Michael, an American professional basketball player, is considered by many to be the greatest player in basketball history. The 6 feet 6 inches shooting guard first became known as an (61) individual scorer, but as he matured as a player he (62) a more team-oriented approach to the game. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association (NBA) championships. His widespread (63) fans helped make basketball one of the world’s most popular (64) sports. Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, the fourth of five children born to the family. Long before his basketball (65) emerged, young Michael liked to play baseball with his father. As a teenager, Jordan became (66) in North Carolina for his baseball skills, and he was named most (67) player after his team won the state championship. When Jordan joined the NBA in 1984, basketball’s popularity was already (68) . But observers believe that Jordan was the (69) force that kept basketball’s appeal fresh. The Bulls’ (70) of the NBA under Jordan’s leadership captured the imagination of many people, and his athletic skills, and (71) drive created new basketball fans as few other players have. Jordan’s popularity has spread well (72) scoring titles, championships, and other aspects of the NBA. He has become one of the most-recognized individuals in the world. Jordan has been especially (73) in the sportswear industry, (74) Nike’s introduction of the famous line of Air Jordan basketball shoes in 1984. The partnership between Jordan and Nike became (75) successful that, before the 1997-98 season, Nike created a separate business unit known as the JORDAN brand to market footwear and apparel that Jordan himself helped design.
A. driving
B. dragging
C. drilling
D. dripping
在使用船公司或装货代理人的驳船将货物送至船边的情况下,这种责任划分界限和费用分担原则将改变。( )
A. 对
B. 错
Curt Dunnam bought a Chevrolet Blazer with one of the most popular new features in high-end cars: the OnStar personal security system. The heavily advertised communications and tracking feature is used nationwide by more than two million drivers, who simply push a button to connect, via a built-in cellphone, to a member of the OnStar staff. A Global Positioning System, or G. P. S. , helps the employee give verbal directions to the driver or locate the car after an accident. The company can even send a signal to unlock car doors for locked-out owners, or honk the horn to help people find their cars in an endless plain of parking spaces. The biggest selling point for the system is its use in thwarting car thieves. Once an owner reports to the police that a car has been stolen, the company can track it to help intercept the thieves, a service it performs about 400 times each month. But for Mr. Dunnam, the more he learned about his car’s security features, the less secure he felt. He has enough technical knowledge to worry that someone else-law enforcement officers, or hackers-could listen in on his phone calls, or gain control over his automotive systems without his knowledge or consent. "While I don’t believe G. M. intentionally designed this system to facilitate such activities, they sure have made it easy," he said. Mr. Dunnam said he had become even more concerned because of a federal appeals court case involving a criminal investigation, in which federal authorities had demanded that a company attach a wiretap to tracking services like those installed in his car. The suit did not reveal which company was involved. A three-judge panel in San Francisco rejected the request, but not on privacy grounds; the panel said the wiretap would interfere with the operation of the safety services. OnStar has said that its equipment was not involved in that case. An OnStar spokeswoman, Geri Lama, suggested that Mr. Dunnam’s worries were overblown. The signals that the company sends to unlock car doors or track location-based information can be triggered only with a secure exchange of specific identifying data, which ought to deter all but the most determined hackers, she said. We can conclude from the passage that OnStar is ______.
A. too complicated to use especially for new drivers
B. not as useful and effective as the company claims
C. popularly used among more expensive ears
D. not widely used in the country except in a few states
This summer, for the first time, Emory College let freshmen pick their own roommates in an online roommate-selection system that works on the same principles as computer dating. Students, using screen names to hide their identities, posted profiles of themselves detailing personality attributes, work habits, music and food preferences, and answers to questions like whether they hoped to "do almost everything" with their roommate or "lead separate but compatible lives. " Roommate-matching is a summer ritual that plunges college housing offices into the most intimate realm of sleep patterns, cleaning habits, and noise tolerance. Online matching is on the cutting edge. Housing officials at Emory, in Atlanta, say they expect that letting students pick their own roommates will increase the likelihood of compatibility. And there’s little risk of hurt feelings if the e-mail exchanges do not lead to a match, since the initial round of contacts is done under screen names. Several studies have shown that roommates have an impact on the attitudes and social behavior of those they live with. And one recent study found that a roommate’s academic performance has a small, but statistically significant, effect on the other roommate’s grade-point average. Other studies, however, did not find that effect. The business of assigning roommates varies widely across the country. At Davidson College, the housing staff sort every freshman with careful hand-selection. The Davidson philosophy is that roommates should be as similar as possible, while halls should be as diverse as possible. "We had a match that seemed perfect, until we discovered that one was a cattle rancher’s son and the other was a vegan (绝对素食者) ," said Ms. Kromm. "They should definitely meet, on the same hall. But we didn’t want to put them in the same room. " Occasionally, an incoming student asks to be paired with an Asian, or says she might not be able to get along with a Republican. In such cases, Ms. Kromm will remind them that Davidson does not accept roommate preferences based on race, ethnicity, and religion. Davidson’s care in matching pays off. " By Christmas last year, we had only four requests for roommate changes out of 480 students. " No one knows whether computer-matching works as well. But at Emory, so far, student reaction seems to be telling something: the online system is overwhelmed with clicks. As mentioned in the passage, only one study found that roommates have an impact on the ______ of the other roommates.
A. academic grades
B. social behavior
C. sleeping patterns
D. personal attitudes