During     1    1990s, Michael Jordan was     2    ( probable) the best-known athlete in the world. He was     3    (name) the most valued player five times. Millions of fans admire his athletic ability，     4    (motivate) and confidence. Off the basketball court， Michael Jordan opened his own steak restaurant and he also found success as an     5    ( act)

The first player     6    ( score ) more than 3,000 points in a season was Wilt Chamberlain. Michael Jordan is the only NBA player     7     averaged over 50 points per game for an entire season.     8     is no doubt that he     9    ( deserve )the title “outstanding player     10     his generation”．

There are three children in Bryant’s family. Kobe Bryant is the       1     (young) child and only son of Joe and Pam Bryant. His parents named him       2       a kind of steak: the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu. At       3     age of six, Kobe, his parents and two older sisters moved to Italy,       4     his father began playing professional basketball. He became accustomed to the lifestyle and became fluent in       5     (Italy). At an early age, he learned to play soccer and his favorite team was AC Milan. Bryant once said that if he     6    (stay)in Italy, he would have     7    (stick)with soccer and would have tried to become a professional soccer player. In 1991, the Bryants moved back to the United States. In the Philadelphia suburb of lower Merion high school, a spectacular high school career brought national     8    (recognize). Although his SAT score of 1080 guaranteed him various basketball scholarships from top universities, the 17-year-old made a controversial     9     (decide)to enter the NBA     10     (direct).

Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter     1    (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in     2    (fog)conditions, and the cause of the crash is still       3    investigation.

Bryant was     4    (wide)considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many     5    (celebrity)showed their great grief over the     6    (lose)of the great basketball player. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, "Kobe     7    (remember)forever for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball." All-time basketball great Michael Jordan said Kobe was a       8    (choose) one and he would miss those conversations very much.

Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles,     9    the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be       10    it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.