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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, ___21___no one really knows where the word came from. ___22___ say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which ___23___ to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are ___24___ is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you ___25___ light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by ___26___ who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made ___27___ for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are___28___used by children in the United States. In fact American children of ___29___ ages would much rather  play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps ___30___ at all.

New York City once held a poetry contest (詩歌比賽) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their ___31___ and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called ___32___ poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to ___33___.”

American school children can be seen every day ___34___ sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off ___35___. Sneakers are ___36___ washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the ___37___ loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between ___38___? Perhaps another young ___39___ in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a ___40___.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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