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Before he turned to the historical novel,Walter Scott wrote poems,most of which were based on love and fighting. But soon he discovered that he could not write poems as good as Byron's,and so he turned away from it;but as a historical novelist,he seemed to be the best of his time. He read the older novelists,and himself began to write his first novel Waverley in 1805. It appeared in 1814 and for the next eighteen years Scott wrote novel after novel. In 1826 he lost all his money through the business failure of his publisher and printer. He owed $100,000,but refused the money with which his friends offered to help him. He sat down to pay the huge debt by writing,but died before he could do so. However,his books brought in enough money after his death to pay the last pound.
The modern world is very different from Scott's world.It does not admire glory(光荣) in battle as much as the men of Scott's day,partly because there are so many other dangerous events to remember. Space travel is more exciting to us than fighting with swords. These facts have made Scott's novels interest fewer people;yet we must admire his power of description (描写) His characters,especially the unusual ones,are well drawn. He left so much that few people can read all of it.
(1)Walter Scott gave up writing poems because_________.
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A.he was tired of doing so
B.he had to turn away from writing
C.he knew more about novels than poems
D.he didn't think he could make greater achievements in it than Byron
(2)Scott's first novel________.
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A.was published in 1805
B.wasn't published until 1814
C.took him about 18 years
D.was finished with the help of the older novelists
(3)Which of the following statements is true?
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A.When Scott got in debt,no one would help him.
B.Scott sold all his books in order to pay off his debt.
C.Scott failed to pay off his debt before his death.
D.When Scott got in debt,he was offered enough money to pay it.
(4)What did Scott mainly write about in his novel?
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(5)Which of the following is true?
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A.Lots of people were interested in Scott's novels in his day.
B.Fighting with swords is an exciting event for us to remember.
C.Scott was much admired in battle.
D.Helped by his friends,Scott managed to pay off his debt at last.
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In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its history, and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional (传统的) dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always used to wear.
That's what they believe. However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt; the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.
Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national sentiment ( = feelings) . The Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason. A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The Scottish soldier fought very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of the fame, and in the early 1800s men all around Scotland began to wear kilts.
These kilts had colorful stripes (条纹) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the color of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. For example, men from the Campbell family had kilts with green, yellow and blue stripes. Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family just chose the color they liked best.
This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
1.This text is mainly about ________.
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The English soldiers were the first to wear kilts.
B.It was hard then to tell the Scottish soldiers from the English ones apart from the clothes.
C.Colors were specially designed in the first kilts.
D.The factory owner made the first kilt from long shirts to make his workers different from others.
3.Scottish soldiers were dressed in kilts partly because of ________.
4.The colors of the kilts are ________.
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A.not part of the Scottish family history
B.older than the Scottish family history
C.for the Campbell family only
D.mainly green, yellow and blue
5.From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.
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A.the European people are full of strong feelings
B.there are no stories about kilts in Scotland today
C.the British like to do things on feelings, not on facts
D.the Scottish prefer to keep their tradition rather than believe the fact
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In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school. Another name for secondary school is high school.
Most children go to public elementary (初小) and secondary school. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly (直接地) for their children's education because tax (税)money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private (私立) school, his parents pay the school for the child's education.
Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the governments. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive. However, almost half of the colleges students in the United States work while they are studying. When a student's family isn't rich, he has to earn money for part of his college expenses.
1.In the United States, children can start school ________.
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2.________ between secondary school and high school.
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3.Most parents in the US ________ for their children's education.
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4.Some students at a state university don't have to pay much money for their higher education because ________.
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A.tax money supports some colleges and universities
B.their parents live in that state
C.they earn money
D.their family are not rich
5.Students from poor families ________.
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A.stop studying after secondary school
B.don't go on to colleges and universities
C.have to work to support their families
D.earn money for part of their college expenses
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