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In the past ten years，America's National Basketball Association（NBA）has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players．
When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992，the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball．This season，however，20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册）will be filled by non-Americans．NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend．On a visit to Paris in October，Stern outlined his vision for the future，which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010．
The NBA is now planning to take China by storm．
“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth，” said Stern．The strategy in China is television “We've made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite．” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China．The NBA，which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages，will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two preseason games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai．The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil．
“It doesn't matter where the players come from，all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得）internationally，”said Terry Lyons，the NBA's vice-president of international public relations．“It has increased the level of competition here．” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season，many people can earn the respect of their American peers．Others，such as the Houston Rockets' Chinese centre Yao Ming―number one draft pick in 2002―and the Detroit Pistons' 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic--number two overall in this year's draft―are icons（偶像）in-waiting．It is the ultimate（最后的）revolution the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball．
68．According to the report， ．
A．Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA
B．the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great
C．Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA
D．European countries will host the 2004 NBA games
69．The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of ．
A．NBA intends to make
B．NBA is planning to set up some training centers in
C．there'll be a big storm when NBA comes to
D．the NBA's live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in
70．What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?
A．NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league．
B．China's rapid development in sports affects NBA．
C．Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan．
D．The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball．
71．When the writer talked of “home soil”，he was referring to ．
A．farms in the States B．native Americans
C．the NBA training center D．the
72．Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?
A．The Non American Basketball Players B．NBA Is Coming to
C．The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA D．NBA Is Making Big Progress
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In the past ten years，America's National Basketball Association（NBA）has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players．
When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992，the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball．This season，however，20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册）will be filled by non-Americans．NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend．On a visit to Paris in October，Stern outlined his vision for the future，which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010．
The NBA is now planning to take China by storm．
“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth，” said Stern．The strategy in China is television “We've made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite．” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China．The NBA，which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages，will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two preseason games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai．The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil．
“It doesn't matter where the players come from，all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得）internationally，”said Terry Lyons，the NBA's vice-president of international public relations．“It has increased the level of competition here．” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season，many people can earn the respect of their American peers．Others，such as the Houston Rockets' Chinese centre Yao Ming—number one draft pick in 2002—and the Detroit Pistons' 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic--number two overall in this year's draft—are icons（偶像）in-waiting．It is the ultimate（最后的）revolution the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball．
1.According to the report， ．
A．Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA
B．the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great
C．Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA
D．European countries will host the 2004 NBA games
2.The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of ．
A．NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”
B．NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China
C．there'll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings
D．the NBA's live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China
3.What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?
A．NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league．
B．China's rapid development in sports affects NBA．
C．Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan．
D．The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball．
4.When the writer talked of “home soil”，he was referring to ．
A．farms in the States B．native Americans
C．the NBA training center D．the USA
5.Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?
A．The Non American Basketball Players B．NBA Is Coming to China
C．The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA D．NBA Is Making Big Progress
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Climate change, pollution, overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze, India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile, WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”, the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic life．
“If these rivers die, millions will lose their livelihoods, biodiversity will be destroyed on a massive scale, there will be less fresh water and agriculture, resulting in less food security,” said Rayi Singh, secretary-general of WWF-India．The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today, also cited the Rio Grande in the United States, the Mekong and Indus in Asia, Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray-Darling as in need of greater protection．
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them, the report said．Fish populations, the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide, are also being threatened, it found… The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization, damming and huge influxes of sediment from land conversion．
Climate change, including higher temperatures, also means serious consequences for fishery productivity, water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation, WWF said．
What does the text mainly talk about?
A．Saving fresh water in our life． B．How to protect our rivers．
C．An important discovery． D．World’s top 10 rivers are at risk．
We can infer from the text that _____．
A．rivers’ dying out could affect food security
B．there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
C．the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
D．higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____．
A．climate change B．wasting water
C．pollution D．dams
WWF is probably a name of _____．
A．an organization B．a newspaper C．a magazine D．a report
查看习题详情和答案>>Climate change, pollution, overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze, India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile, WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”, the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic life．
“If these rivers die, millions will lose their livelihoods, biodiversity will be destroyed on a massive scale, there will be less fresh water and agriculture, resulting in less food security,” said Rayi Singh, secretary-general of WWF-India．The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today, also cited the Rio Grande in the United States, the Mekong and Indus in Asia, Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray-Darling as in need of greater protection．
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them, the report said．Fish populations, the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide, are also being threatened, it found… The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization, damming and huge influxes of sediment from land conversion．
Climate change, including higher temperatures, also means serious consequences for fishery productivity, water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation, WWF said．
1.What does the text mainly talk about?
A．Saving fresh water in our life． B．How to protect our rivers．
C．An important discovery． D．World’s top 10 rivers are at risk．
2.We can infer from the text that _____．
A．rivers’ dying out could affect food security
B．there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
C．the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
D．higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
3.The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____．
A．climate change B．wasting water
C．pollution D．dams
4.WWF is probably a name of _____．
A．an organization B．a newspaper C．a magazine D．a report
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Climate change, pollution, overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze, India’s Ganges and African’s Nile, WWF said on Tuesday. At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”, the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic life.
“If these rivers die, millions will lose their livelihoods, biodiversity will be destroyed on a massive scale, there will be less fresh water and agriculture, resulting in less food security,” said Rayi Singh, secretarygeneral of WWF-India. The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today, also cited the Rio Grande in the United States, the Mekong and Indus in Asia, Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray-Darling as in need of greater protection.
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up. Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them, the report said. Fish populations, the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide, are also being threatened, it found… The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization, damming and huge influxes of sediment from land conversion.
Climate change, including higher temperatures, also means serious consequences for fishery productivity, water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin. Tributaries flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation, WWF said.
1. What does the text mainly about?
A. Saving fresh water in our life.
B. How to protect our rivers.
C. An important discovery.
D. World’s top 10 rivers are at risk.
2. We can infer from the text that_________.
A. rivers’ dying out could affect food security
B. there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
C. the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
D. higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
3. The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT_________。
A. climate change B. wasting water
C. pollution D. dams
4. WWF is probably a name of_________.
A. an organization B. a newspaper
C. a magazine D. a report
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