题目内容：

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

A GREAT basketball player will retire (退役) this week. His name is Kobe Bryant.

Bryant, 37,     for the Los Angeles Lakers, a team in the NBA. He has been playing with the Lakers for 20 years. But now he is leaving because of     and injuries (伤).

“My heart can take it, my mind can handle (处理) it,     my body knows it’s time to say goodbye,” he     in his poem (诗) Dear Basketball.

Bryant is one of the greatest     in NBA. He has won five NBA championships (冠军) and two Olympic gold medals. He also has scored the third largest number of points in NBA history, even     than Michael Jordan.

Bryant has a real love     basketball. He often starts to practice as     as 5 am. Everybody knows how hard he works.

Soon Bryant     have some time to rest. But no matter (不管如何) what he does next, he said his love for basketball will      change.

1.A. singsB. playsC. worksD. dances

2.A. ageB. heightC. weightD. appearance(外貌)

3.A. andB. butC. orD. though

4.A. readB. told C. said D. wrote

5.A. singersB. playersC. workersD. dancers

6.A. moreB. lessC. fewerD. better

7.A. asB. likeC. forD. to

8.A. muchB. wellC. fastD. early

9.A. shouldB. needC. mayD. must

10.A. neverB. seldomC. sometimesD. always