Jiang Linhan, a 14-year-old Grade Eight student from Chengdu, has received an amazing gift. Standing out from over 300 competitors all over the world, he is one of six winners of the 2026 Joseph Tsai Basketball Scholarship (奖学金). It will fully support his four-year study at Tilton School, a top US boarding school famous for training many NBA players.

Sports talent runs in Jiang’s family. He is 1.9 metres tall, and both of his parents are professional athletes. His father is 1.97 metres while his mother is over 1.7 metres. When he was in Grades Three and Four, he tried tennis, volleyball and basketball to relax after school. Soon basketball became his favourite sport, so his parents sent him to a training club to take part in regular matches. When he was a sixth grader, he gave up tennis and decided to fully focus on basketball.

Later Jiang entered Yulin Middle School, which has a long, proud tradition of school basketball. He trained for two hours every day and did strength training twice a week to build up his body. Friendly senior students and caring coaches always gave him lots of support during training and games. His parents told him to keep a good balance between schoolwork and sports. Once his grades dropped sharply, he paused training to catch up with his studies. He studied ahead during holidays and always stayed in the top five of his class. All these efforts laid a solid foundation (坚实的基础) for his coming study at the American boarding school.

Though Jiang felt tired from time to time, his deep love for basketball pushed him through all difficult days. This autumn, he will fly thousands of miles to study in the US by himself. The scholarship pays for most of his costs, but it requires him to keep excellent grades at school. He dreams of becoming a professional basketball player and believes basketball will open a bigger and brighter world for him.

1.1.How many teens won the 2026 scholarship?

A 3.

B 6.

C 10.

D 300.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。文章第一段明确指出“he is one of six winners of the 2026 Joseph Tsai Basketball Scholarship”，即他是六名获奖者之一，因此2026年奖学金获得者为6人。选项A、C在文中未提及；选项D的300指的是全球竞争者人数，而非获奖者。故选B。

2.2. What sport did Jiang stop playing when he was in Grade 6?

A Tennis.

B Volleyball.

C Football.

D Swimming.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。文章第二段结尾提到“When he was a sixth grader, he gave up tennis and decided to fully focus on basketball”，在六年级时他放弃网球，专注篮球，因此他停止的运动是网球。文中只提到排球，并未出现足球、游泳两项运动，他只是尝试过排球，并未提到放弃排球。故选A。

3.3. What does the underlined word “paused” mean?

A Kept on doing it.

B Put it off forever.

C Stopped it for a while.

D Started to learn it.

解析：选C。C词义猜测题。画线词“paused”所在句子为“Once his grades dropped sharply, he paused training to catch up with his studies”，根据语境，他成绩下滑后为了赶上学习而暂停训练，之后又恢复了，并未永久放弃，故“paused”意为“暂时停止”。选项A意思相反，选项B表示永远推迟，不符合实际情况，选项D与原文意义不符。故选C。

4.4. What is Jiang’s dream job in the future?

A To run a basketball club.

B To work in the US after graduation.

C To become a basketball coach at school.

D To be a professional basketball player.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。文章最后一段直接说明“He dreams of becoming a professional basketball player”，他的梦想是成为职业篮球运动员。选项A经营篮球俱乐部、选项B毕业后在美国工作、选项C成为学校篮球教练，均未在文中提及。故选D。

5.5. In which part of a newspaper can we most probably read this passage?

A Education.

B Family.

C Culture.

D Entertainment.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。通读全文，文章报道了一名初中生凭借篮球特长获得国际奖学金、即将赴美求学的事迹，重点突出学业与体育并重的成长经历，这类励志求学故事通常出现在报纸的教育板块。选项B家庭版侧重家庭生活，本文虽提到家庭背景，但并非主题；选项C文化版涉及文化现象或讨论；选项D娱乐版关注明星或娱乐事件，本文不属于此类。因此推断最可能出现在教育版面。故选A。