On a recent day, “Linsanity” is popular all over the world. It’s the combination of “Lin” & “insanity”, referring to the person who made surprising success.
“Lin” refers to Jeremy Lin, an American professional basketball player, with the Chinese name Shu How Lin. He is the first American player with Chinese descent（血统）.
Jeremy Lin was born on August 23, 1988. At the age of 5, He started playing basketball at the kindergarten. He went to Harvard University after playing at Palo Alto High School in California. He graduated in 2010 and joined the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team in California. In late 2011, Lin moved to another team - the New York Knicks at the very end of the year. The Knicks added him to their starting lineup（阵容）that month. He began averaging more than 20 points a game and leading the team to a series of wins.
Here is his career statistics（统计表）.
NBA Regular Season Accurate as of February 20, 2012
|
Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
|
2010–2011 |
Golden State |
29 |
0 |
9.8 |
0.389 |
0.200 |
0.760 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
|
2011–2012 |
New York |
19 |
9 |
23.1 |
0.487 |
0.343 |
0.742 |
2.7 |
5.7 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
14.6 |
GP: Games played GS: Games started MPG: Minutes per game
FG%: Field-goal 3P%: 3-point field-goal FT%: Free-throw
RPG: Rebounds per game APG: Assists per game SPG: Steals per game
BPG: Blocks per game PPG: Points per game
1.“Linsanity” is an expression referring to the person who ______.
A. made surprising success
B. played basketball young
C. was very popular
2.Jeremy Lin is the first American player with _______ descent.
A. French B. Chinese C. English
3.According to the passage, Jeremy Lin started playing basketball at ________.
A. kindergarten B. high school C. university
4.Jeremy Lin is playing for ________ team in NBA now.
A. the Golden State Warriors
B. the Los Angeles Lakers
C. the New York Knicks
5.Jeremy Lin got 14.6 _________ in Regular Season 2011-2012.
A. PPG B. SPG C. MPG
It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 1 to his class. He wanted to 2 his students’ eyes to the world of biology.
He knew that 3 young students was not easy, so he worked 4 and tried to find a good way to teach this class.5 thinking for a long time, he made a 6 at last. He decided to show the kids something 7 and teach them a lesson at the same time.
He asked his students to 8 carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(虫子) into a glass of water. The worm 9 around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 10 they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”
1. A．pay B．start C．day D．tour
2. A．go to B．open up C．call up D．keep out
3. A．sending B．fitting C．following D．teaching
4. A．hard B．quickly C．loudly D．alone
5. A．Before B．While C．After D．When
6. A．story B．decision C．cake D．face
7. A．crazy B．impossible C．strange D．interesting
8. A．watch B．use C．listen D．write
9. A．flied B．ran C．jumped D．swam
10. A．what B．how C．when D．why
Eating _______ sweet food is not good for our health (健康).
A．too many B．too much C．many too D．much too
I think ______ necessary ______ to take more exercise.
A．it; for Jim and me B．it’s; to Jim and me
C．that; for Jim and I D．that’s; to Jima and I
—They started working on the show two months ago, didn’t they?
—___________. A lot of work needed to be finished before the show.
A．Yes, they did B．No, they didn’t
C．Yes, they didn’t D．No, they did
In the future,cars won’t be ______,and it’ll be _____ to travel everywhere by plane.
A,cheap, expensive B. expensive ,expensive
C. cheap , cheap D. expensive,cheap
