The birth of basketball
An American game that has travelled well is basketball. It is now played by (1).
than 250 million
people worldwide in an organised way, as well as by countless others in casual games. Basketball
originated in 1891, when a minister, (2)
James Naismith, was asked to teach a class of young
men in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The class was well known for (3)
difficult to teach and Naismith was told to (4).
a new
game to keep the young men occupied. (5).
it was winter and very cold outside, it needed to be a
game that could be played (6),
he and his friends had played a game
Naismith thought back to his childhood in Canada (7).
which had involved (8) to hit a big stone off a rock with smaller stones. He also remembered
watching rugby players throw a ball into a box or fruit basket that had been raised up. Naismith made up
for the game in less than an hour. Most of them (10) apply in some form today.
the (9)
1. A. many
2. A. said
B. much
Bcalled
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D. also
C. told
D. titled
3. A. being
B. doing
C. having
4. A. imagine
B. invent
C. dream
5. A. Then
B. Despite
C. Since
6. A. outdoors
B. interior
C. indoors
D. making
D. build
D. Although
D. outside
7. A. there
B. here
C. then
D. where
8. A. making
B. doing
C. seeing
D. trying
9. A. rules
B. orders
C. players
D. teams
10. A. although
B. still
C. further
D. have