通读下面短文,理解其大意,然后从短文后各题所提供的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Basketball is a sport 1 by millions of people in 2 100 countries.It's one of the 3 sports in the world.It all began in 1891.
Dr.James Naismith, the 4 of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training 5 .It trained people to work in YMCAs.Officials at the school were 6 about the 7 attendance(出席率)during the winter months.They 8 that people didn't attend them 9 the school did not have a good winter sports 10 .So they asked Dr.Naismith for help.He came up with a new indoor 11 Naismith studied games be played at that time.
He found that all the most 12 game used a ball.So a ball would be 13 of his new game, he decided.But 14 the ball or hitting it would be too rough for 15 .So he put two baskets up on poles.The players had to try to 16 a ball into them.Naismith then made thirteen 17 for the game.Twelve of them are still in use today.Just seven 18 after the game began, professional basketball teams were 19 .And that's 20 basketball was born.
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enjoyed
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B. |
invented
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C. |
used
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D. |
joined
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A. |
least
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B. |
at least
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C. |
at last
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D. |
at most
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A. |
beautiful
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B. |
useful
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C. |
important
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D. |
best-known
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A. |
friend
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B. |
official
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C. |
father
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D. |
discoverer
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A. |
school
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B. |
game
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C. |
team
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D. |
club
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interested
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B. |
worried
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C. |
eager
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D. |
pleased
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low
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B. |
high
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C. |
more
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D. |
less
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(8) |
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A. |
expected
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B. |
hoped
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C. |
talked
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D. |
felt
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A. |
that
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B. |
because
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C. |
so
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D. |
though
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(10) |
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A. |
suit
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B. |
team
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C. |
progress
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D. |
programme
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A. |
basketball
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B. |
match
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C. |
teacher
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D. |
game
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popular
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B. |
practical
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C. |
excellent
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D. |
skilled
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A. |
party
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B. |
part
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C. |
bit
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D. |
practice
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A. |
throwing
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B. |
casting
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C. |
kicking
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D. |
catching
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A. |
young people
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B. |
students
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C. |
sports
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D. |
indoors
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A. |
push
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B. |
throw
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C. |
send
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D. |
kick
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A. |
person
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B. |
poles
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C. |
rules
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D. |
balls
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A. |
minutes
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B. |
hours
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C. |
days
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D. |
years
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A. |
formed
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B. |
called
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C. |
named
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D. |
dismissed
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A. |
how
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B. |
why
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C. |
when
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D. |
where
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