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  [1]In the past ten years, America's National Basketball Association(NBA)has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.

  [2]When Larry Bird and Michael Jordan won gold in Barcelona last century, the Americans were praised for teaching the worlds 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, Stem outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see more European countries hosting NBA games by 2015.

  [3]The NBA is now intending to make China its market center.“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth, ” said Stem, 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 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.

  [4]“It makes no difference where the players come from, and ________ is that all the NBA teams know they have to scout(物色球员)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 wining 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 You 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 in-waiting.It is the ultimate revolution-the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.

1.What's the main idea of the passage?(no more than12 words)

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2.Complete the following sentence with words from the passage.(no more than 3 words)

The NBA desperately needs to explore ________ as a compensation for the

depression at home.

3.Why do all the NBA teams try to scout internationally?(no more than 8words)

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4.Fill in the blank in paragraph 4 with proper words or expressions.(within 3 words)

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5.What does the word “its”(line1, paragraph 3)probably refer to?(no more than 2 words)

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答案:
解析:

  1.NBA has grown increasingly dependent on other countries to supply players

  2.a global market

  3.Because it can increase their level of competition [来源:学科网]

  4.what(really)matters

  5.(the)NBA's


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    1   Amelia Earhart did what no other woman had dared to do, so she is my hero.(改写成同义句)She became the first woman aviator(飞行员)in the world to try to fly around the world.She made it easier for other women to go out and do things only men had done.

  Amelia Earhart lived in Atchison, Kansas.Her parents were Amy and Edwin.She had a sister named Muriel who was named Pidge   2  (介词)a blue pigeon in her favorite song.She didn’t have a very happy childhood, for her father was an alcoholic(酒鬼).When she became a teenager in World War Ⅰ, she served as a volunteer nurse.After the war, she studied at Columbia University.  3  (从属连词)she was doing well in school, she went back to California to be with her parents.One day she went with her father to an“aerial meet”and went on a 10 minute flight over Los Angeles.At that moment, she knew that   4  (fly)was what she wanted to do.

  Amelia had heard of a woman aviation teacher, Anita Snook, and   5  (gave/took)flying lessons with her at Kinner Field near Long Beach, California.In July, Amelia bought a plane and named it“The Canary.”In October, 1922, Amelia began breaking world records and   6  (动词)a women’s highest altitude(海拔高度)record at 14 000 feet.

  On April 27, 1926, Mr.H.H.Railey called Amelia and asked,“  7  (疑问副词)would you like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?”  8   Mr.Railey had asked by George Putman, a New York Publisher, to find a woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.(改错)No woman had ever flown this far across the Atlantic.Since Earhart had no experience with more than one-engine planes, Amelia went on the flight as a passenger.Two men, Wilmer Stultz and Slim Gordon, were   9  (actual)going to fly the plane.On Sunday, June 3,1928, Amelia went to Nova Scotia to start her flight.Some bad weather held the flight back until June 18, though.They flew through dense fog most of the way and landed in South Wales instead of Ireland with only a bit of fuel left.

  Amelia got all the attention as the   10  (序数词)“girl”to fly across the Atlantic.She was upset that the two men who had actually flown the plane didn’t get any attention.

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Thanksgiving Around the World

  Thanksgiving in Canada is much the same as it is in the United States; however, it   1  (celebrate)on a different day-the second Monday in October.In other parts of the world, different cultures also celebrate festivals of thanksgiving.Although they are quite different   2  (介词)the American holiday, they all give thanks for life’s blessings and the celebration of the autumn harvest.

  In Great Britain, Harvest festival is celebrated in late September   3  (连词)early October.Special services of thanksgiving   4  (be)held at local churches to honor the day.Decorations include autumn flowers, fruits, vegetables and other food.

  Jewish people around the world celebrate Sukkot, a festival of thanksgiving that   5  (last)nine days.For this occasion, a Jewish family will build a booth(棚)called sukka.It is then decorated with leaves, branches, and fruits or vegetables from the new harvest.Tables are set up inside the sukka, so meals   6  (情态动词)be eaten inside.The sukka is also a place to pray.

  The Festival of the Autumn Moon, or Zhong Qui, is the Chinese   7  (celebrate)of thanksgiving.It is held on the   8  (eight)month of the Chinese calendar.The Moon Goddess is honored with mooncakes, and children parade with colored lanterns in the evening.

  In southern India, people in Kerala hold the harvest festival of Onam.Samaritans give food to   9  (who/those)in need and homes are decorated with flowers.The celebration continues late into the night with spectacular displays of fireworks.

  A Lithuanian thanksgiving tradition involves the creation of a boba(meaning old woman)from the last bunch of grain at harvest time.The grain is fashioned into a doll shape and decorated with ribbons(丝带)and flowers.Keeping the boba until spring is believed   10  (keep)the spirit of the crop alive until replanting begins the following year.

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