Question

【題目】Hundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland，but there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.

One night，the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight，my men,” he said. "Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we will die."

They were all very tired，so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired as well and also fell asleep one by one.

The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside, taking care not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly，one of them put his foot on a thistle(薊). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for battle. The fighting was hard but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country.

The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.

【1】Hundreds of years ago there was a war between ________.

A. Roman army and North England

B. a brave people and the Scots

C. England and Scots

D. Roman army and the Scots

【2】The Romans climbed up the hill quietly because ________.

A. they wanted to catch the four guards first

B. they didn't want to wake the Scots

C. they wanted to reach the top

D. they were afraid of the sharp needles of the thistle

【3】The people of Scotland made thistle their national flower because ________.

A. it is a beautiful plant

B. it was the thistle that helped the Scots to win the battle

C. it had so many sharp needles all over it

D. it is fresh and lovely

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了羅馬人入侵蘇格蘭，一天晚上，羅馬人準備偷襲蘇格蘭人，但一個士兵在睡夢中把腳伸到薊上，導致他大喊，這驚醒了其他士兵，也破壞了羅馬人的偷襲計劃，蘇格蘭士兵最終戰(zhàn)勝了羅馬人。

【1】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中Hundreds of years ago, a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland.可知，選D。

【2】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第二、三句Slowly they climbed up the hillside,taking care not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots.可知，羅馬人悄悄爬上山是為了不驚醒Scots。故選B。

【3】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的描述可知，因為薊幫助蘇格蘭人打敗了羅馬人，所以他們把薊定為國花。故選B。

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