阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

    Have a look at the man in the picture. You must know him. He is our star, Yao Ming. He was chosen to be the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 because he did a lot to make basketball popular in China. He became the first Chinese player to get the honor(荣誉).

Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980. He was born in Shanghai, China. He started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager. And he led Shanghai Sharks to a China Basketball Association(CBA) Championship(冠军赛) in 2002. Then he played eight seasons in the NBA with the Houston Rockets. In 2011, he retired(退役) because of a series of foot and ankle injuries. But he was still one of China's best-known players. He also won the Asian Championships with China in 2001, 2003 and 2005.

 “I am honored to play basketball. It is a great sport that so many people love, care and watch. Thanks to the support from the fans. I hope I will continue to make my contribution to the sport.” He said.

    Mr Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He called him Gao Ling. The little boy is very clever and his parents love him very much.

    It's September 1 today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He's going to school with his new bag.

    "Let me take you to school today, dear," says Mrs Gao.

    "Thank you, Mum," says the boy. "The school is not far from here. I can walk there myself."

    At school a teacher meets the little boy and asks, "What's your name, my little friend?"

    "Gao Ling, sir," answers the boy.

    "How old are you?"

    "Six, sir."

    "What's your father's name?"

    "Gao Dalin, sir."

    "How old is he?"

    "He's six too, sir."

    "Oh," he says in surprise. "Is he as old as you?"

    "Yes, sir." says the boy. "He became a father at the time when I was born."

    There were two fishermen named Tom and Jack. They were close pals. One day they went out to catch fish together and have a fish meal in the field. They sat at a distance and started hunting for fish. Tom got a big and beautiful fish in a few minutes. He was so happy and placed the fish in the ice box. He decided to cook the fish in the noon. He spent some more time and caught a few more fish. He decided to make a grand meal with the fish. Also, he froze a few fish to take them back home.

    After an hour or so, Tom went to Jack to see if he needed any help. Jack said no. In a few minutes, Jack caught a large fish. However, he put it back into the lake. Tom was surprised at his act, but he remained silent. Jack caught more big fish, and put them all back into the lake. Very frustrated, Tom angrily asked him, "Are you mad? Why do you put your fish back into the water? They are beautiful and big!" Jack replied, I know they are big, but I don't have the big pan(锅) to cook the big fish! So I'm looking for a smaller fish that fits my cooking pan! God is troubling me today."

    Zhang Hai is my friend. He is from Shanghai. He likes1.He is in their school rock band. He often2the guitar on Sundays. He plays it very well. You can see lots of3in his bedroom. In them you can see all kinds of guitars. Now their school rock band4two good musicians. Can you play the piano, the drums or the violin? Then you can join their band. You can also write to him. His5is zhangHai2008@126.com.

 Zhu Yanjun is a migrant worker ( 农民工) from northwest China's Gansu Province. Recently the 50-year-old man took part in the 2023 Chinese Poetry Congressand won the second place in the final. 

 Zhu was born in a family of farmers. As a young boy, Zhu would help his father do farm work after finishing classes. In 1983, as a first grader in a primary school, he met poetry for the first time in a Chinese class. Since then, he has been in love with poems. 

 After noticing Zhu's interest, his father spent some money buying him poetry collections though his family was poor. During junior high school, some of his classmates dropped out of school and moved to other cities to look for jobs. Zhu listened to them talking about the outside world during holidays. "I also want to leave my hometown to explore the world. " he said. 

 After graduating from junior high school in 1992, Zhu stopped his schooling. He began to work as a migrant worker. But he did not stop reading poems. In the past years, Zhu has worked in seven cities in China. Whenever he arrives in a city, he first visits the bookstores and libraries there. Although he is busy working during the day, he spends his time at noon and in the evening reading poems. He knows over 1000 poems by heart and the lines help him keep a calm mind. 

 In 2023, with the encouragement of his wife, Zhu decided to sign up for the 2023 Chinese Poetry Congress. To his surprise, he made it to the final. Under his influence, his son and daughter have developed a great interest in poetry. They have been accepted by universities away from their hometown. "I hope more people will also fall in love with poetry. " said Zhu, adding that he will continue learning poetry. 

Lydia likes running a lot. She always runs, and picks up rubbish along the way. This activity{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (call) "plogging", an activity combining collecting rubbish with running. Last June, she first learned the idea of plogging{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Internet and decided to plog. 

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"It takes just a moment to stop and pick something up off the ground. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, it makes a big difference to my community. Now my husband also joins me. " Lydia says{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (proud). "It doesn't matter{#blank#}10{#/blank#} much rubbish I pick up. It's a good way to protect our planet. "