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 .”
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| 小题3: | | A．appears | B．remains | C．means | D．wants |
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| 小题4: | | A．excited about | B．sure of | C．surprised at | D．pleased with |
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| 小题5: | | A．think | B．feel | C．consider | D．suggest |
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| 小题6: | | A．men | B．women | C．those | D．these |
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| 小题7: | | A．lovely | B．specially | C．lively | D．cheaply |
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| 小题8: | | A．only | B．greatly | C．hardly | D．finally |
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| 小题10: | | A．some shoes | B．no shoes | C．no children | D．some sneakers |
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| 小题11: | | A．photos | B．compositions | C．poems | D．drawings |
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| 小题13: | | A．explain | B．guide | C．hate | D．love |
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| 小题14: | | A．dressing | B．wearing | C．putting on | D．having |
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| 小题15: | | A．the next day | B．at noon | C．at bedtime | D．in the evening |
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| 小题16: | | A．forever | B．always | C．seldom | D．sometimes |
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| 小题18: | | A．sneakers and other shoes | B．boys and girls | | C．children and sneakers | D．winners and sneakers |
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| 小题19: | | A．girl | B．man | C．woman | D．winner |
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| 小题20: | | A．sneaker | B．friend | C．poem | D．shoe |
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