Question

Who has the smelliest sneakers (臭球鞋)?

How can you get $2,500 easily? All you need is a pair of smelly sneakers.This is the true story in America in the Rotten Sneaker Contest. This year in March, there was the annual (每年一度) Rotten Sneaker Contest in America.This contest first came out in 1975.The person who had a sporting goods (商品) store first had the idea to promote a kind of new shoes. This year the winner was a girl named Casey Adams. She walked her dog and cleaned out her chicken coop (雞籠) with this pair of sneakers. So with her sneakers, there was the smell of dog and chicken poop (糞便). Other children in this contest all wore their sneakers to join the contest. However, who has the smelliest sneakers? Casey’s sneakers were so smelly that she had to take them inside some bags by car. Finally, Casey got the prize money and a trip to New York to watch a show for free.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1.Which Rotten Sneaker Contest did Casey win?

A. The 36th. B. The 37th.

C. The 38th. D. The 39th.

2. The underlined word “promote” means “______” in Chinese.

A. 試驗(yàn) B. 展覽

C. 推銷 D. 維修

3.How did Casey make her sneakers with the smell of chicken poop?

A. She walked chickens.

B. She washed chickens.

C. She lived with chickens.

D. She cleaned out the chicken coop.

4. How did Casey take her sneakers to the contest?

A. Wore them there.

B. Sent them there.

C. Took them inside some bags.

D. Took them inside a shoe box.

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. It’s a contest in the UK.

B. The winner of the contest can get $2,500.

C.A shoe maker first had the idea of this contest.

D.Casey went on a trip to London with the prize money.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文告訴我們：凱西贏了1975年的臭鞋比賽，獲得了2500美元。凱西是如何讓她的運(yùn)動鞋帶有雞的糞便的氣味的呢？她穿著這雙鞋打掃了雞籠。

1.凱西贏了哪一屆臭鞋比賽？根據(jù)This contest first came out in 1975. This year the winner was a girl named Casey Adams.故選D。

2.猜測詞義題。劃線單詞“promote”的漢語意思是“推銷”。根據(jù)The person who had a sporting goods store first had the idea to promote a kind of new shoes. 可知選C。

3.凱西是如何讓她的運(yùn)動鞋帶有雞的糞便的氣味？根據(jù)She walked her dog and cleaned out her chicken coop with this pair of sneakers. So with her sneakers, there was the smell of dog and chicken poop. 故選D。

4.凱西是如何帶著她的運(yùn)動鞋參加比賽？在袋子里帶著它們。根據(jù)Casey’s sneakers were so smelly that she had to take them inside some bags by car. 可知，應(yīng)該選C。

5.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。下面哪個是真的？競賽的獲勝者能獲得2,500美元.根據(jù)How can you get $2,500 easily? All you need is a pair of smelly sneakers. 故選B。

考點(diǎn)：社會文化類短文閱讀。