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Thomas Edison 1 a famous American scientist. He was born 2 1847. When he was 3 child, he liked to 4 how things worked. He was in school 5 only three months. He 6 his teacher a lot of strange questions. Mostof them 7 his lessons. 8 teacher thought the boy 9 bright and was not worth 10 11 he told this to Edison's mother, she took her son 12 school. As she 13 a teacher, she taught him 14 . The boy read 15 . Soon he 16 very interested in science, 17 the age of ten, Edison 18 a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since then, he never stopped searching for new and 19 ways 20 .

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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

— What's your 　　　　 name, please?

— Robert Thomas Brown. You can call me Robert.

A.　 family　　 　　　　　 B. given　　　　　 　　　　　 C.　 first　　　　　 　　 D.　 Full