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5．Many great basketball players had clever nicknames  （绰号），usually describing the player's overall style on the court （球场）．Below are some of the colorful nicknames among popular NBA players．
"Tiny"
Nate Archibald，at six feet one inch tall，was small for a basketball player．Still，Archibald used speed and his brains to control the court in the 14seasons that he played in the NBA．Interestingly，his nickname originated off the court：he was named after his father，"Big Tiny"．
"Magic"
Earvin Johnson was called"Magic"by a sportswriter who saw him playing basketball in one high school game．Johnson was a skillful player，often doing the unexpected，to the chagrin of his competitors and the delight of the audience．He also won a gold medal as part of the U．S．"Dream Team"in the 1992Summer Olympics in Barcelona，Spain．
"The Mailman"
Karl Malone earned his nickname because on the court he delivered consistently．Malone spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz，gaining a reputation as one of the best power forwards of all time．He also won two Olympic gold medals，as part of the U．S．"Dream Team"in the 1992Summer Olympics in Barcelona，Spain and in the 1996Summer Olympics in Atlanta，Georgia．
"The Iceman"
George Gervin made the most difficult shots look easy．He was also famous for keeping his cool in every game，playing in a relaxed way under pressure．Gervin，who played most of his 14years in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs，was unequalled in many ways as a shooting guard．
21．Whose nickname has nothing to do with basketball？A
A．Nate Archibald's．
B．Earvin Johnson's．
C．Karl Malone's．
D．George Gervin's．
22．The underlined word"chagrin"in Paragraph 3probably means"B"．
A．amazement
B．annoyance
C．enthusiasm
D．impatience
23．Why was George Gervin called"The Iceman"？D
A．He was always as cold as ice．
B．He had a glass of iced beer every day．
C．He didn't get along well with his teammates．
D．He was always able to keep calm on the court．
24．The author's purpose in writing the text is toC．
A．uncover the secrets of NBA players'success
B．talk about how to give others a lovely nickname
C．introduce some NBA players and their nicknames
D．show how to become an excellent basketball player．

6．Thanks for your useful advice； otherwise I ______ such rapid progress．（　　）

	A．	didn't make		B．	couldn't have made
	C．	hadn't made		D．	shouldn't have made

3．______ a book in front of your face，you'll feel the air moving against your face．（　　）

10．Love Is Blind：The Magic of Tabby
In October，2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter's Adoption Department．Over the years，more than 50，000 animals have （36）Bthe doors of the shelter．Most of them，I do not remember．But occasionally there are（37）Danimals，who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly （38）Cthem．Tabby was one such animal．
Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel，probably 14 years old．What's more，she was blind and deaf．Tabby's chances at adoption seemed （39）Aat best．After all，we didn't have many adopters coming in （40）DCan you show me all of your really old dogs who are also（41）C？"We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the （42）B．
One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter．Her son，Gary，had （43）CTabby's picture and stories on the shelter's website at home．They were interested in meeting her!It was the only （44）Dwe ever received about Tabby．What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf？Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and （45）Bthrough grassy fields on summer days．Tabby would （46）Cbe able to do that．But after meeting her，Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family．They adopted Tabby!
If Tabby's story had simply ended with her（47）Aadoption，it would still have been something very special indeed．（48）A，it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as"magic"．Gary （49）Bfrom seizures（癫痫）．Since Gary and Tabby met they became （50）D．They did everything together．They became so"in tune"with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary's seizures（51）Cthey occurred，giving his family （52）Dthat one was about to strike．What's more，Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby's （53）A．
How could it be？Nobody could explain （54）BTabby did it．But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had（55）Athe magic，the kind that has its roots in love．

36．A．broken	B．passed	C．painted	D．locked
37．A．strange	B．active	C．wild	D．special
38．A．recall	B．leave	C．forget	D．abandon
39．A．remote	B．great	C．fair	D．potential
40．A．wondering	B．stating	C．seeking	D．asking
41．A．stubborn	B．active	C．disabled	D．patient
42．A．hospital	B．shelter	C．farm	D．roadside
43．A．posted	B．taken	C．seen	D．drawn
44．A．letter	B．donation	C．call	D．enquiry
45．A．get	B．run	C．look	D．break
46．A．often	B．possibly	C．never	D．generally
47．A．successful	B．normal	C．temporary	D．early
48．A．However	B．Moreover	C．Therefore	D．Otherwise
49．A．learnt	B．suffered	C．heard	D．differed
50 A．indifferent	B．uncomfortable	C．unfortunate	D．inseparable
51．A．since	B．unless	C．before	D．though
52．A．explanation	B．notice	C．suggestion	D．warning
53．A．arrival	B．birth	C．return	D．recovery
54 A．where	B．how	C．when	D．whether
55．A．witnessed	B．created	C．achieved	D．performed