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    Along with soccer, basketball is a global sport. As you read this. young people somewhere in the world are happily passing, dribbling(運球) and shooting. It’s enormous fun and a joyful way to spend time with others.

Basketball is a game for everyone. Unlike golf or tennis. it doesn't require great wealth or a lot of space to play. After all, not many people have a golf course-sized backyard. and tennis equipment is expensive. Basketball, by contrast, just needs a wall with a hoop and a ball.

So after its invention by Canadian-American physical educator James Naismith in 1891, the sport took off within US citizens, who quickly became attracted to the game because it suited their circumstances. Today, 127 years later, basketball remains one of the most popular sports in the US, and the National Basketball Association (NBA)has an increasing appeal for fans around the world.

The success of basketball as global phenomenon is undoubtedly related to the way African-Americans play the game.” The basketball court reflected some of the major cultural shifts in America, such as from forbidding African-Americans to play basketball to allowing them to play in the NBA, "the LIVEstrong website noted.

From the 1950s onwards, segregation rules, which had prohibited African-Americans from playing basketball in NBA games, were no longer used in the US. In 1950, when Earl Lloyd started to play for the Washington Capitols, things began to change. Since then, most of the greats of the game have been African-Americans, like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

It's not difficult to see that there's a strong link between political liberation and basketball. Something of this is expressed in a quote from the US author John Edgar Wideman. He makes a connection between basketball and hope:" When it's' played the way it's supposed to be played. basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, raised above the floor, letting the oppressed(受壓制的) people of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams.”

93．What advantage does basketball have over golf or tennis, according to the author?

A．It can be played everywhere.

B．It doesn't cost much.

C．It doesn't require too much skill.

D．It interests almost everyone.

94．What can we learn about basketball from Paragraph 3?

A．The sport was created by a PE teacher.

B．The sport was not popular with people at first.

C．Its rules have been changed a lot to suit new circumstances.

D．The NBA．with a history of 127 Years. attracts people worldwide

95．The main purpose of Paragraph 5 is to             .

A．explain the origin and rules of NBA games in the 1950s

B．prove the popularity of basketball among African-Americans

C．stress the success African-Americans in basketball

D．show how racial integration took place in basketball

96．What do John Edgar Wideman's words mean?

A．Basketball is sometimes a useful tool for politicians.

B．American people usually have a basketball dream.

C．Basketball stands for the freedom and hopes of people.

D．Political oppression is a serious problem in the US.

【回答】

93．B

94．A

95．D

96．C

【分析】

本文是說明文。說起偉大的籃球運動員，我們會想到邁克爾·喬丹、“魔術師”埃爾文·約翰遜、科比·布萊恩特以及勒布朗·詹姆斯等非裔美國籃球運動員，而籃球運動其實也和非裔美國人有着頗深的淵源。

93．考查細節理解。由文章第二段第二句" Unlike golf or tennis, it doesn't' require great wealth or lot of space to play”可知，打籃球不需要花很多錢,也不需要很大的運動場地。故選B。

94．考查細節理解。由文章第三段第一句中的"So after its invention by Canadian-American physical educator James Naismith in 1891"可知,1891年加拿大裔美國體育教師 James Naismith發明了籃球運動。故選A。

95．考查推理判斷。由文章第五段的內容可知，從20世紀50年*始美國廢除了禁止非商美國人蔘與NBA比賽的種族隔離政策，大多數籃球運動的傑出人物就都是非美國人。因而，第五段主要說明了美國籃球界的種族融合現象。故選D。

96．考查推理判斷。由文章最後一段第三句的內容可知,美國作家John Edgar Wideman說:“當人們以應有的方式打籃球時，籃球流行起來：飛翔、飄浮、從地面*起，籃球讓地球上受*的人們在他們的夢想中天馬行空。”由此可知,籃球代表了自由和希望。故選C。

知識點：體育

題型：閱讀理解