Unit 1 Art reading课时作业

第一节　完形填空

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　LeBron James isn't the first high school basketball player to go straight into the NBA，but he's probably the best. He has the body，skills and the basketball brain of an All-Star.

This__1__ was __2__ as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland Cavaliers(克里夫兰骑士队) to a 107-104 win over the New Jersey Nets(新泽西网队) on March 28. Aged of 19 years and 87 days，James became the __3__ player to score 40 or more in the NBA.

"It was by far James' best__4__，" said Cleveland coach Paul Silas.

Known to his friends__5__ "the king"，this was the day James earned his crown. But he was __6__ from being a king during his childhood spent in the back streets of Akron，Ohio. __7__ many other African-American basketball players，James' early years were a __8__. His mother Gloria was just 16 when she gave birth to him; he knows nothing about his father. Mother and son battled for everything from food to a place to live in.