1 . Kobe Bryant, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 23, 1978, was a professional basketball player, nicknamed "Black Mamba" or "Little Flying Man ". He played for the Los Angeles Lakers throughout his NBA career from 1996 to 2016.

In 1996, Kobe Bryant entered the high school and then began his legendary NBA career. On behalf of his school, Kobe Bryant won many basketball games and got a very high total score. He broke the record of the southeast of Pennsylvania that Chamberlain had created and maintained for 38 years, which made Jerry West, the Lakers vice president, think highly of him. After Kobe Bryant became the dunk（扣篮）champion in the All-Star Game in 1997, his career took off. From 2000 to 2002, he and his team won the NBA championships for three years in a row.

Kobe Bryant maintained a lot of NBA personal records. He once got 81 scores in a game, the second highest single-game scoring in the NBA history. In the 2007-2008 season, he received the title of Most Valuable Player, which is the highest honor for NBA players. After that, he and his team continued to attain lots of remarkable achievements, including two NBA championships from 2009 to 2010.

Unfortunately, on January 27, 2020, this great man and other eight persons were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. Kobe Bryant was then only 41 years old. Those who loved him all mourned the death of him. Though we have lost a superstar, his mamba spirit will live on. We will always remember his immortal（不朽的）words, "I know the appearance of Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning every day."

1. How did Kobe Bryant catch Jerry West's attention?

A．He was recommended to Jerry West.

B．He created a new basketball total score record and maintained it for 38 years.

C．He broke the basketball total score record of the southeast of Pennsylvania.

D．He became the dunk champion in the 2007-2008 season.

2. How many NBA championships did Kobe and his team win in all?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

3. What can we infer from Kobe's immortal words in the last paragraph?

A．Kobe deeply loved Los Angeles.	B．Kobe enjoyed the sunrise of Los Angeles.
C．Kobe practiced very hard every day.	D．Kobe didn't want to be noticed.

4. In which section of a magazine may this text appear?

A．Sport.

B．Science.

C．Education.

D．Health.

2 . What makes one a great person? The legendary volleyball coach Lang Ping gave the answer in the recent documentary The Iron Hammer, titled after her nickname for her powerful strikes.

The documentary features Lang' s inspiring journey from her gold medal victory as a volleyball player in the 1984 Olympics to her unparalleled(无可比拟的）career as a successful coach for both Team USA from 2005 to 2008 and China since 2013.She led the US to a silver medal finish and China to a gold medal triumph in the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games, making her the first person to win Olympic volleyball gold as a player and coach.

Lang Ping revealed the secret to such remarkable achievements in the documentary. “I believe volleyball was my destiny," she said.

But glory and challenges go hand in hand. Troubled by severe injuries to her cervical vertebra(颈椎），back, waist and knees, caused by intense exercise and hard work, the 60-year-old has undergone more than 10 surgeries. “No parts of my body function well," she joked.

But illness is certainly not the only difficulty Lang has faced throughout her career. In 2005, she struggled with balancing raising her daughter Lydia Bai Lang, who lived in the US, and her coaching career, according to China Sports Daily. She eventually decided to work for USA Volleyball that year and this decision aroused a lot of negative comments back in China.

“I'm proud of being Chinese.” Lang responded in an interview.Later,she returned to head the Chinese women 's volleyball team in 2013, leading the team successfully defending its World Cup crown with a perfect record of 11 straight wins last year.

There is no doubt that Lang is one of the greatest players and coaches in history. As an athlete commented in the documentary, “Lang Ping is like Michael Jordan in our minds.”

1. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Ways to become a great person.

B．Reasons for Lang Ping's success.

C．Lang Ping and her successful career.

D．Great athletes and their achievements.

2. Why did Lang Ping go to work for USA Volleyball in 2005?

A．To make a big fortune.

B．To take care of her family.

C．To avoid negative comments.

D．To establish her reputation abroad.

3. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 probably mean ?

A．Success comes at a price.

B．Challenges are as important as glory.

C．Athletes are likely to get their hands injured.

D．Lang Ping has trouble in achieving her goals.

4. Why is Michael Jordan mentioned at the end of the passage?

A．To honor the legendary pop star.

B．To draw the attention of readers to another field.

C．To illustrate there are lots of great people in the world.

D．To acknowledge Lang Ping's status and achievements.

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 （(球 场））,but also in his writing. His book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp came     2     in March.

The story is about the West Bottom Badgers, a youth basketball team. It's made up of five books, with each     3     （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     4     （have） faith（信心）in the kids to succeed,     5     things change after a new coach joins the team. .

After     6     （read） 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） why 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 （球衣）numbers-8 and 24- during his career.     9     number 24 means you need to work hard 24 hours a day     10     （succeed）.

4 . When Jenny Benson was eight, her mother took her to soccer practice for the first time.

“She’s never played soccer before,” Mrs Benson told the coach.“I’m not sure how she’ll do.”

Jenny ran onto the field and joined the other players. Over the next hour, Mrs Benson and the coach watched as Jenny out­ran many of the more experienced players.

“I knew then that soccer would be Jenny’s sport.” Mrs Benson recalls. And she was right.

It may have helped that Jenny had spent much of her time trying to keep up with her three brothers.“I wanted to be just like them,” Jenny says.“My family has inspired me for my entire life.”

Jenny has retired from the United States women’s national soccer team. She started out on her professional career in the Philadelphia Charge, a team in the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA)．Later on, she joined FC Energy Voronezh, and then New Jersey Wildcats.

When the WUSA was being formed, league officials watched many college soccer games, looking for players good enough to join the league. They were very interested in Jenny, who played for the University of Nebraska.

“Throughout that college season, I knew I was being watched,” Jenny says, “I knew I couldn’t be perfect, so I just tried to be very consistent and have fun.”

As a professional, Jenny relied on her focused but fun­loving attitude. “In a game, I try never to put too much pressure on myself. The more I concentrate on having fun, the better I play.” She says. “I have good and bad days, just like everyone else, but I know the sun will always come up after a bad day. So all I have to do is to adjust myself, either to the change of my inner feelings or to the change of circumstances.That helps me get through anything.”

1. What can we learn from Jenny’s first soccer practice?

A．She was not sure how to play soccer.

B．She was gifted in playing soccer.

C．She was instructed by the soccer coach.

D．She was more experienced than other players.

2. Which professional team did she first play for?

A．New Jersey Wildcats.

B．FC Energy Voronezh.

C．The University of Nebraska.

D．The Philadelphia Charge.

3. Which of the following can best describe Jenny?

A．Talented but impatient.

B．Confident and considerate.

C．Concentrated and adaptable.

D．Absorbed but self­centered.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．How Jenny developed her soccer career.

B．Why Jenny retired from the national team.

C．How Jenny’s brothers influenced her career.

D．What made Jenny a good soccer player.

5 . Ali, the boxing legend, died on Friday night at 74，after a Long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Cassius Clay (Ali) was just 12 years old in 1954 when he got ready to beat the boy who stole his bicycle in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. But a local policeman warned him that he'd need to learn to box first. At just 89 pounds, Clay had his first fight and his first win just weeks later, according to Bleacher Report. By 1964, he was the heavyweight champion of the world, alter upsetting Sonny Liston.

In 1969, he was forbidden to do boxing over his refusal to join the army and go to Vietnam. Ali was reportedly drowning in debt and still appealing his conviction(上诉).He made pocket change by touring colleges to discuss the war, and, as Playbill points out, he starred in the Broadway musical, Buck White.

Ali sang nearly every song in the musical, playing a black lecturer addressing a meeting organized by a black political group. But he would never return to the stage after his conviction was cancelled.

In November 1990, Ali met with Iraq president Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on a "good-will tour" in an attempt to negotiate the release of 15 Americans held hostage(人质)in and Kuwait.   Ali was criticized by then-President George H. W, Bush and The New York Times, both of whom expressed concerns that he was fueling propaganda (宣传) machine.

Despite running out of medicine for his disease and waiting more than a week to talk to Hus-rein, Ali was able to bring all 15 of a group of American war prisoners home.

1. When did Ali start to learn boxing?

A．In 1969.	B．In 1964.
C．In 1952	D．In 1954

2. Why was Ali once forbidden to boxing?

A．He became the heavyweight champion of the world.

B．He refused to become soldier to fight in Vietnam.

C．He suffered from a disease.

D．He got drowning in debt.

3. What role did Ali play in Iraq?

A．A peace lover.

B．An artist.

C．The best boxer ever.

D．friend of President George H. W. Bush.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text？

A．A1i. the boxing legend, died

B．A1i was the heavyweight champion of the world

C．Ali managed to return to the stage

D．A1i fueled a propaganda machine