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　　Ebron James isn’t the first high school basketball player to go straight into the NBA, but he’s probably the best．He has the body, skills and the basketball brain of an All-Star(全明星球员)．

　　This 　　1　　 was on 　　2　　 as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland Cavaliers(克里夫兰骑士队)to a 107-104 win over the New Jersey Nets(新泽西网队)on March 28．Aged of 19 years and 87 days, James became the 　　3　　 player to score 40 or more in the NBA．“It was by far James’ best 　　4　　, ”said Cleveland coach Paul Silas．Known to his friends 　　5　　“the king”, this was the day James earned his crown(王冠)．But he was 　　6　　 from being a king during a childhood spent in the back streets of Akron, Ohio．　　7　　 many other African-American basketball players, James’ early years were a 　　8　　．His mother Gloria was just 16 when she gave birth to him; he knows nothing about his father．Mother and son battled for everything from food to a place to live．　　9　　 help from his grandmother and neighbours, James would 　　10　　 have died when he was young．

　　This spirit of survival has served him well on court, forcing him to take any 　　11　　 he finds．“I 　　12　　 losing, I don’t like losing, ”said James of his 41-point display．“I 　　13　　the opportunity for us to win and I was 　　14　　 to capture it．”At 2．03 metres, he is not Yao Ming but this didn’t 　　15　　 him being first choice in 2003 NBA draft．This was 　　16　　to his strength and skill, much of which he learned from high school American football．

　　Although he has a 　　17　　 brain, James has never had to concentrate on 　　18　　．Some people think this is a mistake and say he should have gone to college to 　　19　　 his mind．But James is one of the lucky few who has found fame and fortune 　　20　　 a diploma(文凭)．On the court, he is king．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A year ago, at the annual pre-Grammy party, Whitney Houston, the great star, walked on stage and closed the evening with a brilliant performance．

　　Last Saturday, Houston was once again the focus before the Grammy, but her presence was a regrettable one．Earlier that day, the pop music's former queen was found dead in her hotel room．She was 48．This, no doubt, is sad news to the whole music industry and her fans all over the world．

　　At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music world．From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists．She impressed audiences with her effortless, powerful and peerless performance．

　　Besides multi-million record sales, Houston made countless hits such as The Greatest Love of All, I Ha-oe Nothing, and the mostly famous I Will Always Love You．She also influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey．

　　But by the end of her career, there was a shocking fall for this superstar．Houston had been addicted to drugs．Her album sales declined and the hits stopped coming and her once beautiful voice became hoarse(嘶哑的), unable to hit the high notes as she used to．

　　In 2009, Houston staged a successful comeback with the album I Look To You, which fell on top of the charts．But hoarse voice, canceled concerts, and continuous illness-Houston's comeback trail wasn't smooth at all．In an interview with Oprah Winfreyin2009, Houston admitted："It(show business)is too much for me and I wanted out．"

　　Now that Houston has finally taken a break from all the chaos, may she rest in peace．

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　　I graduated from a small public school in Michigan．One day,Mr．Ledy,our football coach,asked me to play football．I couldn't help 　　1　　：me,play football? I was six feet tall and was not much over a hundred pounds in weight．I thought that they might just need another fool to increase the number of the players．However,he was persistent(坚持的) and 　　2　　 I joined the football team．That turned out to be one of my best decisions as a kid．

　　Our worst game ever was the one against Crystal Falls．They beat us 56 to 6．Yeah! That was a football not a basketball 　　3　　．We played them again when we were seniors．They 　　4　　 us again but the score was much more 　　5　　,30 to 20．

　　Coach Ledy would not let that 　　6　　 again．He encouraged us to beat them,to pay them back．And we did so in the last game we played before 　　7　　．I had scored 6 points alone in the game．Coach Ledy praised me．It was a huge 　　8　　 for me．

　　Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No,I couldn't 　　9　　 it without our team．The thing I learned through football was 　　10　　．We won as a team and we 　　11　　 as a team．

　　I think Mr．Ledy would be proud of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic 　　12　　 at the University of Michigan．I'm 　　13　　 to him as I would not have today's honor without him．I'll 　　14　　 life's final war with pain to win the victory；I'll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I'll 　　15　　 on working hard so as not to let him down．

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