NBA commissioner David Stern was in Orlando on Thursday night, getting ready for Sunday’s All-Star Game. Of course, all he could talk about was the only player anyone wants to talk about these days: New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
Hours before Lin took the court against the Heat, a few hundred miles South down I-95 in Miami, Stern told reporters that Lin’s instant popularity hasn’t ever been matched in sports history, not even by Sunday’s biggest names, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant.
The Associated Press had the details.
“I haven’t done a calculation, but it’s fair to say that no player has created the interest and the craze in this short period of time, in any sport, that I’m aware of like Jeremy Lin has,” Stern said Thursday.
Lin, an undrafted(未选秀的)guard from Harvard, has become the NBA’s biggest story since coming off the Knicks’ bench earlier this month to lead them to nine wins in 11 games heading into their matchup with Miami on Thursday night.
With Lin’s popularity in Asia as the league’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, and with the religious community because of his strong Christian faith, Stern says he’s “never quite seen anything like” the attention on Lin.
“It’s fascinating,” Stern said after the All-Star Jam Session opening ceremonies.
The top five videos on NBA.com since Feb. 4, when Lin joined the circulation, are all Lin or Knicks related. Lin went from 190,000 followers on Sina, China’s version of Twitter, on Feb. 2 to more than 1 million as of Feb. 16.
Indeed, Lin’s popularity is so out of this world that the NBA made a late list switch to ensure his participation in the Rising Stars Challenge on All-Star Saturday, a game that includes the NBA’s best rookies(新秀球员)and sophomores. Lin is in such high demand that all of the game’s other participants will meet with the media following a team practice on Friday while Lin will have his own, separate press conference later in the night. 
This is Jeremy’s world, folks. We’re all just living in it. Even David Stern and the rest of the league’s All-Stars, at least for the moment. 
【小题1】The following statements about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity are true EXCEPT that ______.

（2011·安徽卷）B

Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources（来源）, as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills（风车）began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind（磨碎）wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s, when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

60. From the text we know that windmills              .

A. were invented by European armies

B. have a history of more than 2800 years

C. used to supply power to radio in remote areas

D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered

61. What was a new use for wind power in the late l9th century?

A. Sailing a boat. 

B. Producing electricity.

C. Grinding wheat into flour.

D. Pumping water from underground.

62. One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that             .

A. wind power is cleaner

B. it is one of the oldest power sources

C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

63. What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. The advantage of wind power.

B. The design of wind power plants.

C. The worldwide movement to save energy.

D. The global trend towards producing power from wind.

【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据末段句子Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind可知，接下来作者应该谈论利用风能发电的情况，因此选择D项。

NBA commissioner David Stern was in Orlando on Thursday night, getting ready for Sunday’s All-Star Game. Of course, all he could talk about was the only player anyone wants to talk about these days: New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
Hours before Lin took the court against the Heat, a few hundred miles South down I-95 in Miami, Stern told reporters that Lin’s instant popularity hasn’t ever been matched in sports history, not even by Sunday’s biggest names, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant.
The Associated Press had the details.
“I haven’t done a calculation, but it’s fair to say that no player has created the interest and the craze in this short period of time, in any sport, that I’m aware of like Jeremy Lin has,” Stern said Thursday.
Lin, an undrafted(未选秀的)guard from Harvard, has become the NBA’s biggest story since coming off the Knicks’ bench earlier this month to lead them to nine wins in 11 games heading into their matchup with Miami on Thursday night.
With Lin’s popularity in Asia as the league’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, and with the religious community because of his strong Christian faith, Stern says he’s “never quite seen anything like” the attention on Lin.
“It’s fascinating,” Stern said after the All-Star Jam Session opening ceremonies.
The top five videos on NBA.com since Feb. 4, when Lin joined the circulation, are all Lin or Knicks related. Lin went from 190,000 followers on Sina, China’s version of Twitter, on Feb. 2 to more than 1 million as of Feb. 16.
Indeed, Lin’s popularity is so out of this world that the NBA made a late list switch to ensure his participation in the Rising Stars Challenge on All-Star Saturday, a game that includes the NBA’s best rookies(新秀球员)and sophomores. Lin is in such high demand that all of the game’s other participants will meet with the media following a team practice on Friday while Lin will have his own, separate press conference later in the night. 
This is Jeremy’s world, folks. We’re all just living in it. Even David Stern and the rest of the league’s All-Stars, at least for the moment. 

1. 1.

   The following statements about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity are true EXCEPT that ______.

   1. A.
      Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks to win all the recent games this month
   2. B.
      David Stern said Lin was the only instant popular player in NBA’s history
   3. C.
      Lin has become the NBA’s greatest story though he was an undrafted guard
   4. D.
      no player has created the interest and the enthusiasm in such a short period of time
2. 2.

   Why did Jeremy Lin have so many followers in Asia on Sina, China’s version of Twitter?
   

   1. A.
      Because Jeremy Lin was born in Taiwan with strong Christian faith.
   2. B.
      Maybe because he is the first player born in America but has Chinese descent.
   3. C.
      Because Sina has a large group of surfing people, maybe more than 10 million.
   4. D.
      Because the top five videos on NB
3. 3.

   The underlined phrase “out of this world” in Paragraph 9 may probably be replaced by ______.

   1. A.
      impossible
   2. B.
      important
   3. C.
      exceptional
   4. D.
      excellent
4. 4.

   What can we learn from the above passage about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity?

   1. A.
      Knowledge starts with practice.
   2. B.
      Failure is the mother of success.
   3. C.
      Every dog has its day.
   4. D.
      No pains, no gains.

Success does not belong to a select （精挑细选的） group of individuals; success belongs to those who are willing to go after it．Success belongs to those who are willing to look fear in the face, eyeball to eyeball, and then do what they have to do．Success belongs to those who realize that there is something more important than their fear．

"Desire is the key to motivation．．．．" Desire is the longing to achieve a vision; without desire you have nothing．If you've lost your vision, or if your desire is not strong, work to clarify your vision, use pictures, write the vision down．Habakkuk said, "Write the vision, and make it plain, "Before you can run with desire, your vision must be plain, it must be clear, it must be exciting．

"Seventy percent of success in life is showing up．" You can't get your dream job, if you're scared to turn in an application．You won't get the sale, if you don't try．Showing up doesn't guarantee success, but rest assured if you don't show up, you won't succeed．When it comes to your dreams, and the things you desire to achieve in this life, you have to show up．

Thomas J．Watson said, "Would you like me to give you a formula （公式） for success? It's quite simple, really．Double your rate of failure．You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success．But it isn't at all．You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes．Make all you can．Because remember that's where you will find success．" Never fear failure, it is failure that will bring you success．Embrace failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you

will succeed．

Success is not about doing what the average person can't do, it's about doing what the average person is unwilling to do．And on a deeper level, it's about creating habits that the average person is unwilling to create．It's the habit of doing things with excellence that cause success．

       Success is the enjoyment of the journey．You have to enjoy the journey!

       Someone once said, "Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got．" You have to change．．．you will change, you will succeed．

39．If you want to succeed, you should ______．

       A．make efforts to achieve it                                         B．be a special person

       C．face it with fear                            D．do everything important

40．What's Habakkuk's opinion?

       A．We should make our aims common．        B．We should set up a clear target．

       C．We should have motivation．               D．Desire is the key to motivation

41．The main idea of the third paragraph is that ______．

       A．success needs showing up                B．70% of people can succeed

       C．you should show your hope               D．you should fight for success

42．Thomas J．Watson encourages us to ______．

       A．retire from failure                        B．escape from failure

       C．make double mistakes                     D．grow from failure

43．Which is the best title of the passage? ______．

       A．Success and Failure                    B．Keys to Success

       C．Several Critical Steps to Success           D．Importance of Success