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A
“Some day,
there’ll be no Americans left in the NBA,” said
12
-year-old Xing Tao, who joined
his school team two weeks ago after
watching Yao Ming in a televised NBA game, “The
players
will all be Chinese, like
Yao.”
To
China,
Yao
is
a
home-
grown
superstar
who
helped
make
the
world’s
first
basketball
league
closer
to
Chinese
players.
To
the
NBA,
the
2.23-meter
center
offers
an
opening
of
a
different
sort into the world’s largest new market. Yao’s
NBA first appearance against the
Ind
iana
Pacers in October
reached 287 million families in the US. That game
might have been a bit of a
letdown
to Yao’s fans: He played just 11 of the
48 minutes, had two
rebounds(
篮板
) and got no
points. Comparing that with his
performance on December 19, also against Indiana,
Yao won 29
points
and
10
rebounds.
“This
was
one
of
the
most
exciting
games
I’ve
had,”
Yao
said
after
Houston’s 95
-83 victory. The
NBA has to be excited about his on-count success.
In all his games,
he’s averaging 12.7
points and 7.7 rebounds, quite good for a new
star. “Yao Ming has brought the
NBA
closer to the Chinese,” said NBA spokeswoman
Cheong Sau Ching, “That makes the dream
seem practical for other
peop
le in China and proud to be
Chinese.”
The
22-year-
old Yao is not the country’s
first player in the NBA: Wang Zhizhi broke down
the Dallas Mavericks in November 2003.
But Yao’s combination of
modesty
（谦虚）
and skills
make him a favorite back home.
26. What’s the direct reason for Xing
Tao to join the school basketball team?
A. He watched an NBA game.
B. He liked basketball.
C. He hoped to play for the NBA.
D. He had dream that he would become a
basketball star.
27. How many points
did Yao Ming win in his first game in the NBA?
A. zero
B. two
C.
29
D. 10
28. What
does the word “letdown” in line 6, paragraph 2
mean?
A. failure
B.
surprise
C. disappointment
D. sadness.
29. Why does Yao
Ming win more popularity than Wang Zhizhi at home?
A. He has performed excellently.
B. He is modest
C. More and more Chinese people like to
watch his games.
D. both A
and B
30. What’s the main idea of this
passage?
A.
Middle school students want to play basketball.
B. Yao Ming makes NBA
closer to China.
C. There’ll be
no Americans left in the NBA.
D. There are many new stars
from China in the NBA.
B
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England
in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was
ten
years
old.
One
day
she
decided
that
she
wanted
to
become
a
doctor.
That
was
nearly
impossible for a woman in the middle of
the nineteenth century. After writing many letters
asking
for
admission(
录取
) to medical
schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in
Philadelphia. She
was
so
determined
that
she
taught
school
and
gave
music
lessons
to
get
money
for
the
cost
of
schooling.
In 1849, after
graduation from medical school. she decided to
further her education in Paris.
She
wanted to be a surgeon(
外科医师
)
, but a serious eye problem forced her to give up
the idea.
Upon returning to the United
States, she found it difficult to start her own
practice because
she
was
a
woman.
By
1857
Elizabeth
and
her
sister,
also
a
doctor,
along
with
another
woman
doctor, managed to open a new hospital,
the first for women and children Besides being the
first
woman
physician
and
founding
her
own
hospital
,
she
also
set
up
the
first
medical
school
for
women.
31.
Why c
ouldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell
realize her dream of becoming a
surgeon?
A. She
couldn’t get admitted to medical school
B. She decided to further
her education in Paris
C. A
serious eye problem stopped her
D. It
was difficult for her to start a practice in the
United States
32. What main
obstacle(
障碍
) almost
destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a
doctor?
A. She was a woman.
B.
She wrote too many letters.
C. She couldn’t
graduate from medical school.
D. She couldn’t
set up her
hospital.
33. How
many years passed between her graduation from
medical school and the opening of her
hospital?
A. Eight years
B. Ten years
C. Nineteen years
D. Thirty-six years
34. According to the passage, all of
the following are “firsts” in the life of
Elizabeth Blacekwell,
except that she
______.
A. became the first woman physician
B. was the first woman doctor
C.
and several other women founded the first hospital
for women and children
D. set up the first medical
school for women
35. Eilzabeth
Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.
A.
England
B.
Paris
C. the United
States
D. New York
City
C
Have you ever
wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that
they were just happy. After
all, you
probably sing when you are happy.
Some
scientists
believe
that
birds
do
sing
some
of
the
time
just
because
they
are
happy.
However,
they
sing
most
of
the
time
for
a
very
different
reason.
Their
singing
is
actually
a
warning to other birds to stay out of
their territory.
Do you know what a
“
territory
” is? A territory
is an area that an animal, usually the male,
claims (
声称
) as
its own. Only he and his family are welcome there.
No other families of the same
species
are welcome. Your house is your territory where
only your family and friends are welcome.
If a stranger should enter your
territory and threaten you, you might shout.
Probably this would be
enough to
frighten him away.
If so, you have
actually frightened the stranger away without
having to fight him. A bird does
the
same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any
time, especially at nesting
(
筑巢
) season. So
he is screaming all the time, whether
he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is
what we call
a bird’s song, and it is
usually enough to keep an outsider
away.
36.
Some scientists believe that most of
th
e time bird’s singing is actually
________.
A
．
an
expression of happiness
B.
a way of warning
C.
an expression of anger
D.
a way of greeting
37.
What is a
bird’s “territory”
？
A.
A place where
families of other species are not accepted.
B.
A place where
a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C.
An area for
which birds fight against each other.
D.
An area which
a bird considers to be its own.
38.
Why do birds
keep on singing at nesting season?