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(未選秀的)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(新秀球員)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.
【小題1】The following statements about Jeremy Lin’s instant popularity are true EXCEPT that ______.
| A．Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks to win all the recent games this month |
| B．David Stern said Lin was the only instant popular player in NBA’s history |
| C．Lin has become the NBA’s greatest story though he was an undrafted guard |
| D．no player has created the interest and the enthusiasm in such a short period of time |
| A．impossible | B．important | C．exceptional | D．excellent |
| A．Knowledge starts with practice. | B．Failure is the mother of success. |
| C．Every dog has its day. | D．No pains, no gains. |
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—Yao Ming has begun his new season in NBA.
—Yes,he couldn’t have wished for a______start to the new NBA year.He scored 19 points in 20 minutes in the opening game.
A.good B.better C.best D.nice
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What could make Michael Jordon, one of the greatest basketball players in history, shed tears? It was when he became a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame on September 11. The hall is in Springfield, Massachusetts and honors the best basketball players, greatest coaches and other contributors to the game. “The game of basketball has been everything to me ,” said Jordan, 46. “It is the place I have always gone when I needed to find comfort and peace.”
Jordan retired twice in his 15-year career, finishing with 32292 points, the third highest total points in NBA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. His average of 30.12 points a game is the best in the League.
“One day you might look up and see me playing the game at 50,” Jordan said. “Because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” (假象) In other words, it was motivation that made Jordan such a success..
A great career did not mean a smooth one. His high school coach cut him from the team in favor of a taller player when Jordan was in 10th grade. His college coach wouldn’t allow him on the cover of Sports Illustration in 1981 with North Carolina’s four other players because Jordan was a freshman. In his first NBA All-Star game, older NBA stars wouldn’t throw him the ball because of jealousy.
“That burned me up,” Jordan said. “But obstacle don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
When Jordan became a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame,_____
A. he found something more encouraging .
B. he was so excited that he couldn’t hold his tears back.
C. he was happy and sad at the same time.
D. he felt very comfortable and peaceful.
Who scored the highest total points in NBA history?
A. Michael Jordon. B. Karl Malone.
C. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. D. Kobe Bryant.
When in college basketball team, Jordan ______
A. was not experienced enough to be favored by his coach.
B. was the pet of his basketball coach.
C. was the best player in the team
D. was the tallest one of all basketball players.
What does the word “obstacle” mean in the passage?
A. Something that makes you feel uncomfortable
B. The coach who thinks you are not suitable for playing basketball.
C. A wall in the basketball court to stop players in training.
D. Something that makes it difficult for you to achieve your goal.
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Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could 36 play basketball.
I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball 37 I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one 38 when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were 39 allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not 40 me play basketball at home. “Basketball is not fit for girls,” they said. 41 I went to play basketball with my friends, boys 42 at me on the court as if I were an alien.
I was feeling 43 and had lost hope of playing basketball. 44 , something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They 45 me to get back on the court.
One of them told me with a smile, “Go your own 46 , let others talk.” This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about 47 with me almost every day.
I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion 48 to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, 49 for me, even the sky is boundless (無垠的).
Basketball has become an important part of my 50 . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also 51 a lot.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, “Nothing is impossible.” It is from an advertisement on TV. I have 52 to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an 53 . After that, just be confident and 54 going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
I love the motto of the NBA. It can 55 my strong feelings for basketball, “I love this game!”
| A. ever | B. often | C. never | D. always |
| A. when | B. before | C. after | D. since |
| A. struggled | B. eared | C. enjoyed | D. joined |
| A. only | B. almost | C. hardly | D. not |
| A. encourage | B. agree | C. let | D. permit |
| A. Still | B. Yet | C. Just | D. Even |
| A. looked | B. glared | C. glanced | D. stared |
| A. up | B. down | C. excited | D. satisfied |
| A. Unluckily | B. Naturally | C. Unexpectedly | D. Clearly |
| A. encouraged | B. forbade | C. ensured | D. explored |
| A. effort | B. way | C. business | D. direction |
| A. basketball | B. sports | C. interests | D. dreams |
| A. stuck | B. referred | C. turned | D. returned |
| A. but | B. though | C. and | D. however |
| A. wish | B. life | C. work | D. study |
| A. experience | B. grow | C. learn | D. play |
| A. come | B. turned | C. refused | D. happened |
| A. idea | B. aim | C. opinion | D. effort |
| A, insist | B. remain | C. keep | D. last |
| A. inform | B. express | C. ignore | D. connect |
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Steve Nash enjoys team success far more than personal success, and always wants to share the glory and the joy with teammates.
?? He is a self-effacing (不愛出風頭的) Canadian, who grew up in hockey country. Today Steve Nash has to stand alone even if he doesn’t enjoy it. The Phoenix Sun’s point guard has to take ownership of a set of skills that sets him apart from every bigger, faster basketball player. He is considered the best basketball player in the game.
?? 31-year old Nash was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the NBA on May 8, 2005. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “It’s been a long road for me and I really enjoy playing as a team, just trying to be a good teammate. That is the only way for me to highlight what I do as a basketball player.”
?? It is the first time a Canadian has won any individual NBA honor. Of the 50 winners of the MVP award, only six have been guards: Steve Nash, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and Bob Cousy. “I’m happy for him getting the MVP, which makes us feel like we all got the MVP,” said Phoenix forward Shawn Marion.
?? He may be the only one who truly believes he can reach this level. “I always try to set goals for myself and have my own time frame to accomplish them and I never give up on anything,” he said. It is not as if Nash arrived at this point without countless hours of hard work.
?? His interests go far beyond sports and the NBA. His social conscience is such that he wore a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan at the NBA all-star weekend festivities in Philadelphia in 2002.
?? “A lot of great moments are when you win games with your teammates. There’s nothing like sharing something with someone else,” he said. “There is a pinnacle (頂點) of a player’s career individually. In many ways, the pinnacle of a player’s career really is defined by team wins.”
1.What does Steve Nash mean by saying the last two sentences?
A. A player’s success is decided by his / her individual efforts.
B. A player won’t succeed without a team’s support.
C. A player will succeed sooner or later.
D. A team always decides a player’s success.
2.Steve Nash feels happiest _______.
A. when he is named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA
B. when he is 30 years old
C. when he plays at the NBA all-star weekend festivities
D. when his team wins a game
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Nash is an American basketball player.
B. Nash is better at basketball than Magic Johnson.
C. Nash is the first Canadian winner of the MVP award.
D. Michael Jordan is the best of the six guards.
4. Which of the following is the main message that the passage wants to express?
A. Nash prefers team honor to personal honor.
B. Hard work will lead to the honor of the MVP of the NBA.
C. A Canadian can be an MVP of the NBA.
D. Setting goals is of importance to success.
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When an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson: there is no “I ” in “team”.
There is no better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were all superstars on three different teams. Yet, none of them had any titles to show for it. Then, last season, they decided to sacrifice money and individual statistics to play together. Garnett and Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics and changed the NBA in the process.
It started in simple ways. Garnett and Allen are two of the most intense athletes in the world. They treat every second of every practice like it is the NBA championship. If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same. So, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their full effort too.
Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years. He used to shoot the ball many times a game. But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and focused on defense. His selflessness showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that mattered.
When the Celtics were winning and the game was almost over, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game. But they wouldn’t just sit on the bench. Instead, they stood and cheered and screamed for their teammates. They wanted to support their friends and teammates.
Now, the guys who don't play know they can still affect the game by cheering so they scream and cheer when Garnett, Allen and Pierce are playing. The Celtics have developed a strong relationship. They are more than just teammates. They are brothers.
The result: the Boston Celtics won the championship and are considered the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship again this year.
There is a saying that goes, "A successful team beats with one heart." If that is the case, the Celtics may have the biggest heart in the NBA.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The stories of three famous basketball superstars.
B．A famous basketball team named the Boston Celtics.
C．The importance of teamwork among teammates.
D．Matches between the Boston Celtics and other teams.
2.What does this sentence “there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’.” mean in Paragraph 1?
A．"I" will be missing once "I" am on the court.
B．The cooperation of the teammates is more important than the individual.
C．"I" work so hard in a team that "I" will forget who "I" am
D．Surrounded by other players, "I" don’t seem to exist.
3.Which of the following is NOT true about Pierce’s recent performance?
A．He became an even better shooter with others’ help.
B．He focused much more attention on defense.
C．He created more chances for teammates.
D．He stood and cheered for his teammates
4.Which of the following didn’t contribute to the success of the Boston Celtics?
A．The whole team has become devoted to each and every stage of the game.
B．The cooperation and teamwork among the teammates in the match.
C．The influence of Garnett, Allen, Pierce and other teammates’ cheering.
D．The increasing frequency of team players on the bench
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