TheKilt
Whenever people from Scotland live in foreign countries, they arealways asked:“Is Scotland that place where men wear skirts?” The short answeris yes, but there is more about the myths of Scottish “skirts”.
The “skirt” that Scotsmen (苏格兰男子) sometimeswear is called a kilt. It is part of the traditional dress of Scotland. Thekilt is clearly very famous across the world. It seems that everybody has heardof it, and that most people have seen a picture of a man wearing one.
People’s knowledge and ideas about Scotsmen wearing these funnykilts come from films and television. Every time people from other countriesask about the kilt,they mention Mel Gibson’s film,Braveheart. In manycountries, there are television programmes about Scotland. These programmesalways include information or images of men in kilts.
Of course, in Scotland, you will often see the kilt. The reality is,though, that you will most commonly see it in tourist areas. The main streetsand tourist areas of Scotland always have a Scotsman wearing a kilt and alltourist shops in the country sell kilts in different colours.
But kilts are not something that Scottish people see every day.Kilts are for special occasions, such as weddings, funerals and other big andimportant events.Scotsmen do not put on their kilt just to buy a bottle of milkand a loaf of bread at the local supermarket.
The reason for this may be that kilts are very expensive. When a manwears a kilt, he normally wears it with a special shirt, jacket, socks andshoes. This is obviously not cheap. In fact, an average kilt outfit (全套服装) costs around ￡500.
According to the text, Scotsmen ________.
like foreign culture
sometimes wear kilts
enjoy talking about kilts
often visit foreign countries
事实细节题。由第二段第一句“The ‘skirt’ that Scotsmen sometimes wear is called a kilt.”可知，苏格兰男子有时会穿“裙子”，这种“裙子”叫苏格兰短裙，故选B。
Mel Gibson is probably a ________.
painter
musician
movie star
fashion designer
推理判断题。第三段第二句提到“Mel Gibson’s film, Braveheart”，由此可推断，梅尔·吉布森可能是电影明星，故选C。
In Scotland, kilts are more often seen ________.
in tourist shops
in public schools
on the stage
at local markets
事实细节题。由第四段可知，在苏格兰，你能经常看到苏格兰短裙。但事实上，苏格兰短裙在旅游景点最常见。苏格兰的主要街道和旅游景点总会有穿着苏格兰短裙的苏格兰男士，而且苏格兰所有的旅游商店都出售不同颜色的苏格兰短裙。故选A。
People do not wear kilts every day probably because of their ________.
funny designs
dull colours
poor quality
high prices
事实细节题。由第六段第一句“The reason for this may be that kilts are very expensive.”可知，苏格兰人不是每天都穿苏格兰短裙，这也许是因为它们太贵了，故选D。
This text is mainly about the ________.
history of kilts
production of kilts
myths of kilts
styles of kilts
主旨大意题。文章第一段就指出“there is more about the myths of Scottish ‘skirts’”，第二、三段讲了人们对苏格兰短裙的认知，第四段介绍了苏格兰短裙在哪里最常见，第五、六段介绍了苏格兰人不是每天都穿苏格兰短裙及其原因。所以文章主要讲述了关于苏格兰短裙的谬见，故选C。