2008年中考阅读理解精讲精练（十四）

Yao Ming was born in China. In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks, he scored 32.4 points per game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show the world that Chinese basketball player love this game too!
 
Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn’t retire until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the street, like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play for Santos and quickly became an international figure.
 
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were surprised by the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and she has won most of the main matches several times.

直通考场                                                                      
Read the passage and choose the best answer:                                         
1. In the passage, ______ is the youngest player.
  A. Pele     B. Yao Ming     C. Steffi Graf      D. Martina Navratilova
2. ______comes from South America.
  A. Pele     B. Yao Ming     C. Steffi Graf      D. No one
3. Which of the following is RIGHT?
  A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player.
  B. Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.
  C. Yao Ming’s parents are not basketball players.
  D. Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.
4. Which of the following is WRONG?
  A. Pele was born in a poor family.
  B. Pele was a great football player.
C. Pele played football in the street all his life.
D. Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.
5. From the passage, we know that _______.
  A. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player
  B. Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985
  C. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16
  D. Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985
答案：   1. _____    2. ______     3. ______     4. ______     5. ______                                   

单词表                                                                   

retire [ri′tai ] vi. 退役
international [int′nænl] adj. 国际的
figure [′fig ] n. 人物
semi-final [′semi  fainl] n. 半决赛

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