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When Johnny Cash sings, people listen. His big, deep voice rumbles out of radios and juke-boxes across North America. His records sell by the million. Country-music fans everywhere, know his big hits. They love songs like "Hey Porter", "Ring of Fire", and "Folsom Prison Blue".
Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year. People like what they hear--and what they see, too. Rugged and big-shouldered, the singer stands six-two without his black boots on.
He's a two-hundred-pound package of muscle and talent. And that scar(疤痕)on his cheek? It's a bullet(子弹)hole, of course!
In the minds of most people, Johnny Cash is "Mr Tough (violent) Guy". He's an ex-drug addict who was once put in prison. His grandmother was an Indian. To keep from starving, he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife. Some people say he even killed a man.
In fact, most of the Johnny Cash story is just that--a story. True, years ago he had a "drug habit "for a short time. He "popped" pills. But he never used heroin or other "hard "drugs. Some- times he'd go wild and get locked up for a few hours . But he never served a prison sentence.
There's no Indian blood in his veins. He's been a killer only in song. As for the "bullet hole",
it's an old scar left by a doctor who opened a cyst(囊肿).
People who know Johnny Cash well say he's a "gentle guy", a "generous guy'--anything but a "tough guy". How did the stories get started? Some of them like the story about the "Indian grandmother", he made up long ago to add excitement to his career. Others, like the "bullet hole”, simply got started. Now there's little the singer can do to change people's minds. "They just want to believe it," he says.
1. Johnny Cash is a favorite of many .
A. opera lovers B. country music fans
C. hard-rock fans D. jazz music lovers
2. In truth, Johnny Cash .
A. invented the "Indian grandmother"
B. used to kill rabbits for a living
C. had a bullet hole on his cheek
D. served a long prison sentence
3. In his private life, Johnny Cash is, .
A. much wilder than he looks
B. much smaller than he is on stage
C. much tougher than he is in public
D. much more gentle than most people suppose
4. The passage shows us that many people believe .
A. only what they see B. what they are sure is true
C. only what they hear D. what they find interesting
Any sportsperson considers it tough to know when to retire. Do you retire when you are at your physical “peak” or do you wait until your body or your coach tells you that it’s time to go? But what’s even harder is finding the answer to the question “What am I going to do with the rest of my life?
Retirement for people in general is painful. “There’s a high risk of depression and people often find adjusting to a new way of life difficult,” says Ian Cockerill, a sports psychologist. “For sportspeople, there’s an extra pain — the loss of status, the loss of recognition, and the loss of attraction. That’s the hardest part.” Eddie Acaro, the US jockey says, “When a a jockey (职业赛马骑师) retires, he becomes just another little man.”
Some sportspeople go on playing too long. Perhaps they just can’t stand life without the “high” of playing professional sport. Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, retired three tines. He retired once from the Chicago Bulls, made a successful comeback with the bulls, and then retired again. His second comeback with an inferior team ended in failure and he retired forever at the age of 38. Jordan said, “There will never be anything I do that will fulfill me as much as competing did.”
For some people the pain of saying goodbye never leaves them. Jimmy Greaves, an ex-England international footballer, said, “I think that a lot of players would prefer to be shot once their career is over.” Many of them spend their retirement in a continual battle against depression, alcohol, or drugs.
But for the lucky few, retirement can mean a successful new career. Franz Beckenbauer is a classic example of a footballer who won everything with his club. After retiring he became a successful coach of his club and finally the president of the club. John McEnroe, the infamous (臭名昭著的) “bad boy” of tennis, is now a highly respected and highly paid TV commentator (评论员). But sadly, for most sportspeople, these cases are the exceptions.
51. The hardest thing for any sportsperson to do is to _____.
A. retire when they are physically well
B. wait until their body isn’t suitable for sports
C. play until their coach tells them to leave
D. decide what they will do after retirement
52. With the example of Michael Jordan, the author tells us some sportspeople _____.
A. cannot adapt to life after retirement
B. really make great success when they come back
C. should go on playing sport as long as they can
D. are always addicted to playing professional sport
53. What does the underlined word “comeback” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Repetition. B. Recovery.
C. Return. D. Rebirth.
54. From the passage, we know that after retirement, many sportspeople _____.
A. become very poor
B. feel depressed and drink a lot
C. would love to coach other players
D. start a career related to sport
55. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Sportspeople aren’t supposed to retire so early.
B. Most sportspeople are not successful after retirement.
C. Franz Beckenbauer is famous for playing tennis.
D. John McEnroe is an ex-England international footballer.
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