Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA．The 2．26 m, 120 kg center（中锋） becomes the first one to come from a foreign team． Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women’s Team．His father played basketball, too． Yao Ming is widely known in China．He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association （联赛）．It’s short for CBA．During the 2000～2001 season, he did very well．He got 27．1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental （东方） Sharks in every match． Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．He said this was a new start in his basketball life．He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself． Sport analyst （分析家） Bill Walton said, “Yao Ming has the potential （潜力）, the capability（能力） of changing the future of basketball．” 小题1:The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team． A．table tennis B．volleyball C．basketball D．baseball 小题2:Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were ___________． A．football players B．basketball players C．the centers of the Chinese National Team D．teachers 小题3:Yao Ming ________ in CBA during the 2000～2001 season． A．did badly B．did well C．was common D．was not 小题4:Yao Ming ________ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002． A．did his best to join B．was well-know in C．became a member of D．left 小题5:Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to _______． A．learn from the NBA B．change the future of basketball C．improve himself D．becoming an American