阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
Who says that skirts are only for girls? Men can also wear them. Scotchmen have worn them for many years. They call their skirts kilts. A kilt is a colored skirt. It reaches down to the knee(膝盖). It has different colored checks (方格) on it, like red or blue. Some families in Scotland have their own colors and designs. From the kind of kilt they wear you can tell which group they come from.
The kilt goes back to the 1720s. Scottish soldiers used to wear them. Later, many Scottish men wore them. Today the kilt is not much seen in Scotland. However, in some parts of the country you can still see some older men wearing kilts. Most Scotchman see the kilt as formal dress for national celebrations, marriages or big dinners.
Even kilt makers have moved with the times. Some modern designs have a pocket for a mobile phone.
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1.Men in ____ wear skirts for many years.
A. Spain B. Korean
C. Japan D. Scotland
2. A kilt is___________.
A. a kind of beautiful pants
B. a kind of skirt with colored checks on it
C. a red or blue dress
D. a kind of shorts
3. Kilts appeared ________ ago.
A. nearly three hundred years B. hundreds of years
C. thousands of years D. nearly two hundred years
4. Which of the following statements isTRUE?
Ａ.Today the kilt is never seen in Scotland.
Ｂ.Today more young men like to wear kilts.
Ｃ.Today Scotchmen may dress in kilts for formal occasions.
Ｄ.Today we can use kilts to call somebody.
5. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Scotchmen B. a kind of beautiful skirt
C. Skirts for men D. The kilts today
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）。
Two men, Mr Smith and Mr Martin were both badly ill. They were in the same hospital room. Mr Smith was able to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was ___the only window of the room. Mr Martin had to spend all his time lying on his back. The men ___for hours without stopping.
They spoke of their families, their times, their jobs.And every afternoon when Mr Smith could in his bed, he would pass the time by talking to his roommate about all the things that he could see through the . Mr Martin believed that his world was made “larger ” by the “colorful”___ world. Out of the window was a ___ with a lovely lake. Mr Smith told Mr Martin about the beautiful ducks swimming freely on the water, happy children playing around, colorful flowers and big old trees around the lake. As Mr Smith told him all this, Mr Martin would close his eyes and tried to make the richest pictures for in his mind…Days and weeks passed, and finally, Mr Smith went back home. Then Mr Martin asked the nurse if he could move to the other bed.___ for him, the nurse said he could. When everything was done, he tried hard to raise himself a bit to see what was outside. To his , as he looked out of the window, he saw nothing but a wall.
Mr Martin asked the nurse what made Mr Smith able to see so many wonderful things outside. The nurse answered that the man was and could not even see the wall.
1.A. out of B. next to C. away from D. well above
2.A. danced B. sang C. walked D. talked
3.A. sit up B. walk around C. stand up D. jump about
4.A. box B. door C. window D. bed
5.A. foreign B. outside C. lonely D. green
6.A. library B. market C. park D. church
7.A. itself B. yourself C. herself D. himself
8.A. Unluckily B. Happily C. Worriedly D. Seriously
9.A. happiness B. joy C. hope D. surprise
10.A. blind B. old C. poor D. ill
Jean is very pretty, but she hasn’t any good friends. _________ , being beautiful doesn’t mean being liked.
A. As a result B. That is to say
C. For example D. On the other hand
Loud music makes me ____. So I feel very happy.
A. excited B. stressed out
C. energy D. tired
—You drive a new car! How much did you ________ for it?
—100,000 yuan.
A. pay B. cost C. spend D. takes
— Our basketball team won the game yesterday.
—Really? ______.
A. With pleasure B. Well done
C. That’s all right D. What a pity
