Question

Larry Bird was born in 1965 in a small town in the Middle Western State of Indiana. He was tall, and good at playing basketball. He attended Indiana State University. Bird led the team into the College Basketball Championship Game.

After completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball for the Boston Celtics. He remained with the Celtics for all his professional career. During those 13 years, Larry Bird was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year three times. He scored more than 21, 000 points, and he played in 13 of the highest scoring games in his team’s history. Once he scored 60 points in just one game.

During his very successful basketball career, Larry Bird suffered a number of injuries. In 1989, he stopped playing because of pain in his feet. He returned in 1990, but the pain in his feet returned too. In the next two years he experienced more medical problems, and he missed many games.

Larry Bird did play on the Dream Team－the first Olympic Team with professional players. However, after winning the gold medal in Barcelona, he announced that he would retire from professional basketball. Larry Bird said he would have liked to play a little longer, but he could not because of his health problems. He also said it was a good time to leave the game. He wanted to be remembered as a winner.

1.The underlined word “scored” in the second paragraph means ________.

A. lost B. made C. got D. wrote

2.When he returned to his team in 1990, ________.

A. he still had a lot of medical problems caused by the previous（先前的）injuries

B. he played in all the following games for his team

C. he had recovered from a number of injuries

D. He didn’t play for his team any more

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Larry Bird began his career after his graduation from the college.

B. He lost interest in playing basketball after he retired.

C. Though he left the team, he didn’t feel too much regret.

D. He thought it a right decision to leave the team.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是人物類閱讀，介紹籃球名將拉里·伯德。

1.C 詞意猜測。由上下文可知他的長處是投籃得分，故score 是得分的意思，故選C項。

2.A 推斷題。根據(jù)第三段提到He returned in 1990, but the pain in his feet returned too. In the next two years he experienced more medical problems, and he missed many games可知他復出后仍有傷，并且失去了很多比賽的機會，故選A項。

3.B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Larry Bird said he would have liked to play a little longer, but he could not because of his health problems.可知他并不是失去打球的興趣，而且是健康狀況不佳，故選B項。

考點：人物類閱讀。