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江苏省泗阳中学高三英语 “艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题八

江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三“艺体类”专项复习：阅读专题八

教学素材：

In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.

When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册） will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010. The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.

“Our experience in China has be en that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Ste rn. The strategy（战略，策略）in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.

“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得）internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming —number one draft pick in 2002 —and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two ove rall in this year’s draft — are icons（偶像）in-waiting. It is the ultimate（最后的，根本的） revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.

1. According to the report, .

A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA

B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be g reat

C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA

D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games

2. The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of _______ ___.

A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”

B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China

C. there’ll be a big s torm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings

D. the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the T Vs in China

3. What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?

A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.

B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.

C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.

D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.

4. When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to _ _.

A. farms in the States

B. native Americans

C. the NBA training center

D. the USA

5. Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

A. The Non-American Basketball Players

B. NBA Is Coming to China

C. The Foreign Ti es That Bind the NBA

D. NBA Is Making Big Progress

教学步骤：

（一）例题感悟

NBA的球员组成将发生重大改变，外国球员将占相当的比例，NBA需借助外籍球员的

力量来维持其地位。

（二）解题分析与学法指导

1. B 推理判断题。根据第二段20 percent of NBA rosters will be filled by non-Americans，以及文章后半部分Terry说的话it has increased the level of competition here可判断出外国球员将在NBA起到举足轻重的作用。

2. A 词义猜测题。根据文章中间Stern所说的话，及下一自然段The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China可判断出NBA将把中

国看作是一个重要的市场。

3. A 推理判断题。通读全文，可得出这个结论：NBA的球员组成将发生重大改变，外国

球员将占相当的比例。

4. D 词义猜测题。从文章后半部The NBA knows that it needs a global market及It doesn’t

matter where the players come from可判断出home soil指的是美国本土。

5. C 主旨大意题。tie在这儿被用来比喻外籍球员，意思是说NBA需借助外籍球员的力量来维持其地位。

（三）基础与巩固训练

Because of the financial crisis in the US and UK, college

students are beginning to struggle to find ways to pay their

tuition fees and accommodations.

Recently, two major US student loan lenders—Citibank

and JPMorgan Chase —announced they were leaving the student

loan industry altogether. Because banks currently have a

lack of credit(存款额),they are rel uctant to o ffer students

low-interest loans(贷款) that need a several-year wait for any return of interest.

In the US, many undergraduates top up their financial needs with a private loan, although the majority can get government-funded loans. In the 2005—2006 academic

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