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阅读理解 　　When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships(奖学金)．The Alcindor decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan’s West Side． 　　At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city．Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly．As a first year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then．But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school all American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season． 　　From then on he simply got better．Some rival coaches(对方教练)used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to．Wearing size 16D shoes and sucking a lollipop(棒棒糖), Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay ups(擦板球)．Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans． 　　When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly．He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine． 　　He was not comfortable talking to grown ups, perhaps because he towered over them． 　　Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily frightened giraffe．Once after ducking into a subway to escape, Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers．“People want you not for yourself, ”Donohue warned him, “but because you’re a basketball player．Don’t forget that．” (1) Many schools offered Alcindor scholarships because． [　　] A． he was young B． he was hardworking C． he was tall for his age D． he was skillful at playing basketball (2) Which of the following best describes Donohue as a young coach? [　　] A． Serious, popular and slow． B． Tall, skillful and successful． C． Kind, powerful and undefeated． D． Well-known, strict and experienced． (3) Why did some rival coaches take their teams away from the floor before Power warmed up? [　　] A． Their teams refused to play Power． B． Their teams feared to see Alcindor． C． Their teams would lose courage． D． Their teams would lose interest． (4) What does the last paragraph mainly discuss? [　　] A． How Donohue protected Aleindor from the press． B． How Alcindor disliked meeting reporters． C． Why the press followed Alcindor closely． D． Why the public wanted Alcindor badly．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．C;4．A;
解析：

(1)	这是一道细节推断题。根据第一段“When Lew Alcindor was l3，and obviously still growing，a group of schools began offering him scholarships．”可判断出学校给Alcindor奖学金的原因是他的年龄和身高。
(2)	这是一道细节推断题。根据第二段“At Power，Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue，a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city．”可判断出他的教练是一位严格、有经验、很出名的人。
(3)	这是一道细节推断题。第三段“Some rival coaches used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to．”说明对方教练把队员带走的原因是害怕他们的队员失去信心。
(4)	这是一道主旨题。最后一段的第一句话“When reporters and photographers began to follow Alicindor closely，Donohue protected his boy firmly．”是这段的主题句，以下讲述了这位教练是如何保护Alcindor的。