Question

Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe, ______no one really knows where the word came from. ______ say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which ______ to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are ______ is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you ______ light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by ______ who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made ______ for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are______used by children in the United States. In fact American children of ______ ages would much rather  play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps ______ at all.

New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their ______ and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called ______ poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to ______.”

American school children can be seen every day ______ sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off ______. Sneakers are ______ washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the ______ loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between ______? Perhaps another young ______ in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a ______.”

1.A. however B. but C. or D. and

2.A. All B. Some C. People D. The others

3.A. appears B. remains C. means D. wants

4.A. excited about B. sure of C. surprised at D. pleased with

5.A. think B. feel C. consider D. suggest

6.A. men B. women C. those D. these

7.A. lovely B. specially C. lively D. cheaply

8.A. only B. greatly C. hardly D. finally

9.A. all B. some C. little D. old

10.A. some shoes B. no shoes C. no children D. some sneakers

11.A. photos B. compositions C. poems D. drawings

12.A. her B. his C. its D. their

13.A. explain B. guide C. hate D. love

14.A. dressing B. wearing C. putting on D. having

15.A. the next day B. at noon C. at bedtime D. in the evening

16.A. forever B. always C. seldom D. sometimes

17.A. much B. many C. most D. more

18.A. sneakers and other shoes B. boys and girls C. children and sneakers D. winners and sneakers

19.A. girl B. man C. woman D. winner

20.A. sneaker B. friend C. poem D. shoe

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