“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 Indiana 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 people 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 bination of modesty and skills make him a favorite back home.
【小题1】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 bee a basketball star.
【小题2】How many points did Yao Ming win in his first game in the NBA?A．zeroB．twoC．29D．10【小题3】What does the word “letdown” in line 4, Paragraph 2 mean? A．failureB．surpriseC．disappointment D．sadness.【小题4】Why does Yao Ming win more popularity than Wang Zhizhi at home? A．He is modest and performs excellently.B．He is too kind to others.C．More and more Chinese people like to watch his games.D．He is very modest but proud.【小题5】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.A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文叙述了中国的运动员加入了NBA使中国人的名气加大了，文中叙述了人们熟知的姚明在参加第一次比赛时，他只抢了两个篮板，但是没有得分曾经让粉丝很失望，可后来凭借姚明的谦逊和他的技能使他在中国人中家喻户晓。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据after watching Yao Ming in a televised NBA game，他在看了NBA后加入了学校篮球队，故选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据Yao’s NBA first appearance against the Indiana 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. 他没有得分，故选A。
【小题3】词义猜测题。根据He played just 11 of the 48 minutes, had two rebounds(篮板) and got no points. 因为他没有得分人们对他有点失望，故选C。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据Yao’s bination of modesty and skills make him a favorite back home.是他的谦逊和技能使人们更喜欢他，故选A。
【小题5】主旨大意题。根据To China, Yao is a home-grown superstar who helped make the world’s first basketball league closer to Chinese players.姚明使NBA与中国的关系更亲密，故选B。