Family members, friends and fans are mourning the death of the great basketball player Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash on January 27th, 2020 in Calabasas, California. "I can't believe it,” one Kobe fan said. Calabasas is about 30 miles west of Los Angeles where Bryant spent his professional career helping the L. A. Lakers（湖人队）win five championships.
Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the USA. He first started turning heads on the basketball court when he was in middle school. His talents dominated（掌控）the game so much that high schools from all over the Philadelphia area watched him grow up. The almost six-foot tall seventh grader definitely had the genes for the game, as his dad was former NBA forward, Joe Bryant. Kobe developed his basketball skills under the watchful eyes of his father. He worked daily on his games, watching videos, playing in the playgrounds and listening to his father.
He went on to finish his high school career as the all-time leading point scorer in Pennsylvania history with a total of 2, 883 points. And this made him the 13th overall choice by the Charlotte Hornets（黄蜂队）in the 1996 NBA draft（选秀）. But he was traded to the L. A. Lakers at once, where his NBA career started and ended. Between 1996 and 2016, Kobe scored 33, 643 points in his career. That puts him fourth in NBA history according to ESPN. Kobe Bryant is one of the NBA's best scorers. Breakthrough, shooting, free throws, three-pointers all of these he can do well, almost no offensive blind area; single-game 81 points of personal record will forcefully prove this point. On April 14, 2016, Kobe Bryant has officially announced the ending of his professional career in NBA.
During his career, Kobe was always the symbol of being hard-working. He once said he knew what Los Angeles was like at 4：00 a. m. because his training started at that time every day. "I can accept failure but I can't accept not trying." Basketball fan, all over the world named this spirit as Black Mamba Spirit.
1.How did basketball fans feel about Kobe Bryant's death?
A.Shocked. B.Excited. C.Different. D.Believable.
2.Who helped Kobe develop his basketball skills in middle school?
A.His teachers. B.His father.
C.His friends. D.His teammates.
3.How old was Kobe when he ended his career as an NBA basketball player?
A.24. B.42. C.38. D.20.
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Kobe's father was strict because he kept an eye on Kobe when he did everything.
B.Kobe played for the Charlotte Hornets and then for the L. A. Lakers.
C.Kobe scored 33,643 points in his NBA career and this made him the fourth in NBA history.
D.Kobe was the best player in NBA with the highest record of 81 points in one game.
5.What is the meaning of "Black Mamba Spirit"?
A.To be successful. B.To be professional.
C.To accept failure. D.To keep on trying.
"Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"
The usual laughter followed, and people stirred（喧闹）to go.
Papaderos held up his hand and ______ the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was ______ and seeing from my eyes that I was.
"I will answer your question."
Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he ______out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter.
And what he said went like this:
"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a ________ village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a ______. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.
I tried to ______ all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could ______ light into dark places where the sun would never ______-in deep holes and crevices (裂缝) and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.
I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor（暗喻） for ______ I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light-truth, ______, knowledge-is there, and it will shine in many dark places ______ if I reflect it.
I am a fragment (碎片) of a mirror whose whole design and ______ I do not know. ______, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world-into the black places in the hearts of men-and change some things in some people. Perhaps ______ may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the ______ of my life."
1.A.walked B.stilled C.smiled D.surprised
2.A.kidding B.popular C.serious D.angry
3.A.sent B.put C.noticed D.brought
4.A.alive B.busy C.lonely D.comfortable
5.A.mirror B.motorcycle C.plane D.machine
6.A.examine B.hide C.leave D.find
7.A.behave B.reflect C.create D.stick
8.A.shine B.pull C.manage D.direct
9.A.what B.how C.where D.when
10.A.information B.preparation C.understanding D.practice
11.A.just B.only C.possibly D.usually
12.A.heart B.activity C.mistake D.shape
13.A.But B.However C.Until D.Unless
14.A.others B.another C.other D.the other
15.A.rule B.truth C.meaning D.idea
— Can you tell me ________？
— Oh. You can just use your ID card.
A.what the high—speed train ticket is
B.what is the high—speed train ticket
C.how I can get my high—speed train ticket
D.how can I get my high-speed train ticket
—Paul, can I borrow this book from you?
—Yes, of course. But I ________reading it. What about this Saturday?
A.don't finish B.wouldn't finish
C.hadn't finished D.haven't finished
The student ________ to his teacher very much because he is knowledgeable.
A.looks after B.looks up C.looks for D.looks down
— Hi, Jack. How do you feel about the speech?
—So boring that I ________fell asleep.
A.clearly B.hardly C.closely D.nearly
