I promised Michael I wouldn’t mention this until the season was over．Now l think it's time．
Early last season, I wrote a column about an art of kindness I had seen Jordan do to a disabled child outside the stadium．After it ran，I got a call from a marl in the western suburbs．He said，“I read what you wrote about Jordan．but I thought I should tell you another thing I saw．”
Here it comes, I thought. It always does. Write something nice about a person, and people call you up to say that the person is not so nice.
A few weeks later Jordan and I were talking about something else before a game, and I brought up what the man had said. Was the man right? Had Jordan really been talking to those two boys in that poor and dirty .neighborhood?
"Not two boys," Jordan said. "But four."
And he named them. He said four names. And what did they talk about?
"Everything,” Jordan said. " Anything. I’ve asked to see their grades so that I can check to see if they're paying attention to their study. If it turns out that one or two of them may need teaching, I make sure they get it."
It's just one more part of Michael Jordan's life one more thing that no one knows about, and one more thing Jordan does fight for. The NBA season is over now, and those boys have their memories. So do J! When the expert reviewers begin to tuna against Jordan as they surely will, I'll think about those boys under the streetlight, waiting for the man they know to come. For someone they can depend on.
小題1:The writer wrote this story about Jordan and his young friends because _______
A．he thought highly of Jordan's deeds
B．he hated to see Jordan do something bad
C．he believed it was time to help the disabled
D．he felt sure he needn't keep the promise then
小題2: A man in the western suburbs made a call to_______
A．know why Jordan stopped in a bad area
B．get a chance to become famous himself
C．let the writer know Jordan was not that nice
D．offer an example to show how Jordan helped others
小題3: Jordan talked with the boys because he _______.                     
A．needed their support
B．had promised to do so
C．liked to teach them to play basketball
D．wanted to make sure they all studied well
小題4: The text implies that Jordan is _______.
A．a(chǎn)n excellent basketball player
B．good at dealing with problems of life
C．a(chǎn)lways ready to make friends with young people
D．willing to do whatever he can for the good of society
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