1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

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).

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Basketball hero Kobe Bryant's death has drawn an outpouring of shock and sadness across China. Basketball fans in China are now sad after learning that the former Los Angeles Lakers' 18-time NBA All Star had died at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash     1     Sunday in California. Bryant was among nine people on board,     2     (include) his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who all died in the disaster    3     occurred in the heavy fog.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Kobe Bryant is a famous basketball player. His talent can     1    (see) not only on the court, but also in his writing.     2    book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp came out in March.

The story is     3    the West Bottom Badgers, a youth basketball team. It’s made up of five books, with each     4    (focus) on the story of one character: Rain, Twig, Cash, Peno and Lab. All of the kids on this team come from a poor neighborhood. No one     5    (have) faith in the kids to succeed,     6    things change after a new coach joins the team.

After reading the book, we got to interview Bryant. He said he didn’t think he was going to be an author, but that he often tells stories to his daughters. This is one of the     7    (reason) he wrote his own book. The book is based on parts of Bryant’s real-life experience,     8    (especial) when he played for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant had two different jersey numbers - 8 and 24 - during his career.     9    number 24 means you need to work hard 24 hours a day     10    (succeed).

Our final thoughts on Bryant — he is cool and very funny.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

On March 28, seven months after Manu Ginobili decided     1     (retire) from the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs held a moving ceremony     2     (sincere) to show great respect to him and to retire his jersey (球衣) No. 20,     3     was considered a fitting end to one of the greatest careers in international basketball.

That day, his fans     4     (chant) out the mantra (口号) “Gracias Manu, por todo”, or “Thanks Manu, for everything” in English.

    5     Argentine-Italian shooting guard played all 16 of his NBA seasons with the Spurs. He was an     6     (importance) part of San Antonio’s “Big Three” era (时代) , along     7     Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. Together they helped the team win four NBA championships between 2002 and 2014.

Of course on this big day, Cinobili     8     (seat) between Duncan and Parker.

“When I think about you, you are unique as a     9     (play),” Parker said at the ceremony.

Their coach Gregg Popovich then explained Ginobil’s uniqueness. “The way the team was set up—we all needed each other,” he said. “Without Manu there     10     (be) no championships.”

5 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(1) Mr. Mancinelli emigrated from Italy to America with his family when he was eight and began working at a local barbershop when he was 11. He now still     1     (do) his job full time, cutting hair five days a week from noon to 8 p.m. In the past five years, he     2     (work) at Fantastic Cuts, a hair salon     3     (locate) in a small shopping center in New York City.

(2) The Rocket     4     (be) arguably the most popular NBA franchise in China since the team     5     (draft) Chinese superstar Yao Ming. Yao played his entire NBA career in Houston.

(3) Though it’s not mainstream, if you walk through major cities you may see a fan     6     (dress) in the sweeping robes and wide sleeves of Hanfu, which literally translates to “Han clothing.” This kind of clothing     7     (sell) well among certain young people.

(4) But the central issue     8     (remain): who is     9     (blame) for the unsustainable imbalance in the world economy --- and how can it     10     (tackle)?

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Wilma Rudolph was a girl born in a poor family. When she was four years old, a deadly     1     (ill) made her left leg useless. She had to wear an iron leg brace (支架). Yet she was fortunate in having a mother     2     encouraged her to have courage.

At nine years of age, she removed     3     leg brace and took the step which was impossible according to the doctors. Then she got the dream that she would like to be the world’s greatest woman runner. At the age of 13, she entered a race. But she came in last in every race. Everyone advised her     4     (stop). However, one day, she came in next to last. And then one day, she got the first place in a race! From then on, Wilma Rudolph     5     (win) every race that she entered.

Years     6     (late), Wilma went to Tennessee State University, where she met a coach     7     (name) Ed Temple. He trained her so well     8     in 1960 she went to the Olympic Games in Room. There she beat a German girl Jutta Heine, the     9     (great) woman runner of the day. That day Wilma made history as she became the first woman who had won three gold     10     (medal) in the same Olympic Games.

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

As a player,Lang Ping brought honour to her country . As    1    coach, she led her team to medals in many games .As a person, she is loved by fans at home and abroad .When her team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup ,her     2     (determine) was tested .The team     3     she had built was falling apart . One of the best players had been     4     (injure) , and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems.    5     (lose) two important players was a big challenge , but Lang Ping didn’t lose heart .Two weeks later ,they were world champions !

Michael Jordan    6     became known as “Air Jordan ” changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were    7     (impress) , but the mental     8     (strong )that he showed made him unique . In the final seconds of a game , Jordan always seemed to find a way    9     (win).Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failures. Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give     10     . In life ,Jordan has learnt to share his success with others .

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese Women's Volleyball Team once achieved great honor in the last century,     1    inspired so many people throughout the whole country. But during the last decade, as the old volleyball players retired     2    the new ones were not strong enough, the team met with various     3    (difficult). After     4     (win) an important match, Chinese Women's Volleyball Team announced     5     (they) return. Chinese Women's Volleyball Team had a very important match     6       Brazil team in the Rio Olympic Games. The hope to win was very little, because Brazil team was the champion of last two Olympic Games and Chinese team only won one match for the last 18 records. What's more, almost all the audience     7    (support) Brazil team. It seemed that to win the match was     8     (possible) for the Chinese team, but under the guidance of coach Lang, the girls were very strong and determined     9       (fight) for the last minute. Even when they lost the first game, they never gave up.Especially for the last two points, they were so brave and     10    （final） won the match.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On Feburary 22, 2018, Wu Dajing became the first Chinese man     1     (win) an Olympic short track gold medal,     2     (claim) China’s first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Games. And on November 11, Wu Dajing, 24, set     3     new world record. It took him just 39.505 seconds to finish the men’s 500-meter race at the 2018 Short Track World Cup,     4     took place in Salt Lake City, US.

Shaoang Liu, who competed against Wu at the World Cup,     5     (shake) his head in disbelief after the race. “It’s     6     (true) lucky to have been in a world record race,” Liu said. “The rest of us are all on a certain level but Wu is just, like, ‘up here’.” Indeed, every time Wu skates, he leaves his     7     (competitor) behind within seconds. Wu is untouchable, not only for dominating his sport, but also for his unusual     8     (high) (182 cm, tall for a short tracker).

Wu owes his success     9     his self-discipline. He started to skate at the age of 10. He gets up at 4 a.m. every day to practice. He never     10     (eat) meat or has carbonated (碳酸的) drinks, even though he loves cola very much. Only once has Wu broken his self-made rule—just after his win at the Winter Olympics.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Monte Evans has always been showing great interest in the power of sports to change lives,    1     （particular） for kids, but he never had the resources to turn his dream into    2    （real）. That is until he won a contest put on by Sam's Club in 2017. The Walmart giant was looking    3     ideas to help the local community and he was the winner for his idea for a sports club    4    would work with local schools to help improve kids^’ physical and mental health. The prize was a $ 1,000 gift card plus $ 25,000 to put towards     5     (he) business. He used the money to co-found the Competitive Edge Athletic Performance Center in Woodbridge, Virginia, and the Dale City "Lightning" Track Club.

"I've been able     6       (develop) sports training, local school and childhood obesity prevention programming, upgrade our training equipment,     7     secure training space," he says.

But the real winners are the kids -- in addition to providing athletic training, Monte also    8    (offer) educational programs to make sure they have everything they need to succeed as well-rounded adults. “I'm so     9    (pride) to know that our hard work and sacrifice     10    (value) in our community, he says.