Question

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

　　One night, the leader of the 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 battle①. 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, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.

　　The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they went up the hill. 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 minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was hard, but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved Scotland②.

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

　　1. Hundreds of years ago, the Romans ____ .

　　A. came from the north through England to make war on Scotland

　　B. came to the north Scotland from England to make war on Scotland

　　C. came from the north of England to fight the Scots

　　D. came to the north from the south of Britain to fight the Scots

　　2. At the shout of a Roman soldier, all the Scots who were asleep at the hill ____ .

　　A. began to fight the Romans hard

　　B. stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fight

　　C. woke and rose immediately, ready to fight

　　D. put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight

　　3. The result of the war is that ____ .

　　A. the Romans killed all the Scots

　　B. the Scots were defeated

　　C. the Scots were driven out of Scotland

　　D. the Scots defeated the Romans

　　4. The Scots made thistle their national flower because thistle ____ .

　　A. is lovely, though not beautiful

　　B. gave them happiness

　　C. is a kind of useful plant

　　D. helped the Scots in wiping out the Romans

Answer 1

　　本文講述了幾百年前，在蘇格蘭人民抵御羅馬軍隊的入侵的戰(zhàn)斗中，一種叫薊的植物在關鍵時刻幫助蘇格蘭人擊敗了羅馬軍隊，拯救了蘇格蘭。

　　1.B本題為細節(jié)考查題。由第一段第一句“...a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland.”，可以知道羅馬軍隊來自北方，并經過England來入侵蘇格蘭。

　　2.C本題為句意理解題。本題的考查實際上是針對短文第四段第九句“In a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle.”進行的，該句的意思是：他們立刻就起來，并準備戰(zhàn)斗了。因此答案為C。

　　3.D本題為細節(jié)考查題。由第四段最后一句“The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved Scotland.”可以得出答案D。

　　4.D本題為推理判斷題。正是因為thistle在關鍵時刻幫助了蘇格蘭人拯救了自己的國家，蘇格蘭人才喜愛它，并把它定為國花。