题目内容
Michael Jordan is still Michael Jordan, even though he is 38 years old.
The basketball legend sent last week to all the people who doubt his superpower on the court since his second comeback at the beginning of this season.
The five-time American National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player(MVP) scored 51 points in his season----high score in 38 minutes, leasing the Washington Wizards to beat the Charlotte Hornets 107-90 on Saturday night.
“I think after tonight they are going to say less,” Jordan said after the match, referring to those who criticized his second return from retirement.
Jordan’s performance made a very good slam at the very right time.
Just two days before, Jordan had his worst game in his nearly 16-year career. He was limited to only six points in an NBA game that the Wizards lost 81-108 to the Indiana Pacers. He had scored at least 10 points in 866 consecutive (continuous) games since his previous low of eight points against Cleveland in 1986.
When Jordan made the announcement of his second comeback from retirement last September, only a few people were optimistic that he could regain his old glory.
Even Jordan had doubts. “I’m doing it for the love of the game,” he said a week before his announcement on September 25, “Nothing else. For the love of the game.”
And Jordan’s performance---until last Saturday---in the 2001-02 season almost proved that.
People had seen a good ---but not super---basketball player struggle to fight among much younger talents.
He could not save the Wizards. He could miss the final shot----something he always nailed in Chicago. In some games, he was not even his team’s top scorer; 22-year-old teammate Richard Hamilton said proudly that “not only have we learned how to play with Jordan, but he learned how to play with me” after scoring more than Jordan in several games.
Yet Jordan managed to fight back, “I go into tomorrow’s game knowing that I’ve found my shot, I’ve found my rhythm, and hopefully when asked, I can perform,” Jordan said. “I don’t think I can do 50 points every night, but I think I can be a threat a force out there for 38 minutes.”
1. From the text we can know Jordan’s lowest points in a game is__________.
A. six B. eight C. sixteen D. ten
2. What Richard Hamilton said suggests that _________.
A. Jordan’s teammates are proud of him
B. Richard’s wouldn’t like to learn from Jordan as before
C. Jordan isn’t the super star as he used to be
D. Richard has become a super star instead of Jordan
3. The author writes this text in order to __________.
A. tell us the career of Jordan
B. tell us that Jordan is still a great basketball player, though not as young as before
C. make all the skeptics have faith of Jordan
D. prove that Jordan is sure to be as powerful as before
解析：
1. 参见He was limited to only six points in an NBA game that the Wizards lost 81-108 to the Indiana Pacers. 。 2. Richard Hamilton在几场比赛都比Jordan得分多。 Jordan已经不是昔日的Jordan了。 3. 本文主要讲了Jordan依然是一名优秀的球员，尽管状态不再如以前那样好。
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特高级教师点拨系列答案Some people call her innovative, others say she’s simply a copycat--- a Chinese version of US singer Lady Gaga---or just an attention seeker who tries too hard. But whatever labels fans and critics pin on her, Shang Wenjie, whose English name is Laure, keeps herself cool.
As she sings in her song The way I am: “Whether you like it or not, it has nothing to do with me.”
Shang, 30, first rose to fame in 2006 as the champion of Hunan TV’s talent contest Supergirls. However, she didn’t enjoy much popularity until she changed her girl-next–door image into a more shocking style four years later.
While her fashion taste caught public attention, criticism came just as quickly, with many saying her rebellious look was only meant to get more media exposure.
“My styling goes with the music,” Shang told Yancheng Evening News. “I don’t need to be known as the Chinese Lady Gaga. I just want to be known as Laure Shang.”
She’s recently made that a reality thanks to I’m a Singer, another talent show produced by Hunan TV, which gathers famous singers to compete and an audience of 500 to decide who goes to the next round,
The show gave Shang an opportunity to display her musical abilities. She tried out a wide range of styles including pop, hip-hop, rock’n’roll, punk and electro. The highlights of her time on the show were when she chose tunes which are lesser-known than other contestants’ choices. For example, she sang her own versions of American pop star Michael Jackson’s Man in the “Shang has shown an international flavor which is just as inspiring as her fashion sense,” commented Sina.com. “She has become a trail blazer on the Mandopop scene, creating a music style bearing her own mark.”
Shang was eliminated (淘汰) on March 8, but “thanks to the show, her popularity has grown rapidly,” People’s Daily wrote.
“I love Shang, the youngest singer on the show,” said 16-year-old Guo Chen, a Senior 1 student from Daqing Shiyan High School in Heilongjiang. “Shang is quite international. She not only introduces European and US fashion, but also creatively combines Western music with Mandopop.”
Shang owes her international style to her educational background. She graduated from Fudan University as a French major. “The advantage of learning foreign languages is intangible. For example, it helps me communicate well with foreign musicians and broaden my horizons of music styles,” she said.
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She first rose to 2. _______in 2006 as the champion of Hunan TV’s Supergirls; After she changed her girl-next-door image into a 3. _____style, she started to enjoy 4. ______; She wanted to be known as Laure Shang and made it a reality thanks to I’m a singer 5._______she was eliminated on March 8. |
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Some say she’s simply a copycat, others consider her a(n) 6. _______seeker---her rebellious look was only 7.________to get more media exposure; Supporters say she is international and introduces European and US fashion and 8. _________ combines Western music with Mandopop. |
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She keeps herself cool no matter how fans and critics comment on her; she thinks her styling 9.________ with her music; She owes her international style to her educational background because learning a foreign language helps her 10. ________ well with foreign musicians and broaden her horizons of music styles. |
John once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame (羞耻) on his family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.
When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal (信号) for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven (原谅) him, they were to put up a white ribbon (丝带) in the big apple tree near the railway. If they didn't want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go far away.
As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put his hand on the young convict’s shoulder, "There it is," His eyes was filled with sudden tears. "It’s all right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."
1.According to the passage, the white ribbon in the big apple tree means ________.
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A．pleasure |
B．forgiveness(原谅） |
C．happiness |
D．education |
2.The word "suspense" underlined in the last paragraph can best be replaced by ________.
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A．anger |
B．interest |
C．worry |
D．happiness |
3.Why was Michael asked to watch for the apple tree?
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A．The young man was afraid that he was refused by his family. |
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B．The young man’s seat was far from the window. |
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C．The young man was afraid of seeing the white ribbons in the tree. |
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D．The young man was sure that his family would accept him. |
4.Why did Michael cry at the end of the story?
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A．The young man couldn’t live with his family. |
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B．There were many white ribbons on the apple tree. |
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C．He was afraid. |
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D．The young man was very sad. |