FT130701002    高中 / 英文    綜合應用

2014/04/02 21:40

Ichiro suzuki, nicknamed "Ichi" The Hits Man, has a cool job. some mihgt say that as a professional baseball player,he has the best job in the world. he plays a game he loves, he breaks, and he has millions of fans. however, as we must do for most good things, he worked hard for his position. ichiro started playing with a toy ball and bat when he was three. when he was seven, he joined his first baseball team, and the real practice began. ichiro and his dad world practice pitching and fielding, bou mostly batting. he hit pitch after pitch after pitch,working hard to become the best hitter he could. by the time he was 12, ichiro had decided that he wanted to be a professional baseball player. that was when the game became somewhat more work and less fun. with his father, he did difficult exercises to become stronger, because he wasn't naturally big or muscular. ichiro once said, "I'm not a big guy, and hopefully kids can look at me and see that I'm not muscular and not physically imposing, that I'm just a regular guy. so if somebody with a rdgular body can get into the record books, kids can look at that. that world make me happy." he coninued to use concentration to master baseball (the word for concentration was once written on his glove) and was accepted into a high school with a great baseball program. ichiro was drafted into the japanese professional baseball system right ager high school. he had a streak of professional accomplishments in japan and later in the united states, but he never stopped working to be better and better. the story of ichiro is that of a man who earned every bit of his success through his own hard work. ___ 1.what is the main point discussed in the first paragraph? a) the hits man has had many career highs. b)ichiro has the hardest job in the world. c)the best jobs still require hard work. d)everyone can play baseabll like ichiro ___2.this article centers on ichiro's a) determination b) team c) high school d) batting stance ___3.which of the following statements is true about ichiro? a) he had so much natural talent that he didn't need to practice. b) he didn't play baseball until high school c) hi is tall and muscular. d) he got serious about baseball at the age of 12. 4.what can be inferred from Ichiro's life story? a) with hard work,anyone can make it to the big league. b) success in professional baseball is mostly luck. c) Ichiro is the most successful Japenese baseball player of all time. d) to break records in baseball ,you must start practicing at the age of three. ___5.which of the following words is closest in meaning to "muscular" in the third paragraph? a) thin b) intelligent c) strong d) soft ___6.this article is best described as a ______. a) short story b)biography c)timeline d)comparative essay 這篇的翻譯