[单项选择]Why is Wilt Chamberlain considered a famous basketball player
A. Because he led his teams to many championships.
B. Because he set as many as 65 different records.
C. Because he still played the game after he retired.
D. Because he didn’’t stop playing even when he was seriously injured.

In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of the only three players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) listed at over seven feet. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames.
The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped growing. Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’ s people—especially those born to families who have lived in the U. S. for many generations--apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. And they aren’t likely to get any taller. "In the general population to- day, at this genetic, environmental level, we’ve pretty much gone as far as we can go," says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of
A. the garment industry will reconsider the uniform size
B. the design of military uniforms will remain unchanged
C. genetic testing will be employed in selecting sportsmen
D. the existing data of human height will still be applicable