5．Kobe Bryant was born on August 23，1978with basketball already in his blood． His father，Joe Bryant，was a former NBA star．When Kobe was six years old，his dad started playing basketball in Europe，so his family moved to Italy．The family stayed there for seven years．When They lived in Italy，Kobe learned to speak fluent Italian and started playing basketball．
The family moved back to the United States when Kobe was 13and he started playing high school basketball．Kobe realised he was already good enough to play in the NBA，so he left college and was chosen right after high school by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 1996NBA Draft．In a trade the Hornets are still crying about，they sent Kobe to the LA Lakers．Although he didn't go to college，Kobe was a quick learner on the courts of the NBA．He played in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in 1998and by 2000，Kobe had developed into one of the best basketball players．
Being a great basketball player，Kobe influences lots of young people．But on November 30，
2015，he announced （宣布） that be would retire（退役）after this season．He wrote a poem to basketball，and here is part of the poem．
Dear Basketball，
…
You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I'll always love you for it．
But I can't love you obsessively for much longer．
This season is all I have left to give．
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it's time to say goodbye．
… |
34．What does the underlined sentence in the first paragraph mean？D
A．Kobe could play basketball well when he was born．
B．All of Kobe's family members are basketball players．
C．Kobe liked to play with a basketball as a baby．
D．Kobe was born to be a basketball player．
35．When did Kobe have the dream of being a basketball player according to the poem？A
A．When he was 6．
B．When he was 7．
C．When he was 10．
D．When he was 15．
36．What is the right order of the following events？C
a．Kobe announced that he would retire．
b．Kobe was chosen right after high school by the Charlotte Hornets．
c．Kobe's family moved to Italy．
d．Kobe played in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time．
A．c-b-a-d
B．c-d-b-a
C．c-b-d-a
D．d-c-b-a
37．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Kobe was born in Italy on August 23，1978．
B．Kobe's father was not a basketball player．
C．Kobe announced retirement because he didn't love basketball．
D．Kobe ever played for the LA Lakers．
