专题二：完形填空第一节：完形填空解题方法突破【能力摸底】 Lebron James isn't the first high school basketball player to go straight into the NBA, but he's probably the best. He has the body, skills and the basketball brain of an all-star. This ___1____ was on ___2____ as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland Cavaliers to a 107-104 win over the New Jersey Nets on march 28. Aged of 19 years and 87 days, James became the ___3 ____ player to score 40 or more in the NBA. "It was by far James' best ____4___ ," said Cleveland coach Paul Silas. Known to his friends ____5___ "the king", this was the day James earned his crown. but he was ____6___ from being a king during a childhood spent in the back streets of Akron, Ohio. ____7___ many other African-American basketball players, James' early years were a ____8 ___ . His mother Gloria was just 16 when she gave birth to him; he knows nothing about his father. Mother and son battled for everything from food to a place to live. ____9 ___ help from his grandmother and neighbors, James would ___10 ____ have died when he was young. This spirit of survival has served him well on court, forcing him to take any ____11___ he finds. "I ____12___ losing, I don't like losing," said James of his 41-point display. "I ___13____ the opportunity for us to win and I was ____14___ to capture it." At 2.03 meters, he is no Yao Ming but this didn't ___15____ him being first choice in 2003 NBA draft. This was ____16 ___ to his strength and skill, much of which he learned from high school American football. Although he has a ___ 17____ brain, James has never had to concentrate on ___18____ . Some people think this is a mistake and say he should have ...
