WASHINGTON—US President Barack Obama said Thursday that he had known about NBA star Jeremy Lin’s talent long before the“Linsanity”phenomenon swept the sport.
“I knew about Jeremy before you did because Arne Duncan, my secretary of education, was captain of the Harvard team,”Obama told the famous US sportswriter Bill Simmons in an interview.
“When Arne and I were playing, he said,‘I’m telling you, we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.’And then when one of my best friends, whose son is a freshman at Harvard, went for a recruiting(招募) trip he saw Lin in action, so I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon(时尚) for a while,”said the president, who is a Harvard Law graduate.
Lin, the New York Knicks’ point guard, though he was cut twice in December 2011, had had a sudden rise in the past month to high points scoring stardom in Madison Square Garden, the world’s biggest basketball stage.
He is the first Chinese-American player in the NBA. He has already developed a devoted following among many Asian-Americans and in China, Taiwan, the Philippines and other countries.
Clicks to the NYKnicks. Com website surged as basketball fans from around the world search for Lin’s news and highlights.
“He seems like a wonderful young man. It elevates(提升) this great sport all round the world,”said Obama, a Chicago Bulls fan.“And what’s been encouraging is to see how fast the sport has bounced back(恢复) recently.”But he sounded a note of caution on how much basketball costs to watch.
“It’s really important for professional athletes and sports owners to just remember you got a whole bunch of folks out here, all across the country, who invest so much in their teams. All they ask is not to be so selfish that you’re not looking out for your fans,”Obama said.
【小题1】President Obama learned about Jeremy long before through .A．news reportsB．a friendC．Bill SimmonsD．Arne Duncan【小题2】The underlined word“surged”in Paragraph 6 probably means .A．moved suddenly and quicklyB．stopped graduallyC．moved slowlyD．suddenly broke down【小题3】President Obama finds it encouraging that .A．Chicago Bulls is playing wonderfullyB．Jeremy Lin is being more popularC．NBA matches have returned to normalD．audience is concerned about basketball【小题4】Both athletes and sports owners should care about folks because .A．they have made contributions to charitiesB．all teams are in need of support from fansC．they pay to watch their favorite teams playD．they can decide the result of a gameD
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(答案→)D
解析：
【小题1】细节题：从第二段的句子：“I knew about Jeremy before you did because Arne Duncan, my secretary of education, was captain of the Harvard team,”可知D正确。【小题2】猜词题：从单词后面的句子as basketball fans from around the world search for Lin’s news and highlights.说明这个单词指：（点击量）飙升。选A
【小题3】细节题：从倒数第二段：And what’s been encouraging is to see how fast the sport has bounced back(恢复) recently.可知选C
【小题4】推理题：从最后一段的句子：“It’s really important for professional athletes and sports owners to just remember you got a whole bunch of folks out here, all across the country, who invest so much in their teams.可知选C
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点评;本文奥巴马讲述了林书豪的事，和NBA的事情，本文并不简单，但以细节题的考查为主，只要考生仔细审题，再切入文章，准确定位考点。难度不大。