阅读理解。
     Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New
 York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was very short. He didn't play very well
 when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for
  him as he grew much taller.
     Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina.
  Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket. He played so well that people called
 him"Air Jordan".
     After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very
 surprised at this high-flying player. He was named"Rookie (新秀)"of the year in 1985 and "Most Valuable
 (价值的) Player" in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one game.
1. Jordan is a basketball superstar in _____.
    A. England
    B. America
    C. Canada
    D. Japan
2. When he joined the basketball team in his high school, he _____ at first.
    A. didn't play very well
    B. played very well
    C. grew much taller
    D. set a record
3. He began to become famous in _____.
    A. the university basketball team
    B. the NBA
    C. his high school at first
    D. the Chicago Bulls
4. He is often called"_____".
    A. Rookie
    B. the NBA
    C. Air Jordan
    D. Most Valuable Player
5. The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _____.
    A. he was young
    B. he joined the basketball team in his high school
    C. he joined the university basketball team
    D. he joined the Chicago Bulls
阅读表达。
     Liu Qian's success can be traced back to his childhood.  Bom in 1976 in Taiwan, Liu Qian found
himself interested in a magic toy in a shop when he was 7 years old.  From then on, there was no stopping
in his feelings for magic.
     His efforts first led him to fame at the age of 12, when he won Taiwan's Youth Magic Contest, which
was judged by world magic master David Copperfield.
     "This win was really meaningful for me.  It encouraged me to carry on my magic show dream.  It
showed me that my efforts could finally lead to success. "
     Liu Qian did not plan on becoming a professional magician at first.  He chose to study Japanese in
Soochow University,  and thought he would go on to work in a company, performing as a magcian in his
spare time.
     However, his failure to find a good job after graduation pushed him to take up magic as a career. He
made up his mind with the encouragement of his parents.
When Liu Qian was7 years old He was    1    in a magic toy in a shop. From thenon, there was no
stopping in his feelings for magic.
At the age of    2    He won Taiwan's Youth Magic Contest, which wasjudged by world
magic master David Copperfield.
After the winning of Taiwan's Youth
Magic Contest
Liu Qian knew that his effort could make lead him    3    
The reason    4     he studied Japanese
in the University
Because he wanted to perform as a magician in hisspare time
not a professional magician
The reason why he took up magic as a
career
Because he wanted to find a good job after
graduation, but he     5    
阅读理解。
     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 (队长)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  (联赛). During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores (得分)
for the Shanghai Oriental (东方)Sharks in every match.
     Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in October, 2002. He said it 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 (潜力) the capability (能力) of
changing the future of basketball."
1.The Houston Rockets 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 captains 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 October, 2002.
A. did his best to join
B. was well-known in
C. became a member (成员)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
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