阅读理解。

     Basketball players are usually very tall. Because they need to put the ball

into the basket. Other sports players may be shorter than them.

     Short people often have better balance (平 衡) than tall people, so they

don't   fall  over very often.   In  some  sports  the players must  have  good

balance, for example, table tennis, they don't need to have long legs to run

fast! Some of the fast runners in the world are not very tall.  Some people

are  tall and some are short.  The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters

tall. Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents.

This  is because  they eat better than their parents.   Good food can help

children grow.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1. Are all sports players tall?  

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2. Is it better to be short than to be tall?  

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3. Do fast runners all have long legs?  

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4. How tall is the tallest man in the world?  

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5. Why do young people grow taller than their parents?

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