D．I take track and field as a sport

　　解析：选C　句意理解题。根据第一段画线句子后面的"It is the only sport ... wings and truly fly."可知，作者认为田径运动让他展翅翱翔，所以他视田径为生命，因此选C。

　　2．What is the problem with the writer?

　　A．He didn't want to make friends.

　　B．He didn't get more love from his parents.

　　C．He weighed a little less than others.

　　D．He had a poor learning ability.

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段中的"diagnosed (诊断) with a learning disability at the age of three"可知，作者学习能力有问题，因此选D。

　　3. The first time the writer was on the track, he ________.

　　A．felt as normal as others

　　B．was proud of himself

　　C．was still a little shy

　　D．treated himself as a hero

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句"For the first time in my life I felt normal."可知选A。

　　4．The best title for the passage may be "________"．

　　A．Fly in The Sky　　　　　 B．Spread My Wings

　　C．Try Track Bravely D．Be An Honor Student

　　解析：选B　标题归纳题。作者在学习上有障碍，但是从事田径运动却如鱼得水，是一个天生的田径运动员。田径让作者找到了自己的价值，有了展翅飞翔的机会。故B符合主题。

　　B

　　The roots of basketball are deep in Canada. In 1891 the game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian who was from Almonte, Ontario.

　　Having been given the task of creating a new indoor sports activity while conducting a physical education class at the international YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, Naismith designed what we now call basketball. The original game involved 13 rules and a peach basket hung ten feet above the floor. Even though it took place in the United States, at least ten of the players who located in the first game were university students from Quebec.

　　 Basketball played by school and local amateur teams has been part of the Canadian sports scene since the turn of the century. Hoops teams representing Canada have joined in Olympic Games since 1936 and in the World Championships since 1954.

One of the most storied amateur teams in Canadian basketball history is the