It's not just women who wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition (传统).
A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees(膝盖). It has checks (格子) on it with different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors.
How did the Scots start to wear kilts? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented (发明) in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson. Rawlinson had a lot of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt.
Today, most Scotsmen see kilts as formal(正式)dresses. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. Scots also wear kilts in parades when they play their traditional musical instrument(乐器): bagpipes (风笛). The army still has kilts as the dress uniform (制服), but they no longer wear them to fight (打仗).
【小题1】 A kilt is ____.

A.

B.

C.

D.

It's not just women who wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition (传统).
A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees(膝盖). It has checks (格子) on it with different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors.
How did the Scots start to wear kilts? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented (发明) in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson. Rawlinson had a lot of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt.
Today, most Scotsmen see kilts as formal(正式)dresses. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. Scots also wear kilts in parades when they play their traditional musical instrument(乐器): bagpipes (风笛). The army still has kilts as the dress uniform (制服), but they no longer wear them to fight (打仗).

1. A kilt is ____.

A.

B.

C.

D.

2.In Scotland, different families have different ___.
A. colors　　 B. checks　　 C. rules　　 D. shapes

3.What does "got in the way of" in the third paragraph mean?
A. 到达　　 B. 得到　　 C. 在路上　　 D. 妨碍

4.When do Scotsmen wear kilts?
A. At weddings　B. At big dinners C. In parades　　 D. all of the above

5.The story mainly tells us ____.

A. things about Scotsmen's traditional kilts

B. how to wear kilts

C. when to wear kilts

D. Scotsmen's important tradition

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）

Brenda Bongos always dreamed of playing the drums in a band. And there was there was an old　 61　 house next to her home. So she decided to find a way of practicing playing the drums without making the old people　 62　 .

Brenda had ever　 63 playing in some strange places: a basement (地下室),a kitchen and even a shower. But none of the places could keep the noise from 64　 out.

One day, while watching a science program on TV, she had a 　 65　 idea. After some hard time, Brenda built a big glass ball without any air inside except some 　　 66　 .Brenda wore the special space suit she had made and played the drums 　67　 a wild child in it.Very soon, Brenda became famous as “The Musical Astronaut” around the city. Many people came to see her amazing play. Later her dream of playing the drums in a band came 　68　 .

Years later, when someone asked her why she did so, she always said, “If I had never thought of those old people　 69　 than myself, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve my dream so　 70 　”

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other　 31　 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 　32 . He was an actor.

Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's　 33　 his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted　 34　 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them　 35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 　36 __.Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He　 37　 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write　 38　 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 39　 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know 40 it ended.

31. A. cities　　　　　 B. countries　　　 C. towns　　　　 D. villages

32. A. reading　　　　 B. writing　　　　 C. acting　　　　 D. playing

33. A. what　　 　　　B. how　　　　　 C. when　　　　 D. why

34. A. the next　　　 B. next　　　　　 C. next to　　　　 D. next time

35. A. too　　　　　 B. as well　　　　 C. as well as　　 D. also

36. A. book　　　　　 B. story　　　　　 C. play　　　　　 D. film

37. A. hated　　　　 B. enjoyed　　　　 C. wanted　　　　 D. shamed

38. A. as　　　　　　 B. while　　　　　 C. until　　　　 D. since

39. A. drawing　　　 B. singing　　　　　 C. writing　　　 D. making

40. A. what　　　　 B. how　　　　　　 C. who 　　　　 D. which

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）

Brenda Bongos always dreamed of playing the drums in a band. And there was there was an old　 61　 house next to her home. So she decided to find a way of practicing playing the drums without making the old people　 62　 .

Brenda had ever　 63 playing in some strange places: a basement (地下室),a kitchen and even a shower. But none of the places could keep the noise from 64　 out.

One day, while watching a science program on TV, she had a 　 65　 idea. After some hard time, Brenda built a big glass ball without any air inside except some　　 66　 .Brenda wore the special space suit she had made and played the drums 　67 　 a wild child in it.Very soon, Brenda became famous as “The Musical Astronaut” around the city. Many people came to see her amazing play. Later her dream of playing the drums in a band came　 68　 .

Years later, when someone asked her why she did so, she always said, “If I had never thought of those old people　 69　 than myself, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve my dream so　 70 　”