When I was six years old, my mom told me that I could find anyone's number in th

When I was six years old, my mom told me thatI could find anyone's number in the phone book. I used to look through thephone book for hours trying to find Michael Jordan's phone number. When Icouldn't find it, I just dialed seven numbers. When someone answered, I'd ask,"Is that Michael Jordan?" Obviously, I always had the wrong number.

A year later I started playing basketball atmy local recreation center. It was very big. I never thought in my wildestdreams that a basketball court could be inside a building. The recreationcenter had a special smell in it, sort of like hot rubber. I guessed it wasfrom the shoes hitting the floor so fast and hard. The atmosphere on the courtwas carefree. Our biggest excitement of the day was when we actually made ashot. We celebrated wins over ice cream at a fast food restaurant.

I got good at it, and my confidence grew. Iplayed it all the time until the sixth grade. As soon as junior high schoolcame, I stopped playing basketball and focused on school. When senior highschool started, I tried out for the school team and made it. We worked hard.Every week we did 300 push-ups and 300 sit-ups on our own. Our coach encouragedthe sit-ups to keep stomach power, because it gave us so much control when wewere playing basketball. If we didn't want to do the sit-ups and push-ups, wecould practice dribbling (????) and shooting more. It's just us, the ball, the court and the net.But don't take my word for it. See for yourself. After all, I'm just one kidplaying the game.

1.From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.

A. the author's mother gave him some wrongphone numbers

B. the phone book contained everyone's phonenumber except Michael Jordan's

C. the author wanted to contact MichaelJordan very much

D. the author didn't know how to use a phoneat that time

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. The days of the author playing basketballat a recreation center.

B. The author's excitement of making shotswhen playing basketball.

C. The days before the author went to seniorhigh school.

D. The author's happy childhood with histeammates.

3.What surprised the author most at therecreation center?

A. That it was very near to his home.

B. That there was a basketball court insidethe building.

C. That there was a special smell in it.

D. That there was a fast food restaurant init.

4.The author's coach encouraged them to dosit-ups because ____.

A. it is the basic preparation to playbasketball

B. it is more useful than dribbling andshooting

C. it is the only way to make people stronger

D. it helps keep stomach power

5.What's the author's purpose in writing thispassage?

A. To introduce some skills in playingbasketball.

B. To tell us about his dream of becoming abasketball star.

C. To introduce his own experience of playingbasketball.

D. To tell us how to balance playingbasketball and studying.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

1.细节题。结合 I used to look through the phone book for hours trying to findMichael Jordan's phone number.可知作者总找Michael Jordan的号码，由此得出他很想和Michael Jordan联系。

2.主旨大意题。第二段主要讲述了作者在local recreation center的日子和感受。

3.细节题。结合I never thought in my wildest dreams that a basketball court couldbe inside a building可知答案。

4.细节题。结合Our coach encouraged the sit-ups to keep stomach power可知答案。

5.写作目的题。作者在文章中主要叙述了自己学习和练习打篮球的一些事。ABC项在文中都没有提及。