(B)

Peter: What are you doing for vacation, Steven?

Steven: I’m visiting my aunt in San Francisco. My brother’s staying there. He’s joining a club.

Peter: Oh? When are you going?

Steven: Next Friday.

Peter: How long are you staying?

Steven: I’m staying at my aunt’s home for four days. I’m going sightseeing in San Francisco, and then I’m seeing

all of my friends New York. How about you?

Peter: I’m going to the beach and my friends and I are also going hiking for a few days.

Steven: Aren’t you renting video tapes and relaxing at home?

Peter: No, it’s boring. We like outside activities.

( ) 41. Peter is going _______ on his vacation.

A. to Florida B. riding C. hiking D. to San Francisco

( ) 42. Steven’s leaving ______ for vacation.

A. tomorrow B. next month C. next Monday D. next year

( ) 43. Steven’s brother is staying ________.

A. at home B. at school C. in San Francisco D. in New York

( ) 44. Steven is staying in his aunt’s house for ______.

A. a week B. four days C. several days D. two days

( ) 45. Peter thinks that staying at home is _____.

A. interesting B. boring C. fun D. exciting

(C)

Not only women wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland (苏格兰), men wear a kilt – a kind of skirt. The kilt is their national dress.

The kilt has checks (方格) and different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scotsmen (苏格兰男人) start to wear kilts. There is a story about it. Rawlinson had some workers from Scotland in his office and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their clothes into a shorter skirt.

Today, they usually only wear them at weddings (婚礼) or big dinners. Only a few men wear a kilt every day. Scotsmen also wear kilts in big parties. The policemen still have skills as the dress uniforms, but they don’t wear them to catch the thieves.[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]

( ) 46. A kilt is ______.

A. a hat B. a shirt C. a skirt D. a sweater

( ) 47. In Scotland, different families have different _____ of kilts.

A. prices B. colors C. styles D. checks

( ) 48. What does “got in the way of” mean?

A. 妨碍 B. 得到 C. 在路上 D. 到达

( ) 49. When do Scotsmen wear kilts?

A. At weddings B. At big dinners C. In big parties D. All of ab ove.

( ) 50. The story is about ________.

A. Scotsmen’s traditional kilts B. how to make kilts

C. what a kilt is D. how much the kilt is