The willful blindness  in hockey toward concussions (头部撞击) has dropped. Hockey Canada has followed the lead of USA Hockey in preventing bodychecking (身体拦截) below age 13. A bad head injury of Sidney Crosby, the hockey's greatest star, opened the eyes of hockey people everywhere. This country's children have been facing similar danger at early ages, and Hockey Canada had to deal with a deep worry in the minds of Canadians to make the rule change. The liking for bodychecking from an early age is part of what makes Canadian hockey what it is.

    The change in rules should be taken as a chance to draw special attention to skill development in an environment free of danger.  It may also control the loss of thousands of young players who don't enjoy that environment.

    For years, many Canadian hockey parents and coaches have insisted that bodychecking at early ages is necessary to ensure that players can do it safely at older ages. True or not, there may be a safer way to teach hitting than to make younger players pay a price for it in head injuries. When USA Hockey changed its rules for the 2011-2012 season, it also created bodychecking-education programs that will be mandatory(强制的) for all coaches,  including those teaching players in  the pre-checking ages. And it began to encourage more "touch" - without real bodychecking - from 9 t0 12. It also made the rules for 13 and up stricter. The USA is trying to show that it's possible to teach hockey protective skills without putting11 and 12-year-olds in greater danger. It's worth the try.

    Hockey Canada has taken serious steps to do away with hits on the head. However, it's hard to change a sports culture so connected with who we are as a country. Too often, bodychecking has been used to try to separate a player from his head rather than from the ball. Children were paying a price for this country's love of the game.

    There are always changes in Canada's game, and the change in the bodychecking age sends the clearest message yet to coaches and parents that player safety is paramount(至上的) in the game.

1.We can tell that the problem of bodychecking in Canada____________.

A. is controlled strictly

B. is taken more seriously now

C. is caused by players' carelessness

D. is connected with players' interest

2.What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 2?

A. The safe ways of controlling the loss.

B. The steps of drawing special attention.

C. The possible results of changing the rules.

D. The methods of improving the environment.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The USA found a safer way to teach bodychecking.

B. Bodychecking-education programs in the USA are successful.

C. Bodychecking is a good way to value players' skills in the USA.

D. The USA has tried to create an environment of less bodychecking.

4.What is probably the best title' for this passage?

A. Which is more important?

B. How do we change the rules?

C. Why is hockey a dangerous game?

D. When should bodychecking be prevented?

Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks, he scored 32.4 points per game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA．He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too.

Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil （巴西） in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't stop playing until 1977, He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started  playing football in the street, like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play  for Santos and quickly became an international figure.

（   ）1．Which of the following is RIGHT?

      A．Yao Ming is a table tennis player.

      B．Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.

      C．Yao Ming's parents are not basketball players.

      D．Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.

（   ）2．Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Pele was born in a poor family.        

B．Pele was a great football player.

      C．Pele played football in the street all his life.

      D．Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.

（   ）3．From the passage, we know that______

      A．Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985.

      B．Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

      C．Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16

      D．Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985.

1. In the passage, ______ is the youngest player.

  A. Pele     B. Yao Ming     C. Steffi Graf      D. Martina Navratilova

2. ______comes from South America.

  A. Pele     B. Yao Ming     C. Steffi Graf      D. No one

3. Which of the following is RIGHT?

  A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player.

  B. Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.

  C. Yao Ming’s parents are not basketball players.

  D. Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.

4. Which of the following is WRONG?

  A. Pele was born in a poor family.

  B. Pele was a great football player.

  C. Pele played football in the street all his life.

  D. Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.

5. From the passage, we know that _______.

  A. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

  B. Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985

  C. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16

  D. Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985