Question

　 　Hundreds of years ago, a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots, a brave people, love their country. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland. But there were too many of the Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.

　　One night, the leader of the Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. “We will rest here tonight, my men,” he said, “Tomorrow we will fight one more battle①. We must win, or we will die.”

　　They were all very tired. So they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.

　　The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they went up the hill. Closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more the war would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle (蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was hard, but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved Scotland②.

　　The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people liked it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.

　　1. Hundreds of years ago, the Romans ____ .

　　A. came from the north through England to make war on Scotland

　　B. came to the north Scotland from England to make war on Scotland

　　C. came from the north of England to fight the Scots

　　D. came to the north from the south of Britain to fight the Scots

　　2. At the shout of a Roman soldier, all the Scots who were asleep at the hill ____ .

　　A. began to fight the Romans hard

　　B. stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fight

　　C. woke and rose immediately, ready to fight

　　D. put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight

　　3. The result of the war is that ____ .

　　A. the Romans killed all the Scots

　　B. the Scots were defeated

　　C. the Scots were driven out of Scotland

　　D. the Scots defeated the Romans

　　4. The Scots made thistle their national flower because thistle ____ .

　　A. is lovely, though not beautiful

　　B. gave them happiness

　　C. is a kind of useful plant

　　D. helped the Scots in wiping out the Romans

Answer 1

　　本文讲述了几百年前，在苏格兰人民抵御罗马军队的入侵的战斗中，一种叫蓟的植物在关键时刻帮助苏格兰人击败了罗马军队，拯救了苏格兰。

　　1.B本题为细节考查题。由第一段第一句“...a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland.”，可以知道罗马军队来自北方，并经过England来入侵苏格兰。

　　2.C本题为句意理解题。本题的考查实际上是针对短文第四段第九句“In a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle.”进行的，该句的意思是：他们立刻就起来，并准备战斗了。因此答案为C。

　　3.D本题为细节考查题。由第四段最后一句“The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved Scotland.”可以得出答案D。

　　4.D本题为推理判断题。正是因为thistle在关键时刻帮助了苏格兰人拯救了自己的国家，苏格兰人才喜爱它，并把它定为国花。