【课堂新坐标】(湖北专版)2013-2014学年高中英语(6)

正式退役一事，所以B项最能概括全文。

【答案】 B

7．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．He has retired from playing basketball and his new career will begin.

B．He can't go to the US because of his retirement.

C．He is welcome in his motherland.

D．He would return to work with the charity.

【解析】 句意理解题。该句上文告诉我们姚明退役，下文告诉我们他崭新事业的开始，由此可以推出，该句表达的意思和A项所表达的意思相同。

【答案】 A

8．According to the passage，which of the following words can't be used to describe Yao Ming?

A．Talented.

C．Generous. B．Responsible. D．Cautious.

【解析】 推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知A项内容正确。根据倒数第二段中的“sense of responsibility”可知B项内容正确。根据最后一段最后一句可知姚明很慷慨，故C项内容正确。D项“谨慎的，小心的”没有信息支持。

【答案】 D

9．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The reason why Yao Ming retired is that he is too old.

B．Yao Ming played six years in America.

C．Yao Ming started his playing career in Houston.

D．Yao Ming was once an Olympic torch bearer.

【解析】 正误判断题。由最后一段的“He carried the Olympic torch through Tian'anmen Square”可以看出，姚明曾是奥运会的火炬手，故D项正确。由第二段可知，姚明退役是因为伤痛，故A项错误；由最后一段的第一句话可以看出B项错误；由第五段的第一句话和第六段可知C项错误。

【答案】 D

10．What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph but one?

A．Daryl Morey is the general manager of Rockets.

B．Daryl Morey was very tired at the conference.

C．Daryl Morey thought highly of Yao Ming.

D．The conference was a big moment of the year.

【解析】 推理判断题。从该段中Daryl Morey的话可以看出，他对姚明给予了很高的