Question

If you have seen the short play “I’ve got much money(不差钱)”, you must have been impressed by the way Xiao Shenyang dressed     . The dress he wore is called the kilt（苏格兰方格呢短裙）. There is a famous     in Scotland. It says, “ A man in s kilt is a man and a half.” This saying shows how     the kilt is for Scottish people. The kilt is a special dress. Most Scottish men     it. Why do Scottish men wear     and what’s the history of this special dress?

It’s said that in the 16^th century, the Scottish highlands were     , so the roads were always full of mud（泥）. The mud made it very difficult for soldiers to     around. Slowly people found that the soldiers in kilts could move more     than those in trousers because kilts were much more flexible（灵活的）. What’s more, soldiers could use the kilts on cold nights     a blanket.

In modern times, the kilt     Scottish pride. People wear kilts for     events, weddings and traditional sporting events, for example. But that’s not all. The colors of a kilt also show a person’s     history. Each Scottish family has a different pattern. So a Scotsman is wearing not only the national dress of his country,     the pride of his family.

Today, fashion designers are trying to make the kilt     more modern and fashionable to catch more eyes. Besides cloth, the designers are trying some     materials such as paper and leather（皮革）.

1.A. himself         B. him               C. his            D. he

2.A. word            B. saying            C. sentence      D. conversation

3.A. serious        B. important         C. comfortable   D. interesting

4.A. sell           B. dress            C. wear          D. make

5.A. jackets        B. shirts           C. trousers     D. kilts

6.A. dry             B. wet               C. wide           D. narrow

7.A. lie             B. rest             C. move          D. sleep

8.A. slow            B. slowly           C.quick          D. quickly

9.A. of              B. as                C. with          D. for

10.A. stands for     B. shows off        C. takes away     D. puts up

11.A. small         B. unimportant      C. special        D.difficult

12.A. country       B. work            C. education     D. family

13.A. but           B. and               C. or            D. yet

14.A. feel          B. smell            C. look          D. sound

15. A. other         B. another           C. others        D. else

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文由小品《不差钱》中小沈阳的短裙引入，讲述了这种特殊的“苏格兰方格呢短裙”对于苏格兰人过去、当代、现在的特殊含义。苏格兰人们说：一个穿苏格兰裙子的男人是一个半男人。

1.A 考查代词及语境理解。句意：你一定被小沈阳的穿着方式所感动。A. himself他自己，反身代词；B. him他，宾格；C. his他的，物主代词；D. he他，主格。dress的宾语指人，“小沈阳打扮自己”，故选A。

2.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：在苏格兰，有一个著名的格言。A. word话；B. saying格言；C. sentence句子；D. conversation对话。从后面的“This saying shows how…”可知后句指的是一个格言，故选B。

3.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：这个格言显示出裙子对于苏格兰人是多么重要。A. serious严肃的；B. important重要的；C. comfortable舒适的；D. interesting有趣的。格言是：A man in s kilt is a man and a half（穿裙子的苏格男人相当于一个半男人）从其含义上可知裙子对苏格兰人的重要。故选B。

4.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：许多苏格兰男士穿。 A. sell卖；B. dress穿，打扮，其宾语是人；C. wear穿，其宾语是服装；D. make使，制作。根据上下文可知，苏格兰男士穿这种裙子。故选C。

5.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：为什么苏格兰男士穿裙子？A. jackets夹克；B. shirts衬衣；C. trousers裤子；D. kilts裙子。本文上、下文谈论的是苏格兰人穿裙子，可以推测出本句填裙子，宾语是裙子。故选D。

6.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：据说16世纪时，苏格兰高地潮湿。 A. dry干；B. wet湿；C. wide宽广；D. narrow狭窄。由后句“ so the roads were always full of mud”因此路上总是总是泥。可以推测出当地天气湿润多雨，因此道路泥泞。故选B。

7.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：泥使得士兵们行动非常困难。A. lie躺，卧；B. rest休息；C. move移动；D. sleep睡觉。道路泥泞，行动不便，故选C。

8.D考查副词及语境理解。句意：慢慢地，人们发现穿着裙子的士兵比穿裙子的士兵行动得更快因为裙子要灵活得多。A. slow慢的；B. slowly慢地；C .quick快的；D. quickly快速地。根据“because kilts were much more flexible”（因为裙子要灵活得多）可以推测出穿着裙子行动更快速，修饰动词用副词形式，故选D。

9.B考查介词及语境理解。句意：在寒冷的夜晚士兵可以把裙子用作毯子。把……用来作为……：use sth as sth。故选B。

10.A考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：在现代，裙子代表着苏格兰人的骄傲。A. stands for代表；B. shows off炫耀，卖弄；C. takes away拿走；D. puts up举起，挂起。根据本段后面的内容，在特殊的日子人们会穿上裙子，代表着自己的国家和自己的家庭。可以推测出裙子代表着人们的自豪。故选A。

11.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：人们在特殊的日子、婚礼和国家运动会穿裙子。A. small小的；B. unimportant不重要的；C. special特殊的；D.difficult困难的。婚礼、国家运动会都是些特别的日子，故选C。

12.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：裙子的颜色也代表着一个人的家庭历史。A. country国家；B. work工作；C. education教育；D. family家庭。由后句：Each Scottish family has a different pattern. 每一个苏格兰家庭有一个不同的图案。可知本题选D。

13.A考查连词及语境理解。句意：因此，苏格兰人不得穿着他们的国服，而且是他们家庭的骄傲。A. but但是，表示转折；B. and并且，表示并列；C. or或者，表示选择；D. yet然而。not only…but (also)…：不但……，而且……。固定搭配，故选A。

14.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：今天，时尚设计师们正尽力使裙子看起来更现代、更时尚以吸引更多的眼睛。A. feel感觉，摸起来；B. smell闻起来；C. look看起来；D. sound听起来。由“to catch more eyes.”（吸引更多的眼睛）可知是“看起来”，故选C。

15.5】A考查代词及语境理解。句意：除了布料外，设计者在尝试一些其它的像纸和皮革等材料。A. other别的，其它的，跟在名词前面作定语；B. another指不确定数目中的再一个，另一个；C. others其它的人或物，代词，后不跟名词；D. else别的，其它的，跟在不定代词及疑问词之后。本句修饰名词materials，故选A。

【考点定位】 考查文化类短文阅读。