Question

I am here to announce my retirement from the game of basketball. It won't be another announcement to baseball or anything to that nature1.

Mentally, I'm exhausted; I don't feel I have a challenge. Physically, I feel great. The last time in 1993 I had other agendas. I felt that I wanted to play baseball and I felt that at my age, it was a good opportunity and time to do it. And with the death of my father, and I was basically trying to deal with that.

Actually I talked to Jerry last year once the season ended and I told Jerry at that time, mentally, I was a little exhausted. I didn't know if I would play next year. I wanted to put him on awareness so that he could possibly prepare going into next season. And Jerry, once we had our conversation, wanted me to take time as I did in 1993 to make sure that it was the right decision because it was going to be the final decision. I retired the first time when Phil Jackson was the coach. And I think that even with Phil being the coach I would have had a tough time, mentally finding the challenge for myself. Although he can somehow present challenges for me. I don't know if he could have presented the challenge for me to continue on to this season. Even though middle way of this season I wanted to continue to play a couple more years, but at the end of this season I was mentally drained and tired. So I can't say that he would have restored that. I will support the Chicago Bulls. I think the game itself is a lot bigger than Michael Jordan.

1.The underlined sentence tells us Michael Jordan will retire from any games.

2.Michael Jordan once made an announcement of his retirement.

3.Michael Jordan isn’t strong enough to continue his games.

4.Michael Jordan thinks the game itself is more important than the player.

5.The main reason for Michael Jordan’s retirement is that the coach have had him suffered a tough time.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文为一代NBA传奇巨星Michael Jordan的退役演讲稿，他的退役，意味着美国男子篮球职业联盟乔丹时代的结束。

1. 细节理解题；乔丹彻底退出运动生涯。It won't be another announcement to baseball or anything to that nature句意：这次退役后不会再去从事棒球或其他类似的运动。故是对的。

2. retired the first time when Phil Jackson was the coach句意：第一次退役时的教练是费尔· 杰克逊。由此得知乔丹已经退役过一次。故是对的。

3.】B分析推理题；由第三段第一句Actually I talked to Jerry last year once the season ended and I told Jerry at that time, mentally, I was a little exhausted句意：事实上, 去年赛季刚结束时, 我和杰里谈过一次。我告诉他我精神上有些疲惫,不知下一年还能不能打。由此得知乔丹在精神上感觉到了枯竭和疲惫，并不是因为他不够强大了。故是错的。

4. think the game itself is a lot bigger than Michael Jordan句意：我认为比赛本身比迈克尔· 乔丹重要得多。故是对的

5. I think that even with Phil being the coach I would have had a tough time, mentally finding the challenge for myself句意：“但我觉得即使本赛季他还担任教练, 我也会很困难, 我从自己内心已感受到了挑战。”由此得知是乔丹自己个人的问题。故是错的。

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