Question

Yao Ming, the famous basketball player, was born in Shanghai in 1980. He is his parents’ only child, and he is unusual because he is very tall. His mother and father are very tall, too. Both his parents were basketball players. His mother played for the Chinese national women’s team and his father played for a team in Shanghai.

Yao Ming learned to play basketball at an early age, but he wasn’t a good player right away. Before age 10, Yao Ming didn’t care much about basketball and he wasn’t very strong. But when he was 12, his parents sent him to a special sports school in Shanghai. At school he practiced basketball very hard. He started enjoying basketball a lot, and he got stronger. And he became a much better player.

In 1997, Yao Ming joined the Sharks, a Shanghai basketball team. At that time basketball started becoming very popular in China. People saw that Yao Ming was a very talented player. When he played in the 2000 summer Olympic Games, people around the world saw him on TV.

Some Americans saw him at the Olympics, and they wanted him on their team. In 2002 he started playing with the Houston Rockets. He became one of the Rockets’ most outstanding players. Yao Ming retired in 2011.

1.How old is Yao Ming?

A. Twenty-six. B. Twenty-eight. C. Thirty-seven. D. Thirty-five.

2.Yao Ming’s mother was on __________.

A. the Chinese national team B. the Sharks

C. a Shanghai team D. an American team

3.Why did Yao Ming’s parents sent him to a sports school when he was twelve?

A. Because Yao Ming wanted to take basketball lessons.

B. Because Yao Ming didn’t like to study school lessons.

C. Because they wanted him to play basketball well.

D. Because they didn’t like him to stay at home.

4.At the age of twenty-two, __________.

A. Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets

B. Yao Ming won first prize in a basketball match

C. Yao Ming played in the summer Olympic Games

D. Yao Ming became the best basketball player in the world

5.Which of the following is not true?

A. Yao Ming has no brother or sister.

B. Yao Ming’s parents were basketball players when they were young.

C. Yao Ming became a famous basketball player when he was only ten.

D. Yao Ming retired when he was thirty-one years old.

Answer 1