The young lady was ________ a gold ring on her finger.

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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,   36   no one really knows where the word came from.   37  say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which  38   moving silently and quickly. The only thing we are   39  is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you   40   light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by   41   who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made   42   for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are   43   used by children in the United States. In fact American children of  44   ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps  45   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  46   and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called  47   poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to   48 .”

American school children can be seen every day   49  sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off  50 . Sneakers are  51  washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the  52  loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between  53  ? Perhaps another young   54  in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a   55 .”

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

 

 

We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.  1  we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than  2  and making a sale.

       One lesson stands out in my  3  . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working in evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was  4   a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to  5  to buy anything. He looked  6  the toy section, picked up this item and  7 , and carefully put them  8  in their place.

       Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes  9  and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas 10  to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his  11  and look around. He did.

       After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy  12 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

       “How much you got?” Dad asked.

       The little boy held out his hand and  13  it. His hand was creased（起皱） with  14  lines of dirt from holding his  15   too tightly. In his hand  16  two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.

       “That’ll just  17  it,” Dad said as he  18  the sale. Dad’s reply still  19  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a  20  .

1．A．Because                B．Since                  C．As                      D．After

2．A．survival                 B．labor                   C．hardship              D．entertainment

3．A．way                      B．mind                   C．life                      D．time

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

5．A．try                        B．attempt                C．afford                 D．manage

6．A．for                       B．around                C．up                      D．over

7．A．that                      B．one                     C．it                        D．this

8．A．up                        B．away                   C．back                   D．off

9．A．opened                  B．smiled                 C．shone                  D．looked

10．A．tree                     B．card                    C．present                D．cake

11．A．effort                  B．word                   C．time                    D．courage

12．A．car                     B．gift                     C．plane                   D．section

13．A．showed               B．opened                C．gave                   D．turned

14．A．long                    B．straight                C．wet                     D．main

15．A．toy                     B．pocket                 C．hand                   D．money

16．A．lay                      B．had                     C．held                    D．laid

17．A．work                  B．cover                  C．need                   D．take

18．A．took                    B．returned              C．made                  D．offered 

19．A．rings                   B．stays                  C．remains               D．gets

20．A．bag              B．treasure           C．package         D．thing