It’s such a shame to lose a free throw. Playing in the court has pressure from the opponent, time, your teammates, the audience, and yourself. You have to shoot the ball despite all the pressures around. But with a free throw, you have the ball, no one will try to get it from you, and you have all the time to shoot the ball. But why is it that many players, even good shooters, miss most of their free throws? Maybe they need more practice or maybe they need to apply more ways to improve their free throw.
Improve your player or your free throwing skills by following the tips below:
Make it personal. The truth is, there is no rule on how one should handle and throw the ball in a free throw. What matters is that the player should shoot the ball from the free throw line no matter how he does it. So when trying to improve your free throw shooting, better stick to what works the best for you. Do not copy other people’s techniques. Make it your own and leave those techniques as theirs.
Formulate (公式化) a repetitive way of shooting the ball. A free throw should be personalized. But it should also be repetitive. You should be able to repeat your free throw techniques whether you are in your court or in another court, whether you are energized or tired. You can’t say you have a personal free throw technique if you can’t repeat it over and over again.
Shoot at the same position and distance for every free throw. Basketball courts may be located in different places or maybe marked with different paint colors. But all of these courts maintain the same distance from the ring to the free throw line. Familiarize your perfect position when making your free throws. That should help you do your perfect throw.
小題1:Why do so many players fail to make a successful free throw?
A．Because they don’t have any special skills
B．Because they are lacking in practice and tips.
C．Because they are not so familiar with rules
D．Because many of them are green hands.
小題2:What can you do if you want to be a wonderful free thrower?
A．Learn from others.
B．Form your own throwing skills.
C．Keep active in the court.
D．Learn to throw in different locations.
小題3:The underlined word “ring” in the last paragraph may most probably mean “________”.
A．soundB．basketC．ballD．group
小題4:Which of the following might serve as the best title of the above passage?
A．How to play basketball successfully in the court.
B．How to improve your basketball throw skills.
C．How to gain more points in throwing.
D．How to improve your basketball free throwing.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文針對許多籃球運(yùn)動員罰球不中的問題，給他們提出了如何提高罰球技巧的建議。
小題1:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段“But why is it that many players, even good shooters, miss most of their free throws? Maybe they need more practice or maybe they need to apply more ways to improve their free throw.(那么為什么有那么多運(yùn)動員甚至優(yōu)秀的投籃手大多數(shù)情況都罰不中呢？也許他們
需要訓(xùn)練，亦或他們需要運(yùn)用更多的方法來提高罰球的技術(shù))”可知答案。
小題2:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段，即第一個建議make it personal可知，要形成自己的風(fēng)格技
能。
小題3:B詞義猜測題。根據(jù)常識及文最后一段說籃球場可能位置不同，但所有的球場的共同點(diǎn)是從籃框到罰球線的距離是一樣的。
小題4:D主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第二段Improve your player or your free throwing skills by following the tips below可知，全文要講的是提高籃球罰球的技巧。
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