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A
-year-old Xing Tao, who joined “Some day, there’ll be no Americans left in the NBA,” said 12
his school team two weeks ago after watching Yao Ming in a televised NBA game, “The players will all be Chinese, like Yao.”
first basketball To China, Yao is a home-grown superstar who helped make the world’s
league closer to Chinese players. To the NBA, the 2.23-meter center offers an opening of a
different sort into the world’s largest new market. Yao’s NBA first appearance against the Ind
iana
Pacers in October reached 287 million families in the US. That game might have been a bit of a
letdown to Yao’s fans: He played just 11 of the 48 minutes, had two rebounds(篮板) and got no
points. Comparing that with his performance on December 19, also against Indiana, Yao won 29
Yao said after
points and 10 rebounds. “This w as one of the most exciting games I’ve had,”
-83 victory. The NBA has to be excited about his on-count success. In all his games,
Houston’s 95
he’s averaging 12.7 points and 7.7 rebounds, quite good for a new star. “Yao Ming has broug NBA closer to the Chinese,” said NBA spokeswoman Cheong Sau Ching, “That makes the dream seem practical for other peop le in China and proud to be Chinese.”
The 22-year-old Yao is not the country’s first player in the NBA: Wang Zhizhi broke down
the Dallas Mavericks in November 2003. But Yao’s combination of modesty
（谦虚）and skills
make him a favorite back home.
26. What’s the direct reason for Xing Tao to join the school basketball team?
A. He watched an NBA game.
B. He liked basketball.
C. He hoped to play for the NBA.
D. He had dream that he would become a basketball star.
27. How many points did Yao Ming win in his first game in the NBA?
A. zero
B. two
C. 29
D. 10
28. What does the word “letdown” in line 6, paragraph 2 mean?
A. failure
B. surprise
C. disappointment
D. sadness.
29. Why does Yao Ming win more popularity than Wang Zhizhi at home?
A. He has performed excellently.
B. He is modest
C. More and more Chinese people like to watch his games.
D. both A and B
30. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Middle school students want to play basketball.
B. Yao Ming makes NBA closer to China.
no Americans left in the NBA.
C. There’ll be
D. There are many new stars from China in the NBA.
B
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was
ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly
impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking
for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She
was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of
schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris.
She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because
she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman
