Kobe Bryant is the son of former NBA player Joe Bryant, and was born in 1978 in Philadelphia. Even though his grades were good, the younger Bryant chose to join the NBA after high school.
Del Harris, the coach of Lakers, brought Kobe into his first NBA game when he was only 18 years old. Over the next three seasons, Bryant showed plenty of ability.
The following three years ---- 2000, 2001, and 2002 were the golden years for the Lakers. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal formed a dream partnership, and the Lakers won three straight championships. Kobe also won a gold medal at the Olympics with Team USA in 2008.
However, in 2015, everybody knew that the Lakers era(时代) came to an end. Kobe had led his team to amazing heights, but his time was coming to an end. On November 29, 2015, Kobe announced that he would retire at the end of the season.
1.Bryant chose to join the NBA because of his bad grades.
2.As a basketball player, Kobe never lost a game.
3.Kobe’s team won a gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing.
4.Kobe’s father used to be a basketball player.
5.The passage tells us Kobe’s lifetime.
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阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
One’s attitude is always important. If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are ______ , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons (柿子) . But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably ______ bad. In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were ______ that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They______ me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious(焦虑的).
Summer came and I studied hard. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t concentrate (集中精力) on my textbook. But every time when I wanted to stop ______ , my dad would say, “Think about your ______ . If you don’t work hard, you will regret.” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I ______ was playing with my friends.
My dad would say to me, with a serious look on ______ face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear (结出) fruit in autumn! Only by working hard can you get good results.” A few months later, I succeeded in ______ the key middle school. I was so happy. My dad was right, if a persimmon tree doesn’t grow ______ summer, there will be no fruit in autumn. I worked hard and I enjoyed the fruit of my hard work!
1.A. busy B. clever C. hard-working D. free
2.A. look B. taste C. turn D. smell
3.A. embarrassed B. worried C. excited D. annoyed
4.A. made B. allowed C. pushed D. pulled
5.A. thinking B. working C. playing D. looking
6.A. future B. hobby C. health D. wealth
7.A. talked about B. heard about C. thought about D. throw about
8.A. his B. your C. my D. their
9.A. failing B. reaching C. getting D. entering
10. A. before B. during C. after D. until
A speaking competition for the coming term _______ next week.
A. is held B. will hold
C. holds D. will be held
---- What did Joe and Kate ask just now?
---- They wondered _______.
A. that they could take something to drink
B. when would they start
C. if they would meet in front of the post office
D. how they can get there
---- _______ is it from Xi’an to Shanghai?
---- Less than three hours by air.
A. How many B. How far C. How soon D. How long
Nowadays many animals are facing danger. Such situation won’t change _____ humans stop hunting them.
A. though B. if C. since D. unless
