WASHINGTON—US President Barack Obama said Thursday that he had known about NBA star Jeremy Lin’s talent long before the“Linsanity”phenomenon swept the sport.
“I knew about Jeremy before you did because Arne Duncan, my secretary of education, was captain of the Harvard team,”Obama told the famous US sportswriter Bill Simmons in an interview.
“When Arne and I were playing, he said,‘I’m telling you, we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.’And then when one of my best friends, whose son is a freshman at Harvard, went for a recruiting(招募) trip he saw Lin in action, so I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon(时尚) for a while,”said the president, who is a Harvard Law graduate.
Lin, the New York Knicks’ point guard, though he was cut twice in December 2011, had had a sudden rise in the past month to high points scoring stardom in Madison Square Garden, the world’s biggest basketball stage.
He is the first Chinese-American player in the NBA. He has already developed a devoted following among many Asian-Americans and in China, Taiwan, the Philippines and other countries.
Clicks to the NYKnicks. Com website surged as basketball fans from around the world search for Lin’s news and highlights.
“He seems like a wonderful young man. It elevates(提升) this great sport all round the world,”said Obama, a Chicago Bulls fan.“And what’s been encouraging is to see how fast the sport has bounced back(恢复) recently.”But he sounded a note of caution on how much basketball costs to watch.
“It’s really important for professional athletes and sports owners to just remember you got a whole bunch of folks out here, all across the country, who invest so much in their teams. All they ask is not to be so selfish that you’re not looking out for your fans,”Obama said.
1.President Obama learned about Jeremy long before through .
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A．news reports |
B．a friend |
C．Bill Simmons |
D．Arne Duncan |
2.The underlined word“surged”in Paragraph 6 probably means .
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A．moved suddenly and quickly |
B．stopped gradually |
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C．moved slowly |
D．suddenly broke down |
3.President Obama finds it encouraging that .
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A．Chicago Bulls is playing wonderfully |
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B．Jeremy Lin is becoming more popular |
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C．NBA matches have returned to normal |
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D．audience is concerned about basketball |
4.Both athletes and sports owners should care about folks because .
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A．they have made contributions to charities |
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B．all teams are in need of support from fans |
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C．they pay to watch their favorite teams play |
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D．they can decide the result of a game |
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,”she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened.
Heavily drugged with sleep because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly(隐约) saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out with his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s weak ones, expressing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.
All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward(病房), holding the old man’s hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest a while. He refused. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only holding tightly to his son all through the night. Along towards dawn, the old man died.
The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.“Who was that man?”he asked. The nurse was surprised. “He was your father,”she answered. “No, he wasn’t,”the Marine replied. “I never saw him before in my life.”“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”asked the nurse. “I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.”he answered.
1.Why did the nurse take the Marine to the old man’s bed?
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A．Because he was the old man’s son. |
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B．Because she knew that he was a warm-hearted man. |
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C．Because she couldn’t find anyone else there. |
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D．Because she thought he was the old man’s son. |
2.Why did the old man hold the Marine’s hand all through the night?
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A．Because he knew he would die the next day. |
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B．Because he hadn’t seen his son for a long time. |
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C．Because he was dying and mistook him for his son. |
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D．Because he enjoyed doing that and so did the Marine. |
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．The Marine didn’t know the old man at all. |
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B．The nurse was careless and made a mistake. |
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C．The Marine happened to be the old man’s son’s friend. |
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D．The old man passed away peacefully and contentedly. |
4.What can we learn from the passage?
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A．The next time someone needs you, be there. |
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B．All the soldiers are as kind as the Marine. |
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C．We’d better not correct someone else’s mistakes. |
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D．The young should accompany their parents all the time. |
—When did your brother begin to show his interest in medicine.
—It was a Saturday _____ he noticed his classmate experimenting on a frog in the lab.
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A．that |
B．what |
C．when |
D．which |
The Browns held _____ they called “family day”once a year.
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A．that |
B．what |
C．which |
D．when |
______ what the six blind men said sounded!
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A．How foolishly |
B．How foolish |
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C．What foolishly |
D．What foolish |
—Excuse me. I’d like to book a table for four tonight.
—Sorry, sir, but there is ____ available tonight. You may try another restaurant.
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A．no |
B．none |
C．nothing |
D．neither |
