Anna Koumikova was born on June 7th, 1981 in Moscow. Her parents' names are Allah and Sergel. When she was 5 years old, her parents sold their TV to buy her the first tennis bat for Christmas. She played in a club near her place until aged 11. Then she moved to Bradenton, Florida(USA) to train with Nick Bollitierri. At 14, she represented Russia in a Fed Cup match and became the youngest player ever to win a Fed Cup match.
Kournikova made her WTA first show at 15 years old at the US Open where she finally lost against player Steffi Graf. But she made it to the double quarter finals that same match. In 1996, Kournikova won the Rookie of the Year award and the next year. She improved very much to even make it to the semi - finals in Wimbledon. She lost to world number one Martina Hingis at the French Open and at Wimbledon. In 1999 she won her professional title at Midland, Miehigon, an international Tennis Federation match. She was 5th favourite in Illinois the same year and won her 2nd career ITF match. She won her first grand slam(大滿貫) title ill 1999 with Martina Hingis in doubles at the Australia Open. Since then, they have played regularly together and have quickly become one of the 'best pairs. Aim in 1999,she made her first career WTA final in key Biscayne against Venus Williams in a tough 3 set match. She alto won her first doubles tile with Monica Seles in Tokyo.
At present Kournikova is more successful on the net than at the net. She remains the "most searched" and "most download (網(wǎng)上下載)" on the internet, three times more popular than the NO. 2 sports figure, Michael Jordan. She is still very young and she seems to have a great future ahead !
小題1: Which of the following is right?
A.Kournikova beat Steffi Graf at the US Open when she was 15.
B.Kournikova won the Rookie of the Year award in 1999.
C.Koumikova is now more lucky at the net than on the Internet.
D.In 1997, Kournikova worked hard to make it to the semi - finals in Wimbledon.
小題2: Kournikova won her first grand slam title in doubles at the Australia Open with              .
A.Steffi GrafB.Venus WilliamsC.Martina HingisD.Monica Seles
小題3: From the text we can know Kournikova won her professional title in an ITF match          .
A.a(chǎn)t MidlandB.in FranceC.in AustraliaD.a(chǎn)t Biscayne
小題4:What can we learn about Kournikova?
A.She has a lot of fans on the Internet.
B.Her parents gave her much support.
C.She beat Martina Hings in 1996.
D.She played tennis for her home country Russia.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

小題1:第二段“ In 1996, Kournikkova and the next year . She …in Wimbledon. ”一句說明D項正確。
小題2:第二段“…1999 with Martina Hingis …”說明C 項正確。
小題3:ITF 即第二段提到的“ International Tennis Federation ”( 國際網(wǎng)球聯(lián)賽) 。Midland是美國密歇根州中部的一城市。
小題4:末段說庫娃在網(wǎng)上是搜索對象,所以A 正確。                  
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