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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,
1 no one really knows where the word came from.
2 say it came from
the old English verb "sneak", which
3 to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are
4 is that
when you put on a pair of sneakers, you
5 light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.
Sneakers of some kind are used by
6 who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design
has been made
7 for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are
8 used by children in the
United States. In fact American children of
9 ages would much rather play in s
neakers than anything
else, except perhaps
10 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
11 and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called
12 poem "The Sneaker and the World Peace". "When everyone is wearing sneakers," she said, "it
will be impossible to
13 ."
American school children can be seen every day
14 sneakers of all colours. They put them on in
the morning and take them off
15 . Sneakers are
16 washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are,
the
17 loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How
do you explain the closeness between
18 ? Perhaps another young
19 in the New York Poetry
Contest said it best. "A shoe is just a shoe," he said. "But a sneaker is a
20 ."
( )1. A. however
( )2. A. All
( )3. A. appears
( )4. A. excited about
( )5. A. think
( )6. A. men
( )7. A. lovely
( )8. A. only
( )9. A. all
( )10. A. some shoes
( )11. A. photos
( )12. A. her
( )13. A. explain
( )14. A. dressing
( )15. A. the next day
( )16. A. forever
( )17. A. much
( )18. A. sneakers and
other shoes
( )19. A. girl
( )20. A. sneaker |
B. but
B. Some
B. remains
B. sure of
B. feel
B. women
B. specially
B. greatly
B. some
B. no shoes
B. compositions
B. his
B. guide
B. wearing
B. at noon
B. always
B. many
B. boys and girls
B. man
B. friend |
C. or
C. People
C. means
C. surprised at
C. consider
C. those
C. lively
C. hardly
C. little
C. no children
C. poems
C. its
C. hate
C. putting on
C. at bedtime
C. seldom
C. most
C. children and sneakers
C. woman
C. poem |
D. and
D. The others
D. wants
D. pleased with
D. suggest
D. these
D. cheaply
D. finally
D. old
D. some sneakers
D. drawings
D. their
D. love
D. having
D. in the evening
D. sometimes
D. more
D. winners and sneakers
D. winner
D. shoe |