VII阅读理解：读短文A篇、B篇，选择符合所给材料内容的正确答案;读C篇，根据短文内容填写短文后句中所缺的单词;读D篇，回答短文后提出的问题。（本题共40分，每小题2分）

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　　Yao Ming， the centre of the Chinese national Men’s Basketball Team， served the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA. The 2.26m， 120kg center becomes the first one to come 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（联赛）。 It’s short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 season， he got 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental（东方）Sharks in every match.

　　Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November， 2002. 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（潜力）， the capacity（能力）of changing the future of basketball.”

　　56. The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team.

　　A. table tennis B. volleyball C. basketball D. golf

　　57. 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

　　58. Yao Ming ______ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.

　　A. got well B. was popular C. was good D. did well

　　59. Yao Ming ______ the Houston Rockets in November， 2002.

　　A. did his best to join B. was well-known in

　　C. became a member of D. took part in

　　60. 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. become the captain of the Houston Rockets