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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.

    A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knee. 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 in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson.

    Rawlinson had a number 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 dress. 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 （游行）when they play their traditional musical instrument: bagpipes （风笛）. The army still has kilts as the dress uniform, but they no longer wear them to fight.

（    ）1. A kilt is ________.

（    ）2. In Scotland, different families have different _______.

    A. colors        B. checks              C. rules          D. shapes

（    ）3. When do Scotsmen wear kilts?

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

    It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was   1  , but there was not any meat in the house. Thinking that there was no   2   way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words   3  it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said, “  4  this to the butcher, and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

      5   the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it   6  , recognized that it was   7   the lady’s handwriting and soon did   8   he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

    At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave half a pound of meat   9  .

    The next day, the dog came again just at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog   10  meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customer.

    But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock. The butcher   11  puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? ”

    Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words there.

（    ）1. A. hungry                 B. thirsty               C. hot            D. ill

（    ）2. A. another                 B. other                 C. others        D. the other

（    ）3. A. under                   B. in                      C. on             D. above

（    ）4. A. Take                    B. Bring                 C. Get            D. Carry

（    ）5. A. Eating                  B. Drinking            C. Dropping    D. Holding

（    ）6. A. carefully            B. quietly               C. slowly        D. clearly

（    ）7. A. possibly             B. really                 C. hardly        D. strongly

（    ）8. A. when                   B. since                 C. as              D. after

（    ）9. A. too                    B. also                   C. again          D. either

（    ）10. A. its                      B. his                    C. himself       D. it

（    ）11. A. felt                     B. turned               C. stayed        D. kept

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    Mr. and Mrs Wang are very forgetful. For example, Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning, because he thinks it is   1 . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family.

    One summer they planned to   2  to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes   3   the plane took off. So time was short. But   4   Mrs. Wang said she must tell Lingling, their daughter, not to forget to  5  the front door when she went to school. But Lingling then was at school. They couldn’t tell her about it by   6  . So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Wang wrote a short   7  to Lingling, and Mr. Wang bought a   8   and an envelope. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter   9 , but suddenly Mrs. Wang began to cry. The short note was   10   in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the   11 .

（    ）1. A. sunny                   B. cloudy               C. Monday                   D. Sunday

（    ）2. A. walk                    B. drive                 C. fly                           D. run

（    ）3. A. before                  B. often                 C. when                       D. because

（    ）4. A. often                    B. ever                  C. always                            D. suddenly

（    ）5. A. open                    B. lock                  C. close                        D. push

（    ）6. A. plane                    B. train                  C. telephone                  D. bus

（    ）7. A. e-mail                   B. book                 C. note                         D. story

（    ）8. A. note                         B. pen                   C. stamp                      D. letter

（    ）9. A. envelope            B. box                   C. /                D. office

（    ）10. A. still                     B. already              C. always              D. not

（    ）11. A. plane                  B. envelope            C. hand          D. school

－I’m so sorry that you didn’t win the skating marathon.

－How long _____ you ______?

－I skated for 5 hours.

A. have, been skating B. were, skating C. have you skated D. did, skate

_____ you have finished your homework, it doesn’t mean you can watch TV now?

    A. Because            B. Although           C. If              D. Before

My friend Peter likes _______. He often plays football after school.

    A. music        B. sports        C. drawing            D. singing

－Mum? May I go to the snow globe collection’s club now?

    －_____ you _______ your homework yet?

    A. Do, finish          B. Are, finishing            C. Did, finish         D. Have, finished

It _______ the workers and engineers about five years to build that bridge.

    A. spent         B. took           C. cost           D. paid

－Has he returned the book to the library?

    －No. He has _______ it for one week.

    A. borrowed          B. lent            C. kept           D. bought

－Jane has gone to London.

    －So _______ her parents. They have been there for two weeks.

    A. have          B. has            C. did             D. do