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Kareem Abdul­Jabbar was one of the best basketball players in history. He was the NBA's most valuable player six times and a 19­time All­Star. When he retired in 1989 he was the NBA's all­time leading scorer with 38，387 points. That record has still to be broken.

After retirement Jabbar began scoring in the literary world. He has written seven best­selling books. In his new children's book What Color Is My World？，he shines_the_spotlight_on African­American inventors whose achievements often went unnoticed. A reporter recently interviewed him in New York City.

R: The title of your new book is What Color Is My World？， but the subtitle is The Lost History of African­American Inventors. Why do you say it's a lost history?

K: African­American inventors made some very significant contributions to American life and world culture but they're not acknowledged. So I think I should put something in the spotlight.

R: Why did you choose to present this information in the form of a children's book?

K: I thought kids especially African­American kids needed to know this information. They should get this information at an early age so that they can have an idea of what's possible. So many kids are told that sports and entertainment are the fields that they should go into and everything else is ignored. I wanted to put something out there that gave them a broader picture of what was possible.

R: How did you combine facts with a good story? How did you decide on which inventors to include?

K: The inventors I chose all made significant contributions to American life. So everybody likes ice cream but nobody knows about the guy who invented the ice cream scoop(勺子). Everybody likes potato chips but nobody really knows that a black cook invented potato chips. Things like that get through to people because these are things that are a part of their everyday life. Once they see black people are involved in inventing it it changes things.

1．The underlined phrase “shines the spotlight on” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “________”．

A．directs people's attention to

B．is very interested in

C．thinks highly of

D．appeals to people not to disturb

2．Why did Jabbar write the book What Color Is My World?

A．To provide an instructive literary book for parents.

B．To make people recognize the contributions African­Americans made.

C．To show he also has literary talent besides the talent in basketball.

D．To raise money for poor African­American kids.

3．What did Jabbar intend to tell African­American kids in his book?

A．Information about their early age.

B．Fields they shouldn't go into.

C．Things that can be ignored.

D．Ideas of what is possible.

4．According to Jabbar's words in the last paragraph ________．

A．not everybody likes ice cream and potato chips

B．ice cream and potato chips are both invented by a black cook

C．his book may change people's attitude to black people

D．things in everyday life are easier to be described in books

Answer 1

ABDC