Yao Ming was born in China on September 12th, 1980. He is 2.26 metres tall. He is the son of a basketball family. ______ father and mother are very tall. And they were both basketball players, too. Yao Ming ______ playing basketball very much. When he was 18 years old, he ______ a member of China Basketball Star Team. In 2002 he went to America and joined the Houston Rockets in the NBA. Yao Ming wanted to show the world that Chinese basketball players could ______ basketball well, too! Yao Ming had great skill and speed back then. In the NBA, Yao Ming worked very hard. He once scored up to 49 points in a single game. He became one ______ the most valuable players in the NBA. He showed that he was an outstanding basketball player. His dream came true!
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