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A long time ago, Roman (罗马) soldiers came to make war to Scotland (苏格兰). The Scots (苏格兰人)
1 their country very much. They fought hard against their enemy, but there were too
2 of the Romans.
It looked as if the Romans would win.
One night, the leader of Scots took his
3 to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight, my men," he
said, "Tomorrow we will fight against the Romans again. We
4 win or we will die."
They were all very
5 , so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were only four guards on
duty, but they too, were very tired, and one by one, also
6 .
The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they arrived at the
7 of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the
hillside.
8 they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more, the war
would be
9 . Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle (一种叶子带刺的野生植物). He cried out and
his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a minute, the Scots were all ready to fight. They fought very bravely and
won in the end.
The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has shape needles (针) all over it. Few people like it.
10 the people
of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.
( )1. A. hated ( )2. A. few ( )3. A. soldiers ( )4. A. must ( )5. A. excited ( )6. A. fell down ( )7. A. foot ( )8. A. Closer and closer ( )9. A. away ( )10. A. And |
B. believed B. many B. family B. will B. tired B. fell asleep B. middle B. Quicker and quicker B. over B. So |
C. loved C. much C. friends C. can C. angry C. felt sick C. top C. Sooner and sooner C. through C. But |