文档介绍：2014 高考英语阅读理解基础练****精品题( 3 )及答案阅读理解(共 15小题;每小题 2分,满分 30分) 认真阅读下列短文,从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A. Mybasketball coach atPrinceton used tosay, "On the court, you can tell who isselfish( 自私的)." When mysister Michelle brought Barack Obama home tomeet the family, she said tome, "Iwant you totake him out toplay, tosee what type of man heiswhen he’snot around me." SoIinvited Barack toplay basketball with afew friends ofmine. Iwas very nervous although Ihad already met Barack afew times. Iwas thinking this guy seemed like agood guy. Weplayed ahard five-on-five. Hewas thin but not weak. Heplayed extremely left-handed. Hedealt with everything perfectly. Hewasn ’tthe best guy out there orthe worst guy. Iliked the fact that hewas confident but wasn ’tproud. Barack was very team-oriented (有团队精神的),very unselfish. Heplayed asifhewas one ofus—hewasn ’ttrying tobepresident ofHarvard Law Review. But the best part about itwas that when wewere onthe same team, hedid not pass methe ball each time. Hewasn ’ttrying tosuck uptomysister through me. Iwas glad togive mysister the good news, "Your boy isstraight." Heisn ’tselfish, which isthe greatest praise you can give both aplayer and aleader. America has got aguy who isrunning agovernment inanefficient (有效率的)manner. That ’sthe same guy Igot toknow playing basketball when hewas visiting myfamily. 56. Why does the author begin the passage with his coach ’