WASHINGTON—US President Barack Obama said Thursday that he had known about NBA star Jeremy Lin’s talent long before the“Linsanity”phenomenon swept the sport.
“I knew about Jeremy before you did because Arne Duncan, my secretary of education, was captain of the Harvard team,”O(jiān)bama told the famous US sportswriter Bill Simmons in an interview.
“When Arne and I were playing, he said,‘I’m telling you, we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.’And then when one of my best friends, whose son is a freshman at Harvard, went for a recruiting(招募) trip he saw Lin in action, so I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon(時(shí)尚) for a while,”said the president, who is a Harvard Law graduate.
Lin, the New York Knicks’ point guard, though he was cut twice in December 2011, had had a sudden rise in the past month to high points scoring stardom in Madison Square Garden, the world’s biggest basketball stage.
He is the first Chinese-American player in the NBA. He has already developed a devoted following among many Asian-Americans and in China, Taiwan, the Philippines and other countries.
Clicks to the NYKnicks. Com website surged as basketball fans from around the world search for Lin’s news and highlights.
“He seems like a wonderful young man. It elevates(提升) this great sport all round the world,”said Obama, a Chicago Bulls fan.“And what’s been encouraging is to see how fast the sport has bounced back(恢復(fù)) recently.”But he sounded a note of caution on how much basketball costs to watch.
“It’s really important for professional athletes and sports owners to just remember you got a whole bunch of folks out here, all across the country, who invest so much in their teams. All they ask is not to be so selfish that you’re not looking out for your fans,”O(jiān)bama said.
小題1:President Obama learned about Jeremy long before through      .
A．news reportsB．a(chǎn) friendC．Bill SimmonsD．Arne Duncan
小題2:The underlined word“surged”in Paragraph 6 probably means     .
A．moved suddenly and quicklyB．stopped gradually
C．moved slowlyD．suddenly broke down
小題3:President Obama finds it encouraging that      .
A．Chicago Bulls is playing wonderfully
B．Jeremy Lin is becoming more popular
C．NBA matches have returned to normal
D．a(chǎn)udience is concerned about basketball
小題4:Both athletes and sports owners should care about folks because      .
A．they have made contributions to charities
B．a(chǎn)ll teams are in need of support from fans
C．they pay to watch their favorite teams play
D．they can decide the result of a game

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:C   

試題分析：
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：“I knew about Jeremy before you did because Arne Duncan, my secretary of education, was captain of the Harvard team,”可知D正確。小題2:猜詞題：從單詞后面的句子as basketball fans from around the world search for Lin’s news and highlights.說(shuō)明這個(gè)單詞指：（點(diǎn)擊量）飆升。選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段：And what’s been encouraging is to see how fast the sport has bounced back(恢復(fù)) recently.可知選C
小題4:推理題：從最后一段的句子：“It’s really important for professional athletes and sports owners to just remember you got a whole bunch of folks out here, all across the country, who invest so much in their teams.可知選C
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點(diǎn)評(píng);本文奧巴馬講述了林書(shū)豪的事，和NBA的事情，本文并不簡(jiǎn)單，但以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，只要考生仔細(xì)審題，再切入文章，準(zhǔn)確定位考點(diǎn)。難度不大。
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