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Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's basketball team, joined (加入) the Houston Rockets
in the 2002 NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign (外国的) team.
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a center and captain of the Chinese
National Women's Team. His father plays basketball, too.
Yao Ming is widely known (出名的) in China. He comes to be a very important basketball player in China
Basketball Association (联赛). It's short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 season, he gets 27.1 scores for the
Shanghai Oriental (东方) Sharks in every match.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life.
He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve (提高) himself.
Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton says, "Yao Ming has the potential (潜力), the capability (能力) of
changing the future (未来) of basketball."
1. The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team.[ ]
A. table tennis
B. volleyball
C. basketball
D. golf
2. Both Yao Ming's father and mother were ______. [ ]
A. football players
B. basketball players
C. the centers of Chinese National Team
D. the captains of the Chinese National Team
3. Yao Ming ______ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season. [ ]
A. does badly
B. wasn't good
C. was good
D. does well
4. Yao Ming ______ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. [ ]
A. does his best to join
B. is well-known in
C. becomes a member of
D. leaves
5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thinks Yao Ming is able to ______. [ ]
A. learn from the NBA
B. change the future of basketball
C. improve himself
D. becomes the captain of the Houston Rockets
