Not only women wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland , men wear a kilt – a kind of skirt. The kilt is their national dress. The kilt has checks and different colors, like red or blue. Each 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Not only women wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland (苏格兰), men wear a kilt – a kind of skirt. The kilt is their national dress.

The kilt has checks (方格) and different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scotsmen (苏格兰男人) start to wear kilts. There is a story about it. Rawlinson had some workers from Scotland in his office and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their clothes into a shorter skirt.

Today, they usually only wear them at weddings (婚礼) or big dinners. Only a few men wear a kilt every day. Scotsmen also wear kilts in big parties. The policemen still have skills as the dress uniforms, but they don’t wear them to catch the thieves.

1. A kilt is ______.

A. a hat B. a shirt C. a skirt D. a sweater

2.In Scotland, different families have different _____ of kilts.

A. prices B. colors C. styles D. checks

3. What does “got in the way of” mean?

A. 妨碍 B. 得到 C. 在路上 D. 到达

4.When do Scotsmen wear kilts?

A. At weddings B. At big dinners C. In big parties D. All of above.

5.The story is about ________.

A. Scotsmen’s traditional kilts B. how to make kilts

C. what a kilt is D. how much the kilt is

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

【解析】略

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On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans eat turkey. But one l   【小题1】 turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p     【小题2】a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e      【小题3】this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s       【小题4】to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r       【小题5】of its life.
Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c      【小题6】. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i   【小题7】of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon.
Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w       【小题8】turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s      【小题9】up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.
Turkeys don’t have ears. They h            【小题10】with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.

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On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans car turkey. But one l 1. turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p 2. a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e 3. this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s 4. to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 5. of its life.

Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c? 6.. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i 7. of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon. Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 8. turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s 9. up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.

Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 10.? with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.

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Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted s_______1.when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some c_______2.farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the p_______3.. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.

Many people know the s_______4.“Roses are red, violets(紫罗兰) are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to c_______5.“Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue f_______6.into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just u_______7.!

For many years Chinese scientists have been w_______8.on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect i_______9. against insects(昆虫) and diseases(病害), but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the p_______10..

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a w_______11.to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.

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Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was 14, I was too nervous to talk to anyone. My classmate often l___1.__ at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, s___2.___happened. It changed my life. It was an English contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to s___3.__ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to w__4.___.” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I c___5.___the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to r__6.____ all the speech and practice it over 100 times. W __7.____ my mother’s great love, I did well in my contest. I could h__8.___ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those c__9.__ who once looked down on me, now all said “Congratulation!” to me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.

S___10.___ then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself . I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

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