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n from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream e true and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too! Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn’t retire(退役 ) until 1977, when he was 37. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international (國際的 ) goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the street, like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play for Santos and quickly became an international figure(人物) . ( )31. _____ is the youngest of the following players. A. Pele B. Yao Ming C. Steffi Graf D. Martina Navratilova ( )32. _____ es from South America. A. Yao Ming B. Steffi Graf C. Pele D. No one ( )33. Which of the following is RIGHT? A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player. B. Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now. C. Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team. D. Neither of Yao Ming’s parents is a basketball player. ( )34. Which of the following is WRONG? A. Pele was a great football player. B. Pele was born in a poor family. C. Pele played football in the street all his life. D. Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos. ( )35. From the passage, we know that _______ . A. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player B. Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985 C. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16 D. Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985 Text 3 Who would guess that those blue green waves hide a world of wonder and danger far below? Sunlight cannot reach there, so plants cannot grow. Yet 10 million kinds of sea animals live under the waves. There you will find some of the earth’s most strange creatures. Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semifinal (半決賽 ) at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were surprised by the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and she has won most of the main matches several times. The sea covers more than 70 percent of the earth. About 97 percent of the space for living things is there, too. At its deepest, It goes more than 11,000 metres ( miles) down. Why has less than 5 percent of this amazing world been explored? Because it takes more than courage to explore the oceans. It also takes money. Only with very expensive tools can we deal with the danger of the sea. But now several countries are exploring the oceans more than ever b