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).
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　　Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages, and they are moving to live in big noisy cities. This is the movement from the country to the cities. It has been going on for over two hundred years.

　　In many countries, the main reason （原因） people come to live in cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work. And soon an industrial （工业的） area（区域）begins to grow. There is usually a living area nearby. The factory workers can live there. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals, and shops. So more people come to live in the area to provide these services （服务）-and so a city grows.

　　In every big city in the world, there is a business area. There the big companies have their main offices.

　　In the United States, this area is usually in the city center. The people who work there often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live outside the city. It is far away from the industrial area and the city center.

　　What is the future of the big cities? Will they go on getting bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some big cities have become smaller in the last ten years. It is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the big cities and back into smaller towns and villages.

1．People began moving to live in cities ________.

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2．What causes people to move to big cities?

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A．To build large factories.

B．To provide some services.

C．To live near the industrial area.

D．To look for jobs.

3．Big companies have their main offices ________.

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4．What would be the main reason if people move out of the big cities and back into smaller towns and villages?

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A．They don't like their work in the big cities.

B．The big cities are too noisy.

C．They have houses outside the big cities.

D．The traffic is getting worse and worse.

Cars are used for business. They are driven to offrices and factories by workers. Salesmen(推销员) have to drive in order to (为了) carry their products (产品).Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get things.

In some cities school buses are used only when children live far from the school. When the children are too young to walk so far, their mothers take turns at driving them to school. This form is called a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns at driving to the factory or the office.

More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road to use less gasoline(汽油). The traffic in and around cities is a great problem. Something must be done about the use of cars.

1．The United States is filled with cars, but ________. (　)

A．not every family has a car

B．some families have two or more cars

C．many families have cars

D．every family has a car

2．What's the main(主要的)idea of the second paragraph( 自然段)? (　)

A．Workers drive cars to factories.

B．Salesmen drive to carry their products.

C．Farmers drive into cities to get things.

D．Cars are widely usd．

3．Which is true? (　)

A．Small children are all driven to school.

B．All children go to school by bus.

C．Mothers drive their small children to school.

D．School buses pick up all children.

4．Mothers form car pools in order that they can ________. (　)

A．drive to school

B．take turns at driving their children to school

C．get to schools quickly

D．drive their children to school in time

5．The traffic in and around cities is a great problem because ________. (　)

A．too many cars are driven

B．there are too many car pools

C．people put fewer cars on roads

D．there is less gasoline