Shaquille O'Neal was chosen in 1996 as one of the 5 0 Greatest Players in NBA History．He was __1__ as the 1999-2000 Most Valuable Player by media（媒體）．He was in All-Star ten times．O'Neal is a great basketball player，and he IS also a successful __2__．

Shaquille O'Neal is a big man，more than 7 feet tall and 310 pounds，and a big basketball star．Here are some facts about this __3__ player．He was born on March 6，1972，in Newark，New Jersey．His nickname（綽號），Shaq is taken from his given name，__4__ means “l(fā)ittle warrior（勇士）” in Arabic．__5__ a child，he did not want to play basketball or be a rap singer．He wanted to be a break dancer（跳街舞者），__6__ when he was 13，he started playing basketball for an American team in Germany，where he was living __7__ his family．His parents had to __8__ the young basketball player in his daily life because he was too young at that time．In Germany，he met Dale Brown，the trainer of the basketball team of Louisiana State University（LSU）．This connection with Trainer Brown __9__ Shaq to choose LSU __10__ he finished high school．Then at the age of 20，Shaq __11__ the Orlando Magic，an NBA team．Shaq is now Number 34 with the Los Angeles Lakers and has signed（簽訂）a __12__ contract for $123 million，or “a hundred mil” as Shaquille calls __13__ in his rap song It Was All a Dream．

Shaquille O'Neal is the greatest __14__ of an NBA player who became a rapper．He has made four successful rap albums（專輯）．It Was All a Dream is one of his rap songs．In the song he tells people．how he felt when he became successful．

__15__ amazing（驚奇的）success story he has had．

1．A．reached                   B．caught                 C．held                       D．picked

2．A．dancer                   B．rap（說唱）singer C．trainer                    D．movie star

3．A．rich                   B．famous            C．strange               D．young

4．A．that                    B．which                   C．who                 D．whom

5．A．As                     B．When               C．While                D．since

6．A．so                     B．then               C．but                  D．or

7．A．from                  B．with                    C．by                  D．for

8．A．look at                B．look over            C．look after             D．look up

9．A．had                   B．made              C．let                   D．guided

10．A．a(chǎn)fter                B．while               C．before               D．since

11．A．played                B．joined                   C．left                   D．took part in

12．A．seven-year          B．seven years         C．one year              D．seven-years

13．A．them                B．it                       C．one                  D．its

14．A．example              B．name               C．story                  D．singer

15．A．How an              B．What a             C．What an              D．How

Did you watch NBA All-Star Game（全明星賽）this summer? If you watched it．you should

__1__Shaquille O’Neal’s（沙奎爾·輿尼爾）wonderful play．Shaquille O'Neal is in Cleveland now．

He Was born on March 6th，1972．He is 2.16 meters tall．When he was young。he Was very strong（強壯的）．His strong hands__2__him a good start of life．Shaquille liked playing __3__．But when he Was a high school student in Grade Two，he wasn't good at basketball Just at that time．he__4__his good coach（教練），Dale Brown．Then he began his hard practice．In 1992．he _5__NBA，playing for Magic Team，then Lakers，and later Miami Heat in 2004．He had a great  __6__．He has joined All-Star Game ten times，won NBA Finals MVP（最有價值的球員）three times，_7__got the gold medals（金牌）for the USA in the Olympic Games．They named him one of the fifty__8__players in NBA history．

    Shaquille O’Neal is strong and tall．People call him” Large Shark（鯊魚）”．But he is good at __9__too．He has six CDs，It's really one of歷e happiest things in the world to listen to his CDs and__10__ him play basketball at the same time．

（   ）1．A．remember          B．forget         C．meet          D．say

（   ）2．A．put               B．showed       C．gave           D．took

（   ）3．A．football            B．volleyball       C．tennis          D．basketball

（   ）4．A．missed            B．met           C．left            D．had

（   ）5．A．joined              B．had            C．took            D．became

（   ）6．A．idea               B．success      C．party        D．times

（   ）7．A．a(chǎn)nd                B．but          C．a(chǎn)lthough       D．so

（   ）8．A．worst                    B．slowest        C．biggest         D．greatest

（   ）9．A．music             B．history        C．math          D．English

（   ）10．A．make           B．help          C．watch        D．look at