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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 rosters① 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 strategy② 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 pre-season 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 scout③ 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 icons④in-waiting. It is the ultimate⑤ revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.
Notes:
roster n. 花名册
strategy n. 战略，策略
scout vt. 寻找，觅得
icon n. 偶像
ultimate adj. 最后的，根本的
Choose the best answers according to the above:
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
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
. 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.
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
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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注意： 1. 可以适当增减内容，使全文连贯
2. 开头和结束语已写好，不计入总词数
参考词汇：观众 audience n. 插入 insert vt. 相关部门 relevant department
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to give you my opinions about the problem of too many advertisements being inserted in TV plays, …
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Yours Sincerely，
Li Hua
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问题 |
(1)停靠点太少，不易打的; (2)欺诈外地乘客; (3)车速过快，事故频频; (4)仍有拒载者; (5)深夜聚集在娱乐场所外等客时制造噪音，影响他人休息。 |
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建议 |
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注意：1.字数15词左右。文章开头已给出。
2.参考词汇：绕道：take a roundabout route 不替别人着想的：inconsiderate (adj.) 行业：trade
加强管理：tighten control over…
Dear Sir,
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Sincerely yours,
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有必要 |
没有必要 |
你的观点 |
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1. 跟老师学比自己学好； 2. 可以巩固课堂所学内容； 3. 可以学到更多的东西。 |
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注意：（1）层次清晰，连贯流畅；表达灵活，但不要逐字逐句翻译；
（2）词数：150 词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
（3）参考词汇：巩固—strengthen (vt.) 独立—dependence (n.)
Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?
More and more middle school students are going to all kinds of training classes or having family teachers during the summer vacation. There are two different opinions about it.
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