Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. Lin was born on August on 23, 1988 in Los Angeles , California , and grew up in a Christian family in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Palo Alto. His parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s. They are dual nationals of both Taiwan and the U.S.
Lin’s parents are both 5 feet 6 inches tall. His maternal grandmother’s family was tall, and her father was over 6 feet. Lin has an older brother, Josh , and a younger brother , Joseph .
In his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei , 51-47 , for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title . He was named first – team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year, ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points , 7.1 assists , 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals .
Lin sent his resume and a DVD of highlights of his high school basketball career to many universities. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams.
In July 2005, then-Harvard assistant coach Bill Holden saw that Lin was 6 feet 3 inches, which fit the physical attributes he was seeking , and he had a 4.2 grade point average in high school , which fit Harvard’s academic standards . However, Holden was not initially impressed with Lin’s on-court abilities, and told Lin’s high school basketball coach , Peter Diepenbrock , that Lin was a “Division III player”. Later that week, Holden saw Lin playing in a much more competitive game, driving to the basket at every opportunity with the “instincts of a killer”. Lin became a top-priority for Holden. Harvard coaches feared that Stanford, close to Lin’s home, would offer Lin a scholarship, but it did not , and Lin chose to attend Harvard .
Joe Lacob, incoming Warriors’ owner and Stanford booster, said Stanford’s failure to accept Lin “was really stupid. The kid was right across the street. If you can’t recognize that, you’ve got a problem.” Kerry Keating, the UCLA assistant who offered Lin the opportunity to walk-on , said in hindsight that Lin would probably have ended up starting at point guard for UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles ) .
51、Which of the following statements about Shu-How Lin is NOT correct according to the passage ?
A、He is a professional basketball player of the NBA .
B、He was brought up in a Chinese-American family .
C、His parents are of medium height .
D、He is the oldest son in his family .
52、The statistics in the third paragraph shows that .
A、Lin is an excellent basketball player
B、Lin is an excellent captain of a basketball team
C、Lin is an excellent organizer on the basketball court
D、Lin has a large number of fans all over the country
53、Bill Holden gave a chance to Lin because .
A、he was tall enough with excellent records on the basketball court
B、he finally found Lin with the instincts of a killer
C、he found Lin was a very active basketball player
D、his all-round abilities fit Harvard’s academic standards
54、Joe Lacob thinks that .
A、It was a mistake for Stanford not to accept Lin
B、Lin can make a good captain of the university basketball team
C、Lin is hopeful to be an excellent point guard
D、some Division I coaches have problems finding good basketball players
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