With his game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer, Jeremy Lin (林书豪) finished the New York Knicks' dramatic reversed victory to defeat the Toronto Rapters.
The Knicks have won six games in a row, and Jeremy Lin has put up impressive numbers during the continuous period of competitions. Although the season is still young, the Knicks have reversed course in just one week from the NBA's most disappointing team to a playoff (季后赛) contestant. Lin, not team's high-paid stars, has saved the Knicks season and likely coach D'Antoni's job.
After nearly 15 years of disappointing, sometimes unsuccessful seasons, Madison Square Garden is alive again, and New York City can't stop talking about the Knicks. To put things into perspective, consider this: Just several years back, Knicks fans protested nightly outside of the Garden calling for the team's ownership to fire their resented coach Isiah Thomas.
Now, Madison Square Garden Co. shares are at a record high, the Knicks' average household television rating is up 70 percent since Lin joined the starting lineup (首发阵容), and jersey sales are increasing very quickly. I watched the Knicks-Lakers game at a bar in Harlem, and have not felt that kind of energy from fans since the great playoff between the Knicks and Miami Heat in the late 1990s.
Beyond the Knicks, Lin may be saving the NBA as well. Just a few months back, the NBA took a massive credibility hit during a multi-month lockout, where the owners did not allow the players to go back to play until they accept the new salary levels. As a consequence, the season did not even begin until Christmas Day. Over the past few years, LeBron James' (勒布朗﹒詹姆斯) relatively long and unpleasant free-agent (自由职业球员) events, combined with poor play around the league, have angered fans and damaged the league's brand.
Lin is leading a one-week NBA basketball revival. His legendary story has inspired Asian-Americans, increased NBA sales in China, and turned the basketball world upside down.
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1.According to the passage, Jeremy Lin's excellent performance saved the following except___
A.The NBA B.Coach Isiah Thomas
C.The Knicks D.Madison Square Garden Co.’s shares
2.The underlined word “young” in Paragraph 2 probably means "______"
A.not old yet. B.not completely grown. C.in the development D.in the early stage
3.The NBA suffered the credibility crisis months ago because____
A.The NBA delayed the season because of players’ wage disagreements
B.the NBA was disappointed at James’ free-agent event.
C.The NBA canceled the basketball match for the coming Christmas
D.James had a bad performance in the basketball court
4.Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.These Knicks’ stars who were paid well saved the Knicks season
B.The Knicks didn’t satisfy its fans for nearly 15 years until this season
C.The fans objected to dismissing Coach Isiah Thomas outside the Garden
D.The owners and the players didn’t agree on raising the TV ratings
5.The passage is mainly about______
A.why the New Yorkers thought well of Jeremy Lin
B.why Jeremy Lin became a member of the Knicks
C.how the Knicks defeated its opponents in a great playoff
D.how Jeremy Lin saved the Knicks, probably including the NBA
Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in Literature soon aroused public curiosity of the 57-year-old Chinese writer: Why was it he that was favored by the Swedish Academy? Chinese media seemed to be 36 as some journalists were reported to be on their way overnight to Gaomi City, Shandong, Mo's 37 where he stayed with his family.
Born in 1955 into a rural family, Mo 38 out of school and became a farmer when he was a(n) 39. He joined the military and devoted himself to 40 after Chinese literary circles started rethinking deeply the Cultural Revolution.
Mo's novel "Big Breasts & Wide Hips" tells a story of a mother who struggled and suffered 41 and tangled (缠结的) fates with Chinese people in the 20th century. His more recent work "Frog" more directly 42 China's one-child family policy, which helped 43 the country's population explosion 44 brought tragedies to farmers in the past 60 years.
"I think the reason why I could win the 45 is that my works present lives with unique Chinese 46 , and they also tell stories from a viewpoint of 47 human beings, which goes beyond differences of nations and races," Mo said to Chinese journalists. Mo also said many 48 arts originated from his hometown, such as clay sculpture, paper cuts, traditional new-year paintings, have 49 and influenced his novels.
Mo's prize may give powerful encouragement to the country's writers as the more 50 of Chinese lives their works are, the more possible they 51 as a world literature.
As the world's fast-developing country with a long history, China will 52 meet conflicts with western civilizations.__53_, the country faces internally a wide gap between the rich and the poor, 54 environment pollution and an aging population. Paying more attention to such 55 , Chinese writers may create more works that record the nation's journey to rejuvenation(复兴).With more Chinese writers like Mo, the world could learn a more real China. Perhaps, this is another reason for the Swedish Academy's choice. (words:338)
1. A.astonished B.ashamed C.embarrassed D.disappointed
2. A.business B.birthplace C.bookstore D.workplace
3. A.escaped B.ran C.dropped D.moved
4. A.adult B.citizen C.parent D.teenager
5. A.training B.writing C.farming D.speaking
6. A.hardship B.unemployment C.disease D.accident
7. A.adapted B.supported C.criticized D.praised
8. A.destroy B.cause C.increase D.control
9. A.and B.but C.or D.so
10. A.prize B.game C.respect D.profit
11. A.customs B.institutions C.characteristics D.feelings
12. A.particular B.usual C.strange D.common
13. A.advanced B.elegant C.folk D.royal
14. A.inspired B.interrupted C.prevented D.processed
15. A.imaginative B.reflective C.appreciative D.productive
16. A.admire B.arise C.fail D.lack
17. A.uncertainly B.unbearably C.unavoidably D.unacceptably
18. A.Otherwise B.Therefore C.However D.Meanwhile
19. A.worsening B.softening C.deepening D.widening
20. A.suggestions B.plans C.arguments D.problems
I know Tom didn’t take money with him; _______,he would have lent it to me
A.If not B.If so C.If any D.If some
________her sleeping baby in the arms, the scene was very happy.
A.The mother took B.The mother taken C.The mother taking D.The mother to take
_____ from the top of the tower, the east foot of the mountain is a sea of rape flowers.
A.Seen B.Seeing C.Having seen D.To see
______, he can speak three foreign languages fluently.
A.As he is a baby B.As is he a baby C.A baby as he is D.Baby as he is