Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson, South Dakota. Baseball was always her favorite sport. Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games. More often, however, they asked her to umpire (裁判) for them, because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing.

One day in 1904, Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden, Iowa, to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden. When they arrived at the ball field, two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary (預(yù)備) game. The umpire hadn’t arrived, so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire. The players finally agreed.

Amanda, then sixteen and standing five feet, ten inches tall, made perfect calls. She was so good that players for the main game asked her to umpire for them and even offered to pay her. Thus, at sixteen, Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire of all time. She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

1.Why did Hank and his friends often ask Amanda to umpire for them?

A. Because she called them brothers.

B. Because they wanted to make her happy.

C. Because no one else wanted to do it for them.

D. Because she knew the rules well and was fair.

2.Amanda went to Hawarden in order to ______.

A. serve as umpire

B. watch her brother play

C. make money

D. help the local teams

3.Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game ______.

A. in her P. E. classes at school

B. in an umpire training school

C. by watching and playing the games

D. from her mother, a baseball umpire

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

B. Amanda Clement, First Female Umpire

C. Baseball Games in Hawarden, Iowa

D. A Family of Baseball Fans

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