1. (2020八下·白云期末) 阅读理解

    Kobe Bryant died with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people in a helicopter crash （直升机坠毁）in California. Lots of people were surprised at the news and very sad about losing the great basketball player.

    Kobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978 with basketball already in his blood. When Kobe was six years old, his dad started playing basketball in Europe, so his family moved to Italy. Then Kobe started playing basketball.

    The family moved back to the United Stated when Kobe was 13. Though his grades were good, he still chose to join the NBA Al-Star Game for the first time in 1998. Kobe was an 18-time All-Star player. He won five NBA championships（冠军）and two Olympic gold medals. People think he was one of the greatest basketball players during his 20-year life with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe retired（退役）in 2016. In 2018, he won an Academy Award for a short film about his dreams of playing basketball.

    Although Kobe died, we will always remember his story and spirit.

1. （1） How many people died in the helicopter crash?

   A . 2 B . 5 C . 7 D . 9
3. （2） What does the underlined sentence in the second paragraph mean?

   A . Kobe could play basketball well when he was young. B . All of Kobe's family members were basketball players. C . Kobe liked to play basketball when he was a child. D . Kobe was born to be a basketball player.
5. （3） What is the right order of the following events?

   a. Kobe won a Academy Award.       b. Kobe joined the NBA.

   c. Kobe's family moved to Italy.       

   d. Kobe played in the NBA Ali-Star Game for the first time.

   A . c-b-d-a B . c-d-b-a C . c-b-a-d D . d-c-b-a
7. （4） Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A . Kobe's dad started playing basketball when Kobe was 13. B . Kobe wasn't good at study. C . Kobe won five Olympic gold medals. D . Kobe ever played for the Los Angeles Lakers.
9. （5） The passage is mainly about ________________.

   A . an accident B . Kobe's life C . Kobe's dream D . Kobe's death