出用印花大手帕盖住死去的牛仔是为了keep the dirt from touching him... 以示对死者的尊敬；因此答案应为A。
单选题
The item most commonly used for signaling was the ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型
见第二段第五句：Rustlers used to“wave”strangers around with it as a warning against nearer approach，though the hat was more commonly used for signaling. 见第二段第五句：(尽管帽子更多地是被用来发信号，活跃的牛仔常常向陌生人挥舞帽子警告他们不要靠近)；因此A为答案。
单选题
A Stetson is a ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型
见第二段第六句：Like the Mexican sombrero (阔边帽)or the fourgallon Stetson，the bandanna could not be made too large. (像墨西哥的阔边帽或fourgallon Stetson一样，印花大手帕也不能做得太大)；在此the Mexican sombrero和the fourgallon Stetson一样，因此D为答案，Stetson是斯泰森毡帽(一种阔边高顶毡帽)。
【答案解析】[分析] 词义题型
见第二段最后两句：When the cowboys of the Old West make their final parade on the grassy shores of Paradise，the guidon (旗手) that leads them should be a bandanna handkerchief. It deserves to be called the“flag of the range country". (当老西部的牛仔在 Paradise(伊甸园)的广阔草原上作最终的游行时，引领队伍的队旗应是这印花大手帕，它应该被称作为“牛仔王国的旗帜”)；因为它是那时的象征，代表着老西部，因此C应为答案。
单选题
The most best title of this passage is ______.