The shortest player in the NBA
Spud Webb was born in Texas, the USA, in 1963. He was very small-much smaller than kids at school. However, he had a big dream – he wanted to play in the NBA.
While junior high, Spud the school team, but he was refused to play at first because he was too small. He did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. From then on, he was the star of the team.
In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands his height. He practiced even and got the coach to change his mind. Spud went on to become leader of the team. In his last year of senior high, he was named player of the Year in Texas.
However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship. This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a result, he succeeded a scholarship.
Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he in another basketball league. He remained there for about a year the NBA took notice of him. In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time. He had many great achievements, but his proudest moment came in 1986 – he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter – you can do almost if you never give up.
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Mr. White is a member of his office. He's strong and can easily deal with all kinds of matters. So he's always more than his workmates. Of course he's often busy and has no time to do the housework. His wife him well and does all at home.
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Yesterday morning, before Mr. White got up, the telephone rang. He sat up to answer it. His friend told him to an important telephone number down. But he could find a piece of paper. He found there was much dust(灰尘) on the table and wrote the number on it. But soon he forgot it and went to work. Two hours later came back and looked for a sweater for her daughter. Her husband came in while she was the table. He couldn't the number on the table and called out angrily ,"Who let you clean the table?"
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Do you oftenyour parents? You may say “Of course, I. I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day, I give my father, too.” But what about the other days of the year?
I have a friendparents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice. Then she wanted to, so she dialed(拨号) the number, but then shethe phone. After about fifteen, she dialed the number “Hi, Mom.”
Later I asked, “did you dial the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old and. They can’t get close to the telephone. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give themtime to answer the call.”
My friend is a good girl. She isthinking about her parents. You also want to be achild, right? Please always remember toyour parents in every situation, not just on some important days.
In China，a lot of food is wasted every year and the waste food is enough for people．The food is wasted in restaurants，at home and in schools，etc．
In restaurants or at home，people often order or cook food．But they can’t eat it up．When they go out of a restaurant，full and happy，they never look back the uneaten food on the table again．Should Chinese consumers（消费者）feel for the terrible waste?
In schools．we can often see a lot of students food away after meals and they only eat the food they like．
Everyone is supposed to have enough food to eat．However, in some places, the food is so little a lot of people died from hunger．Although China has tried hard to solve of hunger over the past thirty years，the job is not finished yet．Food is important to us all．We live without food．So is necessary for us to love food and try to eat up everything on our plates．When we eat in restaurants，we should pack up the leftovers（剩菜剩饭）．we also need to tell other people to stop food as soon as possible．
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If you are lost in the mountain, don’t get nervous. Staying calm will greatly your chances of survival. Many people think that good preparation is very . But actually the most important thing is to keep calm. In order to survive, you can do the following things.
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Second, send a signal(信号) to searchers for help.
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Third, do not walk away.
Walking away will make it more difficult to find you, searchers will try to follow your path and may you if you have gone off in a different direction. Searchers often find a car with no one in it.
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Jim Green is a student in No.5 Middle School.He does a part-time(业余的)_____,because he needs some _______.He works in a supermarket after _______from Monday to Friday and all _______on Saturdays.He helps people look after their children and he likes to play_______children.He thinks it is great _______.After school,he ________a bus to the supermarket.He ______there at about 4:30.He works _______4:30 to 8:30.He arrives home _______9:00.Jim likes his job very much.
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