1 . A few days ago, the Brooklyn Nets basketball player Ben Simmons donated a basketball court to Machang township in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province during a ceremony. Simmons has visited China several times since he was young. He has been deeply touched by the Chinese people’s warmth and friendly feelings toward him and their enthusiasm for basketball.
Impressed by the news that basketball competitions had been held in Guizhou at a village with their own “Village Basketball Association (VBA)”, Simmons decided to donate a basketball court to the village during the Chinese New Year Basketball Competition in January. After conducting a survey, he set up the basketball court in Machang township in Gui’an New Area in the hope that it would create more opportunities for young fans to play basketball.
In the mountainous village of Machang, there are no huge electronic screens or advertisements at basketball games, but they can still be thrilling thanks to local players’ love for the sport. These players later became a hit in China and even went viral (迅速传播). A recent final competition attracted 30, 000 viewers on site and more than 1 billion viewers online.
Comparatively, the NBA boasts the best players in the world, top-class basketball gyms and professionally made commercials, so its exciting games draw fans around the world. The NBA and the “VBA” are thousands of miles apart, but their games are equally striking, fueling thousands of fans’ enthusiasm. Both focus on a common interest of basketball fans in the U. S. and China and their shared pursuit of sports and a better life.
Although Machang township lacks modern sports facilities, the local people’s love for basketball remains strong. So Simmons’ donation will surely help improve the village’s situation to a certain extent, but more importantly, it will bring people separated by the Pacific Ocean closer through this sport.
1. How did Ben Simmons give a hand to Machang township?| A．By donating electronic screens and some equipment for playing basketball. |
| B．By giving some money to help the township to build a stadium. |
| C．By training some local people to practise playing basketball. |
| D．By offering a basketball court to the township for free. |
| A．The recent match appealed to a large number of viewers. |
| B．The local players can earn an amount of money by playing the game. |
| C．The players, professional skills make the local basketball games exciting. |
| D．Advertisements contributed to the successful promotion of the local sport. |
| A．To suggest the “VBA” should learn from the NBA. |
| B．To show the NBA is much more exciting than the “VBA”. |
| C．To express the NBA and the “VBA” have something in common. |
| D．To prove the rules of the “VBA” and the NBA are almost the same. |
| A．The living standard of the village. |
| B．The significance of the donation. |
| C．The sports facilities of the township. |
| D．The meaning of the basketball competitions. |
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3 . Looking for Canadian culture? Just put your eyes on the ice rink. “We love hockey,” says Marion Alexander, a Canadian English teacher in Beijing. “It really is Canada’s sport.”
There is no other sport so close to the hearts of Canadians and no other sport in which Canadians have been so successful. But how much do you know about hockey?
Hockey is played on a court of ice called a rink. Each team has six players: a goalie (goal keeper), a centre, two defensemen, and two forwards. All of them wear ice skates.
Instead of a ball, hockey uses a puck, which is a small black object that looks like a small, flat round cake made of rubber. Each team tries their best to hit the puck with their hockey sticks into the other team’s goal. The team which scores the most goals at the end of three periods is the winner.
“Hockey has a lot of rules,” says Alexander, “but once you are used to it, it seems very natural.”
In Canada, hockey is part of the national identity. Many Canadians play youth hockey when they are growing up, and many Canadian families make a tradition of watching the games.
“I played goalie when I was younger,” remembers Alexander. “My family would always watch the Calgary Flames (a team in the National Hockey League) play on TV.”
Hockey doesn’t just unite families. It also brings the whole country together, especially during the Olympics. “Canada is a diverse country that doesn’t have a strong unified culture like China. That is why hockey is so important. Supporting the national team brings all of Canada together,” says Alexander.
1. The passage is mainly about _____.| A．the origin and development of hockey | B．Canadians’ diverse sports culture |
| C．Marion Alexander’s view of hockey | D．the role of hockey in Canadian culture |
| A．it is Canadians’ favourite sport | B．it is an event at the Olympics |
| C．it is part of the national identity | D．it helps unite the whole country |
| A．Canada is more diverse than China. |
| B．Canadians are not as united as the Chinese. |
| C．There are not many things that bring all Canadian people together. |
| D．There are not so many sports in Canada as in China. |
| A．Hockey Brings Canadians Together | B．How to Play Hockey |
| C．The National Identity for Canadians | D．Finding Canadian Culture |
