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四、閱讀測驗【請依照段落上下文意,選出最適當的答案】第一篇:       Born in Ghana, West Africa, in 1989, Freddy Adu has become one of the most promising young soccer playersin the world. Soccer fans have been extremely enthusiastic about Adu since 2003, when he became the youngestplayer ever to sign a professional sports contact in the United States. He was 13 years old at the time! The next year,he became the youngest athlete ever to play in an all-star game, a match in which the best individual players frommany professional teams compete.       As a child, Adu did what many children in Ghana love to do—play soccer. Although there were no formal teamsor leagues, Adu played soccer every day. He says that he loved learning the sport by teaching himself. Adu’s motherrecognized her son’s talent and encouraged it by providing soccer balls, which were expensive. Since he was the childwith the sports equipment, other children always came looking for Freddy when they wanted to kick the ball arounda field.       Education was very important to Adu’s mother, and she wasn’t sure that her son could receive a good educationin Ghana. She had some relatives in the United States, so she applied for residency there. Adu’s family received U.S.residency cards and moved to Maryland in 1997, when Freddy was eight years old. Freddy’s new school friends soonnoticed his talent for soccer, and the parents of one friend encouraged him to join a soccer club. This was Adu’s firstexperience playing organized soccer, and he helped his team from the Potomac Soccer Association win a tournamentin Italy in 2000. One professional Italian team was so impressed by Adu that they offered him $750,000 to play forthem. Adu’s mother turned down the offer and insisted that her ten-year-old son needed to finish school first.          Adu did finish high school at the age of 14 after enrolling at a boarding school for athletes. Nowadays, he isplaying professional soccer and living with his mother in a house he bought for her. His annual salary with the D.C.United team is $500,000, and Adu is also paid to advertise products such as sports shoes and soda.
【題組】41. When did Adu become the youngest ever all-star team player?
(A) 1989
(B) 2000
(C) 2003
(D) 2004

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