he came to love sports,he became much stronger than before.

A.After shortly　　　　　　　　　　B.Shortly after

C.Short after　　　　　　　　　　　D.Before long

—You know who came yesterday?

　 —Yao Ming? We had a basketball match.

　 — ______ He came and watched the game.

A. You guessed it! B. How did you know that?

C. Well done! D. That was good news!

 

Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people in at least 100 countries. It’s one of the 　 1　　 sports in the world. It began in 1891.

Dr. James A. Naismith, the 　　2　 of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training 　　3　　 . It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were 　　 4　 about the low attendance during the 　 5　 months. They　 6 　　 that people didn’t attend then 　7 the school did not have a good sports __8___ in winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for　　 9　　 . He came up with a new indoor game.

Naismith studied games being played at that 　10　 . He found that al the most　 ___11____games used a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But __12____ the ball or hitting it would be too rough for　 13　 . So he put two 　14　 up on the poles. The players had to try to 　　15　 a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen 　16　　 for the game. Twelve of them are still in　 _17____today. Just seven　 18 after the game began professional basketball teams were　 19 　. And that’s how basketball was 　　20　 .

1. A. most beautiful B. most useful　 C. most necessary　 D. best known

2. A. friend　　　 B. official　　　　 C. father　　　　　 D. discoverer

3. A. school　　　 B. game　　 　　 C. team　　 　　　D. club

4. A. interested　 B. worried 　　　　C. eager　　　　 　 D. dangerous

5. A. summer　　 B. spring　　　 　 C. autumn　　　 　D. winter

6. A. expected　 B. hoped　　　　 　C. talked　　　 　 D. felt

7. A. that　　　 B. because　　　　 C. so　　　　　 　 D. though

8. A. suit　　　　 B. team　　　　　 C. progress　　 　 D. program

9. A. a sport　　　 B. help　　　　　 C. money　　　　 D. students

10. A. game　　　 B. school　　　　 C. time　　　　　 D. place

11. A. popular　　 B. practical　　　 C. excellent　　　 D. skilled

12. A. throwing　　 B. casting　　　　 C. kicking　　　　 D. catching

13. A. students　　 B. young people　 C. sports　　　　 D. indoors

14. A. bags　　　 B. baskets　　 　　C. flags　　　 　　 D. sings

15. A. push　　　　 B. throw　　 　　C. send　　　 　　D. kick

16. A. persons　　　 B. poles　　　 　 C. rules　　 　　　D. balls

17. A. use　　　　 B. value　　　 　 C. fact　　　 　　　D. virtue

18. A. minutes　　 B. hours　　　 　 C. days　　　 　　D. years

19. A. formed　　　 B. called　　 　　C. dismissed　 　　 D. stationed

20. A. come into being B. discovered　 C. take place　　　 D. born

 

阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Jim lived with his parents until he was 21 years old, and then he got a job in the office of a big factory in another town, so he left home. He found a comfortable little flat which had two rooms, a small kitchen and a bath-room, and he lived there on his own.

　　At first he cleaned it himself, but he did not want to have to go on doing this, so he was determined to find someone else to do it for him. He asked a lot of his fellow workers at the factory what they did about this, and at last one of the men said, “Oh, Mrs. Roper comes and cleans my flat regularly. She washes the dishes, irons my shirts and keeps the place neat and tidy and so on. I'll introduce her to you, if you like. She's a charming old lady. She does her best, but she hasn't got much energy.”

　　“Well, you'd better ask her to come and see me, please.” Jim answered. So the next evening Mrs. Roper came to see him, and she agreed with pleasure to come to his flat every morning for an hour. After she had been working for Jim for two weeks, he looked at the mirror in his bedroom and thought, “That mirror looks very dusty. Mrs. Roper's forgotten to clean it. I can write on it with my finger.”He wrote a message in the dust:“I'm coughing whenever I breathe because everything in this room is very dusty.”

　　He came home at seven o'clock that evening, and when he had eaten his supper, he went into his bedroom and looked at the mirror. “That silly woman still hasn't cleaned it!” he said to himself. “All it needs is a cloth!”

　　But then he bent down and saw a bottle in front of the mirror. “I didn't put that bottle there.” he thought. “Mrs. Roper must have left it.” He picked the bottle up and looked at it carefully.

　　“She's written some words on it.” he said to himself. He read the words. They were:“Cough medicine.”

(1)Jim left home because ________.

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A．he got a more comfortable flat

B．he had to go to college there

C．his job was in another town

D．he became a manager of a factory

(2)He asked other people ________.

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A．to introduce someone to him

B．to help clean his flat

C．how to keep his flat clean

D．to find someone to clean his flat

(3)Mrs. Roper worked ________ a day for him.

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(4)Which of the following is not true? ________.

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A．Mrs. Roper didn't clean his bedroom properly

B．Jim was not happy with Mrs. Roper's work

C．Jim wrote a message on a piece of paper

D．The mirror in the bedroom looked very dusty

(5)Jim knew that Mrs. Roper ________.

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