Yao Ming—my favorite sports player

Everyone in China knows Yao Ming. He is a great basketball player.

He was born (出生) on September 12^th, 1980, in Shanghai, China. He was born in a basketball family because his parents are basketball players, too. He is 2.26 m. Now he plays for Houston Rockets(休斯敦火箭隊(duì)). He is one of the stars in the NBA．He works hard. He wants to tell people allover the world (全世界) Chinese also love this game!

根據(jù)短文填空， 每空一詞。

1．Yao Ming is a great ____________ player.

2．His birthday is ______________ 12^th.

3．His ___________ are basketball players, too.

4．Now he plays ____________ Houston Rockets.

5．He tells people all over the world Chinese also ___________ this game.