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Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in 2002 in NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center became the first player to come from a foreign team.?

Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain(隊(duì)長(zhǎng)) of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father played basketball, too.?

Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in CBA. It’s short for China Basketball Association(聯(lián)賽). During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores(得分) for the Shanghai Oriental(東方) Sharks in every match.?

Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in October, 2002. He said this was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself.?

Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said，“Yao Ming has the potential(潛力), the capability(能力) of changing the future of basketball.”?

1.The Houston Rocket is the name of a ____ team.?

A. table tennis                             B. volleyball?

C. basketball                               D. golf

2. Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were ____.?

A. football players ?

B. basketball players?

C. the centers of the Chinese National Team?

D. the c aptains of the Chinese National Team

3. Yao Ming ____ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.?

A. does well                                B. is good?

C. was good                                 D. did well

4. Yao Ming ____ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.

A. did his best to join

B. was well known in

C. became a member(成員)of?

D. liked

5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to ____.?

A. learn from the NBA

B. change the future of basketball

C. improve himself

D. became the captain of the Houston Rockets

All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online(上網(wǎng)) to watch.

Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.

1.Sports are good for _______.

A. the players             B. people’s health

C. the coaches           D. people who like sports

2.If you like sports, you can _______.

A. buy tickets to watch the games

B. watch the games on TV

C. watch the games on the Internet

D. A、B and C

3.People play _______ in different seasons.

A. the same game      B. different games     C. any games     D. all kinds of games

4._______ is very popular in the world.

A. Table tennis  B. Baseball         C. Football                   D. Skating

5.From this passage we can see that _______ can become very friendly.

A. people from different countries all

B. people from the same country

C. people who do the same sports

D. after a game, people from different countries

All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online to watch.

Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are rather interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.

(    )6.Sports are good for _______.

        A.the players                         B.people’s health

        C.the coaches                         D.people who like sports

(    )7.If you like sports, you can _______.

        A.buy tickets to watch the games      B. watch the games on TV

        C. watch the games on the Internet    D.A、B and C

(    )8.People play _______ in different seasons.

        A.the same game                       B.different games

        C.any games                           D.all kinds of games

(    )9._______ is very popular in the world.

        A.Table tennis    B.Baseball         C.Football            D.Skating

(    )10.From this passage we can see that _______ can become very friendly.

        A.people from different countries all

        B.people from the same country

        C.people who do the same sports

    D.after a game, people from different countries

In almost every big university in the United States, football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.

Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw (扔) the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field; they have four chances to move the ball ten yards (碼). They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they can receive six points. This is called a touch-down (持球觸地).

It’s difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.

Thousands of people come to watch it when there is a football game. They all yell for their favorite team. They dance and jump while they are yelling. Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The football season usually begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January lst. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.

1.In America, football players can _______.

A. only kick the ball????????????? B. only throw the ball

C. only carry the ball????????????? D. kick, throw and carry the ball

2.There are _______ on each team.

A. ten players????????????? B. eleven players????????????? C. twelve players????????????? D. thirteen players

3.If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team has to _______.

A. go home　B. carry the ball ten yards

C. run with it　D. kick the ball to the other team

4.The best teams play again _______.

A. on Christmas????????????? B. after the season ends　C. on New Year’s Day　D. on Sunday

5.The underlined word “yell” in the passage means “_______”.

A. shout (喊) loudly????????????? B. jump????????????? C. talk loudly????????????? ????????????? D. sing