【正文】 A Yao Ming , the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team , served the Houston Rockets in the 2020 NBA. The , 120kg center bees the first one to e from a foreign team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September , 1980. His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women’s Team . His father played basketball , too. Yao Ming is widely known in China . He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association （聯(lián)賽） . It’ s short for CBA. During the 2020 2020 season , he got scores for the Shanghai Oriental （東方） Sharks in every match. Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November , 2020. He said this was a new start in his basketball life . He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself. Sport analyst （分析家） Bill . Walton said , “ Yao Ming has the potential （潛力）， the capability （能力） of changing the future of basketball. ” ( )26. The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team. A. table tennis B. volleyball C. basketball D. golf ( )27. Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were _____. A. football players B. basketball players C. the centers of the Chinese National Team D. The captains of the Chinese National Team ( )28. Yao Ming _______ in CBA during the 20202020 season. A. does well B. is good C. was good D. did well ( )29. Yao Ming _______ the Houston Rockets in November , 2020 . A. did his best to join B. was wellknown in C. became a member of D. took part in ( )30. Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to_______. A. learn from the NBA B. change the future of basketball C. improve himself D. bee the captain of the Houston Rockets B The word“day”has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day”to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day”to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning （旋轉(zhuǎn)） of the earth. At the equator（赤道） day and night are sometimes the same length（長度） . They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’ clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’ clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted （傾斜） toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球） gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days. ( )31. When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having _________. A. both day and night B. day C. neither day nor night D. night ( )32. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ______ of the earth. A. the pushing B. the pulling C. the spinning D. the passing ( )33. At the equator day is as long as night ______. A. sometimes B. never C. usually D. always ( )34. When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets _________ sunlight. A. less B. more C. all D. no ( )35. When it is winter in China, ________. A. the USA is tilted toward the sun B. the South Pole is tilted away from the sun C. the North Pole is tilted toward the sun D. the North Pole is tilted away from the sun C Different from popular thoughts , colds are