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 (傳統(tǒng)).
A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees(膝蓋). 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 (發(fā)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(樂器): bagpipes (風笛). The army still has kilts as the dress uniform (制服), but they no longer wear them to fight (打仗).
小題1: A kilt is ____.
A.

B.

C.

D.

小題2:In Scotland, different families have different ___.
A．colors　　B．checks　　C．rules　　D．shapes
小題3:What does "got in the way of" in the third paragraph mean?
A．到達　　B．得到　　C．在路上　　D．妨礙
小題4:When do Scotsmen wear kilts?
A．At weddingsB．At big dinnersC．In paradesD．a(chǎn)ll of the above
小題5:The story mainly tells us ____.
A．things about Scotsmen's traditional kilts
B．how to wear kilts
C．when to wear kilts
D．Scotsmen's important tradition

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：本文敘述了蘇格蘭式短裙的起源和特點。蘇格蘭式短裙是蘇格蘭男人穿的一種傳統(tǒng)服裝，也是蘇格蘭傳統(tǒng)的一部分。短裙上有不同顏色的方格，一般長到膝蓋，而且在蘇格蘭每個家庭有自己的顏色。據(jù)說蘇格蘭式短裙起源于18世紀20年代。一個英國工廠老板Thomas Rawlinson，為了不讓蘇格蘭工人的長衣服阻礙工作而剪成裙子。今天蘇格蘭男人經(jīng)常在婚禮上，大的宴會上和游行活動上穿短裙。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. 可知 a kilt是蘇格蘭男人穿的裙子。故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Each family in Scotland has its own colors.可知在蘇格蘭每個家庭有自己的顏色，也就是說不同的家庭有不同的顏色。故選A。
小題3:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt.可知他們他長衣服剪成短的裙子，是因為長的衣服阻礙工作。故選D。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. 和Scots also wear kilts in parades可知蘇格蘭男人經(jīng)常在婚禮上，大的宴會上和游行活動上穿kilt。故選D。
小題5:主旨大意題。根據(jù)In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition可知本文主要講的是蘇格蘭男人穿著的傳統(tǒng)的蘇格蘭式短裙。故選A。
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