Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred
years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble
with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay
indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got
into fights from time to time.
Some of the
teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the
students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a
game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
Dr. Naismith
thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast,
wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between
two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten
feet(英尺) 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 boxes of the right size, he had to
use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
1. How long is it since basketball was invented?
A.1000 years B.More than 100
years
C.1100 years D.Less than 100
years
2.The students felt unhappy because _______.
A.they had much
homework to do
B.they often
got into fights
C.they couldn't
play outdoors
D.they had
little time to study
3.Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
A.Some students B.Some teachers
C.Some
students' parents D.Some of his
friends
4.When a student ______ , he makes a score.
A.receives the
ball.
B.throws the
ball to another student
C.runs quickly
with the ball in his hand
D.throws the
ball into the basket
5. Which sentence is right?
A.Dr. Naismith
had to use fruit to throw the ball.
B.It was easy
to invent the game.
C.The students
could go outdoors when the weather was bad.
D.The ball had
to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.