Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA．The 2．26 m, 120 kg center（中锋） becomes the first one to come from a foreign team．
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women’s Team．His father played basketball, too．
Yao Ming is widely known in China．He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association （联赛）．It’s short for CBA．During the 2000～2001 season, he did very well．He got 27．1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental （东方） Sharks in every match．
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．He said this was a new start in his basketball life．He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself．
Sport analyst （分析家） Bill Walton said, “Yao Ming has the potential （潜力）, the capability（能力） of changing the future of basketball．”
【小题1】The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team．

         Yao Ming—my favorite sports player

Everyone in China knows Yao Ming. He is a great basketball player.

He was born (出生) on September 12^th, 1980, in Shanghai, China. He was born in a basketball family because his parents are basketball players, too. He is 2.26 m. Now he plays for Houston Rockets(休斯敦火箭队). He is one of the stars in the NBA．He works hard. He wants to tell people allover the world (全世界) Chinese also love this game!

根据短文填空， 每空一词。

1．Yao Ming is a great ____________ player.

2．His birthday is ______________ 12^th.

3．His ___________ are basketball players, too.

4．Now he plays ____________ Houston Rockets.

5．He tells people all over the world Chinese also ___________ this game.

Hello! My name's Diana. I am from London,  1 ,but now I  2  in Beijing, the capital（首都）of China. I'm an English  3  at Beijing International School. I'm 26 years old. Here are  4  of my students. This  5  Lingling.  6  is 12 years old and she is in Class One. Grade One. This is Daming. He's 12 yean old,  7  .This is Sam. He's an English  8  and he's 11 years old. This is Helen. She's from the USA and she's 13 years old. She's   9  . She's a nice girl. We all like  10  ．

1．A．China               B．England             C．America

2．A．come               B．meet              C．Live

3．A．teacher              B．student             C．doctor

4．A．all                   B．any              C．some

5．A．is                  B．are              C．am

6．A．He                  B．She               C．They

7．A．two               B．too                C．to

8．A．boy                 B．too                C．man

9．A．English              B．Chinese             C．American

10．A． him              B．she               C．her