Yao Ming is one of the most famous Chinese basketball players．2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut(初次登台)on October23，2002 and got 6 points(得分)for the Houston Rockets in the game．The next day，he got 13 points in another game．

   Most people think that Yao Ming is a born(天生的)basketball player．But Yao said．“When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy．But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so．”He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge(挑战) when he arrived in America．“I hope that I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games through very hard work．”he said．

   Yao Ming speaks some English．Both he and his teammates can understand each other．They don’t think there is a language problem．And the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy(活力)to the Rockets．

   Yao Ming has always tried his best to play since he was in the NBA．He has proven(证明)his ability(能力)．

1．Yao Ming got 13 points on October___________，2002．

  A．22          B．23          C．24          D．26

2．Yao Ming said that ___________．

  A．playing in the NBA was difficult      B．it was hard to watch NBA games on TV

  C．he was an NBA star                D．it was boring to play basketball

3．The people of Houston hope Yao Ming will ___________．

  A．speak excellent(优秀的)English      B．bring new energy

  C．make NBA games easy             D．make NBA games difficult

4．From the passage we can know that Yao Ming ___________．

  A．will work hard for his team

  B．made the highest score(得分)in his first NBA game

  C．can’t understand his teammates

  D．teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself

5．The passage is probably ___________．

  A．an advertisement(广告)            B．a notice

  C．a news report                    D．an instruction(说明)

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1．Mary was born in 1994．So she is _________ years old now．

2．Yao Ming is one of the most famous _________ players in NBA．

3．There are twelve ________ in a year．

4．I hope my dream of university will come _________ soon．

5．No one taught him English． He learnt it by _________．

6．The heavy earthquake _________ in Wenchuan on May 12th last year．

7．Would you mind __________the window? It’s raining outside．

8．It’s ___________ for the teenagers to swim in the river in summer．

Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!
Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.
【小题1】Who is the youngest player in the passage?

A．Pele.

B．Yao Ming.

C．Steffi Graft.

D．No one.

【小题2】 __________ comes from South America.

A．Pele

B．Yao Ming

C．Steffi Graft

D．No one

【小题3】Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball __________.

A．when he was 15	B．when he was young
C．when he was tall enough	D．when he was strong enough

【小题4】From the passage, we learn __________.

A．Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in Wimbledon

B．Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

C．Steffi Graf won few of the main matches

D．Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 16