Question

8．Basketball is still a young game．It's over a hundred years old．In the winter of l891，a certain college was having some trouble with（61）its（it）boy students．The weather（62）was（be）bad and the students had to stay indoors．As they couldn't play outdoors，they were （63）unhappy（happy），and some even got in to fights from time to time．
Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr Naismith to invent a game（64）that can be played indoors．However，it was not easy（65）to invent（invent）such a game．
Dr Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game．It was a fast，wonderful game with much（66）moving（move）and passing of the ball．It was played（67）betweentwo teams．To make a score，the ball had to（68）be thrown（throw）into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall．At each end of the court there was such a basket．At first Dr Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box．As he could not find（69）boxes（box）of the right size，he had to use fruit baskets instead．That's why（70）thegame got the name basketball．

Answer 1

分析 本文讲述了篮球的产生历史．100多年前的1891年，一所学校的男生因为天气原因不能在室外玩而不高兴，甚至不时地打架，游戏老师就请Dr Naismith 发明一种能在室内玩的游戏，经过几天的冥思苦想，Dr Naismith 终于发明了一种球类游戏．这是在两个队之间玩的运球传球的游戏，为了计分，必须要把球扔进墙上的篮子里．最初他想用箱子，但是由于没找到合适大小的箱子，就找了一个菜篮代替，这就是这个游戏为什么叫篮球的原因．

解答 61．its；考查代词，主语是a certain college，所以这里用形容词性物主代词its作定语修饰boy students．
62．was；考查时态，文章讲的是篮球的产生历史，要用过去时态．
63．unhappy；考查形容词，根据上下文，意思应该是学生因为不能到室外玩而不高兴，所以用否定形式unhappy．
64．that；考查关系代词，这是一个定语从句，修饰前面的game．
65．to invent；考查动词的用法，这是固定句型it is/was+形容词+to do，所以空格处填to invent．
66．moving；考查动名词，这里用动名词moving和后面的passing并列作介词with的宾语．
67．between；考查介词，在两者之间用between．
68．be thrown；考查被动语态，根据句意球与动词throw之间是被动关系，所以要用被动语态．
69．boxes；考查名词复数，篮球是两个队，所以有两个篮子，用复数形式．
70．the；考查冠词，这里用定冠词the特指上文提到的篮球游戏．

点评 本题考查物主代词和独立主格结构，解答本题时要先分析句子结构，确定句子的各个部分在句中所做的成分，然后根据所掌握的基本知识选出相应的答案．