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江西省2017届高三英语二轮专项训练：阅读表达+写作（33） 第一节 阅读表达 n the past ten years, America's National Basketball Association （NBA） has gro“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stem, The strategy in China is television．“We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite,” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China．The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai．The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil． [4]“It makes no difference where the players come from, and _____________is that all the NBA teams know they have to scout（物色球员）internationally．” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations．“it has increased the level of competition here．” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in wining championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers．Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre You Ming---number one draft pick in 2002---and the Detroit Pistons’18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic---number two overall in this year’s draft---are icons in-waiting．It is the ultimate revolution---the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball． | 
