My basketball coach at Princeton used to say, "On the court, you can tell who is selfish."
When my sister Michelle brought Barack Obama home to meet the family, she said to me, "I want you to take him out to play, to see what type of guy he is when he’s not around me." So I invited Barack to play basketball with a few friends of mine.
I was very nervous although I had already met Barack a few times. I was thinking this guy seemed like a good guy. We played a hard five-on-five. He was thin but not weak. He played extremely left-handed. He dealt with everything perfectly. He wasn’t the best guy out there or the worst guy. I liked the fact that he was confident but wasn’t proud. Barack was very team-oriented ( 有团队精神的 ), very unselfish. He played as if he was one of us —he wasn’t trying to be president of Harvard Law Review. But the best part about it was that when we were on the same team, he did not pass me the ball each time. He wasn’t trying to suck up to my sister through me. I was glad to give my sister the good news, "Your boy is straight."
He isn’t selfish, which is the greatest praise you can give both a player and a leader. America has got a guy who is running a government in an efficient ( 有效率的 ) manner. That’s the same guy I got to know playing basketball when he was visiting my family.
1 ． Why does the author begin the passage with his coach’s words?
A ． He wants to remember and thank his coach.
B ． He wants to show that he is a basketball player.
C ． He wants to tell his sister about the words.
D ． He wants to use the words to test a person.
2 ． Why did Michelle ask the author to take Barack to play basketball?
A ． To see whether he was confident.
B ． To see whether he was good at sports.
C ． To see whether he was selfish or not.
D ． To see whether he could get along with others.
3 ． During the basketball game, Barack ________.
A ． played best all the time B ． was strong enough to play
C ． was not confident D ． wanted to be the team leader
4 ． The underlined phrase in the third paragraph can be replaced by "________".
A ． please B ． know about C ． help D ． look for
1 ． D
2 ． C
3 ． B
4 ． A
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了米歇尔让哥哥带着奥巴马通过打篮球来测试他的人品。
1 ．
推理判断题。根据第二段 “So I invited Barack to play basketball with a few friends of mine. （所以我邀请巴拉克和我的几个朋友一起打篮球。） ” 可推断，第一段引用教练的话是为了作者下文对奥巴马的测试。故选 D 。
2 ．
细节理解题。根据第二段米歇尔说的话 “I want you to take him out to play, to see what type of guy he is when he’s not around me. （我想让你带他出去玩，看看他不在我身边时是什么样的人。） ” 以及第一段的暗示，可知，米歇尔要作者带巴拉克去打篮球是为了看他是否自私。故选 C 。
3 ．
细节理解题。根据第三段 “We played a hard five-on-five. He was thin but not weak. He played extremely left-handed. He dealt with everything perfectly. He wasn’t the best guy out there or the worst guy. （我们打了一场五对五的硬仗。他很瘦，但并不虚弱。他的左手球打得非常好。他把每件事都处理得很完美。他不是最好的，也不是最坏的。） ” 可知，在篮球比赛中，巴拉克很强壮，可以上场打球。故选 B 。
4 ．
词句猜测题。根据划线词后文 “I was glad to give my sister the good news, "Your boy is straight." 我很高兴地告诉我妹妹这个好消息： “ 你的男孩是正直的。 ” ） ” 可知，奥巴马并没有通过作者来讨好米歇尔。所以 suck up to 为 “ 以甜言蜜语讨好，取悦 ” 之意。故选 A 。