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(fēng)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.  |
| A．colors | B．checks | C．rules | D．shapes |
| A．到達(dá) | B．得到 | C．在路上 | D．妨礙 |
| A．At weddings | B．At big dinners | C．In parades | D．a(chǎn)ll of the above |
| 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
解析試題分析：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(jì)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(xì)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(xì)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(xì)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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Imagine that your hairstyle is important for your future. For teenage boys in Papua New Guinea this is true! The Hulie people believe that beautiful hair shows a man is healthy and strong.. They respect men who wear wigs, so teenage Hulie boys have to grow great hair. With this hair, they make a wig that they can wear every day.
The Hulie live deep in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea. Before the 1930s, people from the outside world didn't even know about them. Today, there are about 70000 Hulie people, Most still follow their traditional way of life. The Hulie live in small villages, but families. do not live together. Women and small children live in one house and. men live together in another house. When boys are eight years old, they have to leave their mothers to live with their fathers.
Some Hulie children go to school to study reading and math. But after middle school. While teenage girls babysit their younger brothers and sisters, most teenage boys，to wig school. At wig school, they learn how to grow their hair and how to make wigs. The rules are pretty serious
1 .They cannot run, because their hair can be damaged.
2. They have to stay away from fire.
3. They have to put water on their hair 12 times a day to make it Grow faster.
When a Hulie teen wears his wig for the first time, he shows he is a man now, he can get married. To prepare, boys grow their hair for 18 months or longer. Then they cut it and use their own hair to make a mushroom-shaped wig. Later they grow their hair again for special wigs. These special wigs are for celebrations and festivals. Hulie men wear their mushroom-shaped wigs every day, but they like to be fashionable, too. To add style, they decorate their wigs with flowers and feathers.
【小題1】The article is mainly about________
A. teenage Hulie girls
B. teenage Hulie boys
C. Hulie men and women
【小題2】 People didn't know the Hulie people until the 1930s because______
A.they lived in small villages
B. there are only 2700Huli people
C. they were hidden in the rain forest
【小題3】 The underlined phrase "people from the outside world" means______
A. people who don't live in the rain forest
B. people who follow their old traditions
C. people who do things outside of the forest
【小題4】According to the article we can refer that Huli_________
A. teenage boys live with the mothers
B. teenage girls live with their fathers
C. husbands and wives do not live together
【小題5】Hulie boys do not decorate their wigs with_______
A. flowers B. mushrooms C. feathers
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  | It’s located at the eastern and western gates of the Pearl Spring Scenic Area. There are all kinds of tickets, such as tickets for the scenic area and tickets for amusement park. | ||
  | Dingshan Pavilion Dining Hall, a large-scale dining centre, can receive 300 people for dining at the same time. It lies in the Scenic Area. Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery while eating. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day. | ||
| You can take No. 168 bus from Gulou Bus Stop and get off at Pearl Spring Bus Stop. The bus stop is just outside the Scenic Area. You can also drive here. |
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| A．is a large-scale dining centre |
| B．is located next to the Ticket Centre |
| C．is open to the public 16 hours a day |
| D．can receive 300 people for dinner in a day |
| A．only take a bus there |
| B．get water for free if they are thirsty |
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This guide focuses on classic music, a tradition that originated before recordings, radio, and the Internet, back when all music was live music. In those days live human beings performed for other live human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classic music can have a special excitement. Hearing classic music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual.
Classical music concerts can seem like snobby（高傲的）affairs full of foreign terms and unusual behavior. It can be hard to understand what’s going on . It can be hard to know how to act. But don’t worry. Concerts are no stranger than any other amusement, and the rules of behavior are much simpler and easier to understand than the stock market, football, or system software programs.
If you haven’t been to a live concert before, or if you’ve been confused by concerts, this guide will explain, so you can relax and enjoy the music.
【小題1】From Paragraph 1, we can see that the writer encourages us _______.
| A．towatchthemusicianstomakemusic |
| B．toexperiencethespiritofclassicalmusic |
| C．toattendliveconcertsandenjoylivemusic |
| D．togetpleasurefromdifferentkindsofmusic |
| A．listened | B．started | C．performed | D．disappeared |
| A．isfullofforeignterms |
| B．istoodifficulttounderstand |
| C．isstrangerthanotheramusements |
| D．isexcitingtobothplayersandlisteners |
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【小題1】Where is Diaoyu Dao?
| A．In the northeast of China. | B．25°40’-26°00’E. |
| C．In the northwest of Taiwan Island. | D．123°20’-124°40’E . |
| A．5.69 | B．3.91 | C．0.91 | D．0.065 |
| A．75 meters | B．117 meters | C．245 meters | D．362 meters |
| A．They grew up there. |
| B．They wrote historical books there. |
| C．They worked and fished on the sea there. |
| D．They drank water there. |
| A．Diaoyu Dao has more than 8 islands. |
| B．Huangwei Yu is about 110 kilometers to the northeast of Diaoyu Dao. |
| C．China had already named Diaoyu Dao by the 14th and 15th centuries. |
| D．The sea waters around Diaoyu Dao is traditionally Chinese fishing ground. |
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【小題1】A Japanese worker works __________ more hours a year than a French one.
| A．513 | B．1,646 | C．2,159 | D．3,805 |
| A．稅費 | B．加班費 | C．學(xué)費 | D．冷飲費 |
| A．France | B．Germany | C．the United States | D．Great Britain |
| A．No companies offer vacations to their workers. |
| B．Many people say they have enough time to relax. |
| C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work. |
| D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days. |
| A．Many workers have to work long hours. |
| B．Many people have vacations long enough. |
| C．Work hours are the same around the world. |
| D．There are a lot of dull people in the world |
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S — specific, detailed goals are easier to accomplish.
M— measurable goals enable you to complete a fixed amount of something.
A— achievable goals are possible, not ones that would take magic or miracles to accomplish.
R— relevant goals are meaningful to you.
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【小題1】In 2013, China chose “__________” as the Character of the Year?
| A．dream | B．smart |
| C．future | D．Chinese dream |
| A．worried | B．proud | C．worthy | D．excited |
| A．Together | B．Today | C．Time | D．Tomorrow |
| A．Dreaming in 2013 | B．Dreaming Big in 2013 |
| C．Dreaming Big in 2012 | D．Dreaming in 2012 |
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| A．a(chǎn)ny time | B．nine | C．five | D．one |
| A．from one to two | B．from two to three |
| C．from three to four | D．from four to five |
| A．bananas and apples | B．soup and meat |
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About 5000 years ago, China lost much of its wood because of over population and poor management of its forest. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to learn how to use it better.
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I often wonder if the Chinese appreciated their solution to that ancient energy problem as much as I do now --- whenever I eat Chinese food.
【小題1】This passage is mainly about ___________.
| A．why Chinese food tastes fresh |
| B．what Chinese food tastes like |
| C．how Chinese food is cooked |
| D．what makes Chinese food special |
| A．when he worked as a reporter in China |
| B．from a news story in the Daily Journal |
| C．a(chǎn)fter he got a taste of it in the Chinatown |
| D．before he got his first job in San Francisco |
| A．keeping its fresh flavor |
| B．saving their hard –to-get wood |
| C．producing a different kind of food |
| D．a(chǎn)ttracting westerners to their food |
| A．fresh flavor | B．meat and vegetable |
| C．hot oil | D．firewood |
| A．the wood used to make the cooking fire |
| B．the fast speed at which it is cooked |
| C．the high quality of Chinese meat and vegetable |
| D．the well –developed art of Chinese cooking |
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