Question

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 (传统).
    A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees(膝盖). 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 (发明) 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(乐器): bagpipes (风笛). The army still has kilts as the dress uniform (制服), but they no longer wear them to fight (打仗).

1. A kilt is ____.

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2.In Scotland, different families have different ___.
A. colors　　    B. checks　　 C. rules　　     D. shapes

3.What does "got in the way of" in the third paragraph mean?
A. 到达　　    B. 得到　　  C. 在路上　　  D. 妨碍

4.When do Scotsmen wear kilts?
A. At weddings　B. At big dinners   C. In parades　　 D. all of the above

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

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了苏格兰式短裙的起源和特点。苏格兰式短裙是苏格兰男人穿的一种传统服装，也是苏格兰传统的一部分。短裙上有不同颜色的方格，一般长到膝盖，而且在苏格兰每个家庭有自己的颜色。据说苏格兰式短裙起源于18世纪20年代。一个英国工厂老板Thomas Rawlinson，为了不让苏格兰工人的长衣服阻碍工作而剪成裙子。今天苏格兰男人经常在婚礼上，大的宴会上和游行活动上穿短裙。

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考点：政治经济文化类短文阅读。