Adidas and Puma have been two of the biggest names in sports shoe production for over half a century.
Since 1928, they have supplied shoes for Olympic athletes, World Cup football heroes, Muhammad Ali, hip hop stars and rock musicians famous all over the world. But the story of these two companies begins in one house in the town of Herzogenaurach, Germany.
Adolph and Rudolph Dassler were the sons of a shoemaker. They loved sport hut complained that they could never find comfortable shoes to play in. So they started making their own. In 1920, Adolph made the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes (钉状物), produced on the Dasslers’s kitchen table.
On 1st July 1924, they formed a shoe company, Dassler Brothers Ltd and they worked together for many years. The company became successful, but in 1948, the brothers argued. No one knows exactly what happened. The result was that Adolph left the company. His nickname was Adi, and using this and the first three letters of the family name, Dassler, he founded Adidas. Rudolph also founded and relocated his own company across the River Aurach. At first he wanted to call it Ruda, but finally he called it Puma.
After the big split of 1948, Adolph and Rudolph never spoke to each other again and their companies have now been in competition for over sixty years. Both companies were for many years the market leaders, though Adidas has always been more successful than Puma. A hip hop group, Run DMC, has even written a song called My Adidas and in 2005 Adidas bought Reebok, another big sports shoe company.
The terrible family argument should really be forgotten. Ever since it happened, over sixty years ago, the town has been divided into two. Even now, some Adidas employees and Puma employees don’t talk to each other.
1.Why did Adolph and Rudolph start making their own shoes?
A. To play sports. B. To walk around the town.
C. To make a living. D. To show their talent.
2.How long had the two brothers worked in the same company?
A. 20 years. B. 24 years.
C. 16 years. D. 60 years.
3.The underlined word “split” in paragraph 5 is the closest in meaning to “________”.
A. separation B. connection
C. cooperation D. celebration
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. Dassler Brothers Ltd provided Olympic athletes with shoes in 1924.
B. Adidas was named after Adolph’s family name.
C. Run DMC wrote a song in memory of Reebok.
D. The argument has an influence on the two companies even today.
Coit Tower
Coit Tower provides 360-degree views of San Francisco and the bay, including the Golden Gate Bridge. The most fantastic views can be seen from the observation deck, which is reached by an elevator. It costs $7 to get on the elevator. It is 4. 9 miles from Coit Tower to Golden Gate Bridge.
Crissy Field
Crissy Field, a former army airport located south of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Presidio, was rebuilt in 2001 and offers wide walking and cycling trails between the Marina Green and Fort Point. It offers wonderful views of the Golden Gate Bridge, picnic areas and a small sandy beach which is popular with families. Along Crissy Field, visitors can stop for lunch at the Warming Hut, the Beach Hut Cafe or the House of Air. Distance from Golden Gate Bridge: 2. 4 miles from the Marina Green.
Fort (堡垄) Point
For a close view of the bridge, visit Fort Point, which is a Civil War time brick fort which can be entered through the Marine Drive park at Crissy Field. Although Fort Point never had any military(军事的) action, the Golden Gate Bridge’s chief engineer, Joseph Strauss, redesigned the bridge to preserve the fort as a “fine example of some kind of art.” Distance from Golden Gate Bridge: 1. 2 miles.
Lands End
Lands End near Lincoln Park offers a perfect view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Visitors can walk along a paved sidewalk near the 17th hole of the Lincoln Park Municipal Golf Course. Here, there are several benches and photo opportunities to picture the beauty of the bridge. Distance from Golden Gate Bridge: 3. 0 miles.
1.Where can visitors have a picnic?
A. At Coit Tower. B. At Crissy Field.
C. At Fort Point. D. At Lands End.
2.Why did Joseph redesign the bridge?
A. To offer wide walking and cycling.
B. To picture the beauty of the bridge.
C. To take a close view of the bridge.
D. To save the fort as an art.
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A. To introduce some places to view Golden Gate Bridge.
B. To introduce some great places in Golden Gate Bridge.
C. To compare the four famous places in San Francisco.
D. To introduce the history of Golden Gate Bridge.
假如你是李华，你在澳大利亚的笔友David来e-mail透露，他觉得他的朋友吸烟很酷，也想尝试一下，为此征求你的意见。请你根据下列提示，给David回一封不少于100词的邮件，劝他不要吸烟。
1、吸烟危害大，对自身及他人的影响等……
2、一旦上瘾，很难戒除……
3、应提倡健康、积极的生活方式……
要求：邮件的格式和开头已经给出，不计入总词数。 be addicted to上瘾
Dear David,
I have learned from your e-mail that you want to try smoking as you think it is very attractive. As far as I can see, smoking is a bad habit.
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文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Peter,
I am more than happier to know you got first prize in the speech contest. I’m writing to offer my sincere congratulations to you.
It is known to all, success lie in hard work. I think you must have been practiced a lot. And at the same time you must have gained much valuable skills. Could you please help me but tell me what I should pay attention when I speak in public? You know, when made a speech, I always get nervously. I would appreciate it if you could give me some advices.
Please write to me as soon as you can.
单词拼写,注意：每空一词。
1.Thanksgiving Day is one of the most important U.S. family ______________(庆祝).
2.I enjoy __________ my living by teaching small kids. (谋生)
3.He was __________ the gold medal for being the fastest runner. (授予)
4.A ________________ diet is essential for teenagers. (平衡)
5.These _______________ were angry with the salesgirl for her impolite answer. (顾客)
6.His English was so ___________ that he couldn’t even tell the foreign friend where he was from. (有限)
7.This kind of fruit is of great __________ to your health. (有益)
8.Smoking is not p_____________ in our school. (允许)
9.A high proportion of the new _________ are skilled professionals. (到达者)
10._______________, we don’t want to spend too much money. （显而易见的）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语（只限一词），或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空（不多于三词），并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1. (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 2.too little.
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,3.not save a bit of money?
“That would be a very4. (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like 5. (us), Nick said.
Nick’s guests, 6.had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 7.a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t 8. (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 9.very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10. (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
