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(鸡笼) with this pair of sneakers. So with her sneakers, there was the smell of dog and chicken poop(粪便).

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.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

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.试验　　　　　 B. 展览　　　　　　 C.推销　　　　　　　 D. 维修

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.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文介绍了美国的烂鞋比赛。今年3月，每年一度烂鞋比赛在美国举行。这场比赛第一次出现在1975。今年的获奖者是一个叫凯西的女孩，亚当斯。在这次比赛中所有其他的孩子都穿着运动鞋参加比赛。然而，凯西的运动鞋很臭，她不得不把他们放在车里面的袋子里。最后，凯西得到了奖金和前往纽约观看节目的免费旅行。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段前两句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.可知选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据The person who had a sporting goods(商品) store first had the idea to promote a kind of new shoes.的句意有一个体育用品商店的人首先想到要推销一种新鞋的主意可知选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段后两句She walked her dog and cleaned out her chicken coop(鸡笼) with this pair of sneakers. So with her sneakers, there was the smell of dog and chicken poop(粪便).可知选D。

4.细节理解题。根据第四段第二句Casey’s sneakers were so smelly that she had to take them inside some bags by car.可知选C。

5.细节理解题。根据短文首句How can you get $2,500 easily?就可推知该选B。

考点：社会现象类阅读。