2 . Michael Jordan was the second player to score more than 3000 points in a season ---but the first one was Wilt Chamberlain .Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia on 21st August 1936. He was one of the 11 children, the only one who was very tall. His father William worked in a shipyard and his mother Olivia was a cleaner. As a child, Chamberlain had various health problems. He had pneumonia and almost died when he was ten.

Chamberlain is the only NBA player who averaged over 50 points per game for an entire season. At one point, Chamberlain was so much better than all the other players that they changed rules of the game to try to stop him.

The giant player joined the NBA’s Philadelphia Warriors in the 1959-1960 season and was an immediate success. During 14 seasons with four different teams, Chamberlain was named the most valued player in the league four times. On 2nd March 1962, he scored 100 points in a single game --no one has ever done that since! The final score was Warriors 169 New York Knicks 147!

Was Wilt Chamberlain better than Michael Jordan? Who knows? But there is no doubt that he deserves the title “outstanding player of his generation ”.

1. According to the passage , we learn that Wilt Chamberlain ________.

A．He came from a rich family

B．He was born in New York

C．He was very weak when he was young

D．After retirement , he opened his own steak restaurant

2. Why did the Basketball Association change the rules of the game?

A．Because Wilt Chamberlain are better than all the other players .

B．Because the rules of the game were not fit .

C．Because other players played well .

D．Because Wilt Chamberlain wanted to change it .

3. How many basketball teams did Wilt Chamberlain play for ?

A．One	B．Two
C．Three	D．Four

4. Who is the outstanding basketball player ?

A．Michael Jordan	B．Wilt Chamberlain
C．Neither of them .	D．Both of them

4 . Life is pretty unpredictable. One can never know what is there in store for them unless it is unexpectedly _________ at them. Some people drown away in sorrows, while others learn from it and come out even _________ . Similar was the _________ with Jordan.

Born in Pittsburgh, Jordan was _________ about many sports since his childhood. He would never _________ out on practices and would always be on top of his game. Jordan became a(n) _________ player in a very short lime.

However, his professional career as a sportsman _________ when he was at his peak. He was one of the strongest and most competitive players on his team, but the _________ was all it took to bring him down. He _________ from a serious damage in his lower back, due to which he could never __________ to professional playing.

__________ going into an period of shock and depression, Jordan made this __________ an opportunity to grow in a new field. With his career being ended on a premature note, he promised himself to educate __________ on moving properly and taking care of themselves. He would also __________ the body to physical and mental extremes.

As this 35-year-old professional went through the stage of ending his career __________ , he is always   __________ by the passion for training and developing __________ life routines for youth athletics. He aims to help them grow and reach their __________ to the fullest and do not __________ the same mistake that he did that ended his career. With high-spirited individuals like Jordan, ambitious sports personalities have an excellent source to be __________ from.

1.

A．thrown

B．blessed

C．jumped

D．waved

2.

A．happier

B．stronger

C．lower

D．harder

3.

A．case

B．time

C．puzzlement

D．punishment

4.

A．anxious

B．nervous

C．excited

D．crazy

5.

A．figure

B．work

C．miss

D．try

6.

A．awkward

B．amateur

C．smart

D．skilled

7.

A．continued

B．advanced

C．ended

D．recovered

8.

A．injury

B．failure

C．rumor

D．criticism

9.

A．grew

B．suffered

C．rose

D．started

10.

A．drive

B．help

C．adapt

D．return

11.

A．Because of

B．Instead of

C．On behalf of

D．In case of

12.

A．practice

B．consequence

C．misfortune

D．mistake

13.

A．coaches

B．adults

C．athletes

D．employees

14.

A．introduce

B．address

C．propose

D．push

15.

A．early

B．perfectly

C．naturally

D．easily

16.

A．driven

B．blocked

C．attracted

D．educated

17.

A．normal

B．healthy

C．regular

D．active

18.

A．problem

B．potential

C．heart

D．breath

19.

A．imitate

B．tolerate

C．imagine

D．repeat

20.

A．left

B．kept

C．inspired

D．discouraged

5 . Kids often admire well-known celebrities, putting posters of their favorite musicians, movie stars and athletes on their bedroom walls. But rarely does a young person get to meet or talk to their idol. Yet for one young tennis player - Coco Gauff - her chance to do just that happened in an amazing way!

Coco was born on March 13, 2004. At the age of 4, she developed an interest in tennis after watching Venus Williams win the Australian Open on TV. Coco began playing at 7 and showed a real talent for the sport. When young Coco turned 10, she began training at a tennis centre run by Venus's coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. He still remembers the first time he met Coco. He says, “She impressed me with her determination and fighting spirit. ” Convinced of her talent, Mouratoglou sponsored （资助）Coco to attend his academy in France. While she was preparing to go to the academy in 2019, she received a call that would change her plans and her life!

Wimbledon （温布尔顿网球比赛）organizers called and offered Gauff entry to the tournament （联赛）as a wildcard （外卡选手）.This made her one of the youngest players to ever qualify. Before she knew it, she was on her way to London. After arriving, she received another surprise. For her Wimbledon debut （首次登场），she would be playing her lifelong hero, Venus Williams! The tennis legend is 24 years older than Gauff.

The world watched with amazement as young Gauff beat Venus in two straight sets! Afterwards, Gauff shook Venus's hand, thanked her and said, “I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. " After the match, Venus said of Gauff, “I think the sky is the limit； it really is. " Venus said, “I feel honored that I was on her wall [as a poster] at some point in her life. Soon she will be on other girls' walls. It's nice because it will keep going from the next generation to the next generation. "

1. What can we learn about Coco from the text?

A．She took up tennis as career at the age of 4.

B．She went to academy at the age of 7.

C．She had played against William before 10.

D．She beat William at the age of 15.

2. Which of the following can best describe Coco?

A．Talented and modest.	B．Lucky and responsible.
C．Proud and hard-working.	D．Respectful and cheerful.

3. What can we infer from Venus's words?

A．Coco had reached her limits.	B．Coco would rise to fame       after the match.
C．Coco's poster would be passed on.	D．Coco had once visited her       home.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text ?

A．Coco Gauff ： Tennis's Next Superstar.	B．Coco Gauff ： A Poster on the Wall.
C．What Posters Mean to a Young Girl.	D．The Significance of Admiring an Idol.

7 . Darius (runner)

I’ve always been sporty, but I was best at football and athletics. When I was 14, I had a trial for a professional football club, but eventually I chose to go down the athletics route instead. My biggest moment came when I got to compete for my country in the youth team and got a medal. It didn’t result in much media attention, though. I’d been hoping some sponsorship would come out of it, because the training doesn’t come cheap. I train at home all winter and then go away for three weeks before the season starts. You’ve got to be really disciplined, though. If friends ask me to go out the night before training, I have to say no. I wish I didn’t, but dedication pays in this sport. The main goal for me is to get to the next Olympics—that would be fantastic.

Gabriel (surfer)

The surfing community is small, so you get to meet the same guys wherever you compete. Professional surfers are very serious and often the best waves are at dawn, so if you’re really going to get anywhere, you have to cut out late-night parties altogether. I don’t mind that so much, but I do love having a lie-in, and I usually have to give that up too. But it’s worth it because without that kind of dedication I might not have won the National Championships last year. And, of course, the sacrifices are worth it in the long run because winning that championship meant I got picked to present a surfing series on TV. I guess I’m a bit of a star now.

Dieter (yacht (帆船) racer)

With five people on a boat together, you have a good laugh. We’re very traditional and we always celebrate a win in great style. If it has been said that we act a bit childishly when we’re out, but we don’t actively go looking for media coverage. Sometimes the reporters actually seem more concerned about where you go out celebrating and what you get up to there than about where you came in the race. I’m away for eight months of the year, so if it is great to get back, go out with my mates from other walks of life and do the things they do. I’m known within the world of sailing, but fortunately I can count the number of times I’ve been recognised in the street on the fingers of one hand, I’d hate to become a star.

Tomas (tennis player)

It’s always a great thing to walk on court and feel that the crowd’s behind you. At the last competition, though, it all got a bit crazy with people crowding around. Despite that, I have to admit that I do still get excited if spotted by fans when I’m out shopping or something. It has its downside though. Tennis players have to travel quite a lot, and in the end that’s why my last girlfriend and I split up, I guess. That was hard, but you’ve got to make sacrifices in any sport; you’ve got to be serious and professional. Actually, it doesn’t really bother me too much. I’m satisfied to concentrate on my game now and catch up on the other things in life once I retired, because, after all, that comes pretty early in this sport.

1. Both Darius and Gabriel think that ________ plays an important role in being a professional athlete.

A．relaxation	B．talent
C．media attention	D．self-discipline

2. Which of the following athletes says he/ she doesn’t enjoy media attention?

A．Darius

B．Gabriel

C．Dieter

D．Tomas

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Dieter isn’t that popular in the world of sailing.

B．Gabriel won last year’s National Championship.

C．Darius had been a professional footballer for several years.

D．Tomas doesn’t like his personal life being affected by his career.

8 . Paul Simon, the famous American folk singer sang that “every generation throws a hero up the pop charts”. The same is true in sports. Every generation finds an athlete who has the qualities we all wish we had: devotion, excellent athletic ability and grace under pressure.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, who just won a second straight NBA MVP, has all that and more. Now he still plays for an NBA basketball team, the Milwaukee Bucks, and he is a famous forward in NBA. His teammates like him very much because he is good at teaming up with them in every game.

Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, Greece on December 6, 1994. He is the son of immigrants from Nigeria. Three years earlier, his parents had moved from Lagos, leaving behind their firstborn son with his grandparents. Although Antetokounmpo and three of his four brothers were born in Greece, they didn’t automatically(自动地) receive full Greek citizenship according to the Greek nationality law. For the first 18 years of his life, Antetokounmpo was effectively stateless, having no papers from Nigeria or Greece. After gaining Greek citizenship in 2013, his family changed their surname from Adetokunbo to Antetokounmpo to more closely follow Greek spelling rule.

Antetokounmpo grew up in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia. His parents, as immigrants, couldn’t easily find work, so Antetokounmpo and his older brother helped by selling watches, ndbags and sunglasses in the streets from place to place. In 2007. Antetokounmpo started playing basketball.

When he was 18, Antetokounmpo stood out from the hundreds of thousands of immigrants trying to survive in Greece. He was born here. He could speak Greek fluently. He completed Greek schooling. He became a Greek citizen.

“From the time I started in basketball, my dream was to be a big star, to have a big future in basketball.” he said.

1. Why does the author mention Paul Simon in Paragraph 1?

A．To praise the folk singer.

B．To introduce the topic.

C．To give a typical example.

D．To draw the readers’ attention.

2. What do we know about Antetokounmpo?

A．He has won MVP award twice so far.

B．He is the firstborn son in his family.

C．He got Nigeria citizenship at age 18.

D．He was a born basketball player.

3. Which of the following best describes Antetokounm as a player?

A．Brave.

B．Caring

C．Cooperative.

D．Hardworking.

4. Where is this text most likely from?

A．Abrochure.

B．A guidebook.

C．A journal

D．A magazine.

9 . The world held its breath when the scene of a car crash was broadcast on five television and the name Tiger Woods flashed across the screen. The Los Angeles Times reported the car rolled over many times and Woods was not able to get out of the car on his own. Fortunately, he was wearing his seat belt, which very likely saved his life. Woods was saved from the badly damaged car with the "jaws of life" by firefighters. Then he was immediately transported to Harbor-UCLA, the busiest hospital in Los Angeles, and was undergoing surgery for leg injuries, as recent reports said.

Thankfully, his injuries aren't   life-threatening. We do have some clues in the released statements as to what injuries Woods has suffered. First, we heard about open fractures, in which the broken bones poke (露出)through the skin. Woods is said to have had a rod (杆) placed down a bone, which is one way to treat a fracture and allow the bone to heal in a better position. Given the multiplicity of fractures, Woods may have also   had an external fixator, something kept outside the skin. Moving forward, he will also need to heal and strengthen his muscles, which can take a year or longer

Woods, 45, is one of the most successful professional golfers of all time. He has won 15 major championships and most recently won The Masters in 2019 after missing a good deal of lime recovering from a back injury. It is far too early to say whether he will play professional golf again, and there is no doubt his injuries are a severe obstacle to his chances of ever returning to the tour, particularly because he is in his 40s, and has suffered other career-threatening injuries.

Woods's tragedies are what makes him human, but his comebacks are what make him inspirational. Woods's legendary story has been marked by several peaks and valleys. Let’s hope this is the deepest valley before the greatest peak.

1. Which probably saved Tiger Woods life in the crash?

A．Rod placed down a bone.

B．Jaws of life used by firemen.

C．Seat belt worn by him.

D．An external fixator.

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Woods suffered life-threatening injuries in this accident.

B．It will Lake Woods a year to recover.

C．Woods can never play professional golf again.

D．Woods’ injuries are career threatening.

3. What made Tiger Woods a legendary golfer?

A．Winning many championships.

B．His ear accident in the journey.

C．His serious injuries.

D．Ups and downs in his life.

4. What can we infer about the author from the text?

A．He is indifferent to Woods’ accident.

B．He is familiar with Woods’ golf career.

C．He is sure about Woods’ future golf career.

D．He was reporting on the spot of the accident.

10 . With an MLB caster dad, Patrick Mahomes II has been training to become a professional athlete almost his whole life. “Ever since I could remember, I was playing something. I didn’t think I would be a football player, but I thought I would be a professional athlete for sure…a baseball or basketball player,” the Kansas City Chiefs star tells CNBC Make It.

Mahomes has had the same trainer since he was 10, and though he didn’t focus on football until his second year at Texas Tech, he’s known for an unimaginable ability to do with what’s happening around him on the field. He also practices every single kind of wild throw he might make in a game. With that knack for top performance, during four seasons in the NFL Mahomes had led the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl in 50 years, for which he was named the game's MVP. At 25, Mahomes has also signed the largest sports contract in history: In July, he signed a deal with the Chiefs worth nearly $500 million over 10 years.

But for all his wins, Mahomes says a defeat like the Chiefs’ 9-31 Super Bowl loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can be more useful. “People see me on the field playing and winning a lot of football games, and they see the contract and the different businesses that I work with, and they think that everything doing is kind of just working out,” Mahomes tells CNBC Make It. But “I think defeat helps you more than success,” he says. “I just do whatever I can to be better and learn from the mistakes.”

Here, Mahomes talks to CNBC Make It about his mental state on the field, his routine, the advice he will give his younger self and more.

1. What can we learn about Mahomes from the text?

A．He is deeply influenced by his father.

B．He likes playing baseball and basketball.

C．He has much confidence in playing football.

D．He began to be devoted to playing football at 10.

2. What does the underlined word “knack” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Game.

B．Season.

C．Skill.

D．Deal.

3. What conclusion can we make from the text?

A．Technology is power.	B．Failure is the mother of success.
C．Where there is will, there is a way.	D．He who makes no mistakes will do nothing.

4. What probably is continued with the text?

A．Lessons learned from defeat.	B．His game-day state of mind.
C．Advice for younger players.	D．His plans for football playing.