单选题
Brotherly Love

Adidas and Puma have been two of the biggest names in sports shoe manufacturing for over half a century.
Since 1928 they have supplied shoes for Olympic athletes, World Cup-winning 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 but complained that they could never find comfortable shoes to play in. Rudolph always said, "You cannot play sports wearing shoes that you"d walk around town with." So they started making their own. In 1920 Adolph made the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes (钉), produced on the Dasslers" 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 and it provided the shoes for Germany"s athletes at the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games.
But in 1948 the brothers argued. No one knows exactly what happened, but family members have suggested that the argument was about money or women. 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 relocated across the River Aurach and founded his own company too. At first he wanted to call it Ruda, but eventually he called it Puma, after the wild cat. The famous Puma logo of the jumping cat has hardly changed since.
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, but ever since it happened, over sixty years ago, the town has been split into two. Even now, some Adidas employees and Puma employees don"t talk to each other.
单选题 Adidas and puma began to make shoes at the end of 19th century.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第二段第一句话可知,Adidas和Puma从20世纪20年代开始就已经为奥林匹克运动员提供鞋子,题目说他们在19世纪末开始制作鞋子。
单选题 The brothers" father was a ball maker.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第三段第一句话可知,兄弟两人是鞋匠的儿子,题目说他们的父亲是造球者。
单选题 The brothers make shoes at home.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第三段最后一句话可知,在1920年,兄弟俩用钉子在厨房餐桌上制作出了第一双运动鞋,题目说兄弟俩在家制作鞋子。
单选题 The brothers argued about the shoes.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第五段第二句话可知,没人知道到底发生了什么,但家人知道争论的重点是金钱或女人,题目说兄弟俩争论的是鞋子。
单选题 The brothers decided to start their separate companies after argument.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第五段最后一句话和第六段第一句话可知,Adolph成立了Adidas,Rudolph也成立了自己的公司,题目说争论后两人决定各自开公司。
单选题 Nike makes more shoes than Adidas.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 综观全文可知,文中并未提到Nike,题目说Nike比Adidas生产的鞋子多。
单选题 People in town have forgotten their argument.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章最后一段第一句话可知,应该忘记可怕的家庭争论。但自从60年前发生以来,城镇已经分成两派了,题目说城镇里的人们已经忘记了他们的争论。