Question

Who has the smelliest sneakers?

How can you get $2,500 easily? All you need is a pair of smelly sneakers(臭球鞋). 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, 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.

根據短文內容，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 39 th.

2.The underlined work“promote” means “ ”in Chinese.

A.試驗　　　　　 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：短文大意：本文介紹了美國的爛鞋比賽。今年3月，每年一度爛鞋比賽在美國舉行。這場比賽第一次出現在1975。今年的獲獎者是一個叫凱西的女孩，亞當斯。在這次比賽中所有其他的孩子都穿著運動鞋參加比賽。然而，凱西的運動鞋很臭，她不得不把他們放在車里面的袋子里。最后，凱西得到了獎金和前往紐約觀看節目的免費旅行。

1.細節理解題。根據第二段前兩句This year in March, there was the annual(每年一度) Rotten Sneaker Contest in America. This contest first came out in 1975.和第三段首句This year the winner was a girl named Casey Adams.可知選D。

2.詞義猜測題。根據The person who had a sporting goods(商品) store first had the idea to promote a kind of new shoes.的句意有一個體育用品商店的人首先想到要推銷一種新鞋的主意可知選C。

3.細節理解題。根據第三段后兩句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).可知選D。

4.細節理解題。根據第四段第二句Casey’s sneakers were so smelly that she had to take them inside some bags by car.可知選C。

5.細節理解題。根據短文首句How can you get $2,500 easily?就可推知該選B。

考點：社會現象類閱讀。