Basketball is popular in the U. S.

A．It's an American game. James Naismith made it up in 1891. He wanted a game to play inside in winter. The first real game started one year later.

　　Naismith put up two peach baskets without any holes (洞) in the bottom. When a ball went into the basket, it stayed inside the basket. The game had to stop and a player had to climb up to get the ball. Some time later, people used net baskets with holes in the bottom.

　　At first, there were nine players on each side. They tried hard to throw the ball into the baskets. Now, only ten team members play the game, five players on each side.

　　Basketball is a very fast game today and it's popular in many countries. But it's still a young game.

(1) The first real basketball game was played in ________.

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(2) At first, basketball was a ________ game.

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(3) There were ________ team members playing the game at first.

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(4) When the ball went into the peach basket, ________.

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A．players got another ball to play

B．the game went on without stopping

C．the game had to stop for a while

D．no one got it down

(5) Basketball is ________ years old.

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