There were already signs that Michael Jordan was very talented(有才能的) as a young boy. Harvest Smith,a good friend,played basketball with him every day then, and thought he was the best player on their ninth-grade team.
The summer after ninth grade, Jordan and Smith both went to the Pop Herring's basketball camp to run for the high school team. All the other students looked much stronger than Jordan,because they were two or three years older than him.
To Smith,it was quite clear that Jordan was better than him. But on that day the results were announced.Smith's name was on the list. Jordan's was not.
It was the worst day of Jordan's young life. He kept reading the list, hoping that he had missed it, or that there was something wrong with the list. That day he went home and cried.
We knew Jordan was good,"Fred Lynch, a coach said later,"But we thought the jayvee(学校运动队第二队) was much better for him." Jordan became the best player on the jayvee that year. There were matches in which he could get forty scores.He was so good that the jayvee matches became quite popular.
Smith found that Jordan had been very competitive before he was cut,and after that he seemed even more competitive than ever. His coaches found it,too."One day,the jayvee had a match. When I came into the gym, the match was just ending up.Their scores fell behind a lot. All the other nine players had given up,but one kid still played very hard. It was Jordan,and I quickly learned he was always like that."
Some time later,Lany High School had a very good basketball team,and its rising star was Michael Jordan 25Jordan went to the Pop Herring's basketball camp in order to.
5. Jordan went to the Pop Herring's basketball camp in order to
A.stay with his best friend | B.join the high school team |
C.prove he was the best player | D.be a rising basketball star |
6. What happened when Jordan was on the jayvee that year?
A.Everyone on the team liked Jordan. |
B.There were not any matches that year. |
C.The jayvee matches became quite popular. |
D.Jordan got all the scores in the matches. |
7. From the last sentence of the passage, we can infer(推断)that Jordan.
A.got an overnight success |
B.was still on the jayvee some time later |
C.became a basketball star in the world |
D.was a member of the high school team |