3 . 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. 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. 10. A.some shoes | B.no shoes | C.no children | D.some sneakers |
11. A.photos | B.compositions | C.poems | D.drawings |
12. 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. 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 |