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）.

A．himself B．him C．his D．he

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

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

A．sell B．dress C．wear D．make

A．jackets B．shirts C．trousers D．kilts

A．dry B．wet C．wide D．narrow

A．lie B．rest C．move D．sleep

A．slow B．slowly C．quick D．quickly

A．of B．as C．with D．for

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

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

A．country B．work C．education D．family

A．but B．and C．or D．yet

A．feel B．smell C．look D．sound

A．other B．another C．others D．else