Unit 11 key to success
another center who has attracted attention from the nba is yao ming, the 2.25-meter star who has led to the shanghai sharks into the finals fight with the rockets this year. the 20-year-old’s nba dreams might be harder to realize. yao is the center of the sharks and the club’s manager bei genyuan has said that he would allow yao to go only at a proper time, for a proper team and under proper conditions.yao hasn’t been chosen yet and it is unlikely that he will be any time soon. people in the shark’s front office earlier told members of the press that “it is not proper for yao to attend the draft this year” because he has to represent shanghai in the ninth national games.even if wang and yao make it to the promised land of basketball at last, analysts on both sides of the pacific have said the nba road will be a long one for both of them. besides needing to work on their upper body strength, wang and yao will also have to adapt（適應(yīng)）to the speed, techniques and above all, culture of the nba.6.yao ming has attracted attention from nba because .a. he is 2.25 meters tall, who is the tallest basketball player in chinab. he is the center of the shanghai sharks and has led sharks into the final fight with the rocketsc. he is regarded as the best basketball player in chinad. he is thought highly of in the international world7.yao ming can play for nba if .a. there is no problem with his visa b. nba agrees to supply favorable conditions for himc. time and conditions are proper d. nba can pay a large sum of money for sharks8.the underlined phrase “try his hand” in the passage probably means .a. 初試身手 b. 碰碰運(yùn)氣 c. 成為一員 d. 為其效勞9.nba chose wang zhizhi so that .a. it can show nba need talents b. wang zhizhi can have a bright futurec. its whole level will be improved d. it can make wang zhizhi world-famous10.when wang zhizhi plays in nba, he will have to adapt to many things of nba except . a. rules of basketball b. the speed. culture d. techniques