Abdul Sadiq, an Afghanistan's only professional cyclist, began by training his daughter. And when she competed successfully abroad, he set up the team. It is the world's most unlikely sporting team, because the sport breaks taboos in a country where in many traditional communities, women are not allowed out of the house.

The head coach faces frequent threats and the girls' families do not always approve. "If it's not their father trying to stop them, it's a brother or uncle," 

Two members of the team, Massouma, 18, and Zarab, 17, are sisters. Their father and their brothers approve, but Zarab says they know that their uncles complain to their father. "They will never come in front of us to say why are you cycling, but they say bad words to our father," she said. His team have, however, competed and won regionally against Bangladesh and Pakistan. 

"We want to go cycling because we want to be heroes one day," said 16-year-old Jella, one of the latest riders. In one of the mildest and driest winters for many years, training has gone on without stopping. And in the spring, the girls will go up into the mountains."We say that women should not sit at home, they need to come out and do sport," said Abdul Sadiq. And 18-year-old Zainab said she wished that she could just go cycling alone on the street one day. "It's my ambition, and I hope that one day girls will be allowed to go cycling on the streets, without a coach, or anyone with them, and they will not have problems," she said.

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1.What does Abdul Sadiq do?

A A teacher.

B A cyclist

C A reporter

D A driver

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“Abdul Sadiq, an Afghanistan's only professional cyclist”可知。

2.What does the underlined word taboos mean in Chinese?

A 禁忌

B 警告

C 符号

D 风俗

解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据文章第一段第二句“in a country where in many traditional communities, women are not allowed out of the house.”可知。

3.From the third paragraph, we can know_________.

A Massouma and Zarab’s parents approve they join in the team.

B Massouma and Zarab’ uncles are against their cycling.

C Massouma and Zarab don’t want to join the team.

D Massouma and Zarab both are very young.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句but Zarab says they know that their uncles complain to their father” 可知。

4.What was Zainab’s dream?

A Her mother approving her cycling.

B Going cycling alone on the street.

C Joining the team.

D Winning Bangladesh and Pakistan.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句“It's my ambition, and I hope that one day girls will be allowed to go cycling on the streets, without a coach, "可知。

5.Where may you see the passage?

A In a story book

B In a fashion magazine

C In a travel guide book

D In a sports newspaper.

解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。根据第一段第三句“ It is the world's most unlikely sporting team”以及后面的文章都在讲运动队情况，故选D。