George Mikan was voted by the Associated Press as the most outstanding college basketball player of the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, and
educated at DePaul University, Chicago. While playing center on the DePaul basketball
team, Mikan was a three-time All-American selection (1944-1946) and led the team to the
1945 National Invitational Tournament (NIT) title. He became a member of the Chicago
American Gears professional team in 1947 Mikan then played for eight seasons with the
Minneapolis Lakers (1947-1956), leading the team to five league championships (1949,
1950, 1952-1954). One of the first dominant centers in the National Basketball Association
(NBA), he scored a record 11,764 points in 520 games and led the NBA in scoring three
times (1949-1951)
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2. What is the tone of this passage?
A. Informational
B. lightheartec
c. combative
D. upbeat