Basketball is still a young game. It is not yet a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having trouble with its boy students. The weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors（室内）. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them even got into fights from time to time.

　　Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court（场地）was not very large.

　　Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score（得分）, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned（计划）to have the ball thrown 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.

A．Though it's often played outside

B．Because it's often played outside

C．Since it's always played outside

D．Although it's never played inside

A．had nothing to do with

B．had something not much to do with

C．had a few things to do

D．had something to do with

Finally, one of the teachers, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy joB. He thought for a few days and invented, a kind of ballgame. It was a fast, excitng game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two games. To make a score the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court, there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into the box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use the fruit baskets. That is how the game got its name.

1 Basketball is________some of the other ball games.(　)

A. as old as　　　　　　　　　　    B. not as old as

C. older than　　　　　　　　　　    D. the oldest in

2 Basketball has a history of________.(　)

A. less than two hundreds　　　　　　　　　　    B. more than a century

C. about one hundred　　　　　　　　　　    D. more than two hundreds

3 What was used after Naismith used a box in the game?(　)

A. The wall.　　　　　　　　　　    B. A kind of bag.

C. A fruit basket.　　　　　　　　　　    D. The basketball team.

4 Which one is right?(　)

A. The name of basketball got its name from a wall.

B. The name of basketball got its name from a fruit basket.

C. The name of basketball got its name from a man.

D. The name of basketball got its name from a student.

5 The best title for the passage is________.(　)

A. How to play basketball?　　　　　　　　　　    B. When basketball was invented?

C. How basketball was invented?　　　　　　　　　　    D. Naismith invented the basketball.

　　Basketball is still a young game. It is in the winter of 1891, a certain college（学院）was having trouble with its boy students, the weather was so bad that the students had to stay indoors（在室内）. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them even got into fights（打架）from time to time.

　　Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E. Nesmith, was asked to invent a new game for the students, it was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court（场地）was not very large.

A．less than one hundred years

B．more than a hundred years

C．less than a century

A．Though it's often played outside

B．Because it's often played outside

C．Although it's never played inside

A．because they had no games to play

B．when they played basketball

C．because they were playing

Basketball is still a young game. It is over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891，a college was having trouble that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual，they were unhappy，and some of them even fight.

Finally，one of the teachers，J.E.Naismith，was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job. He thought for a few days and invented a kind of ballgame. It was a fast，exciting 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 a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court，there was such a basket. At first，Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into the box. As he could not find boxes of the right size，he had to use the fruit baskets. That is how the game got its name.

1.Basketball is ______ some of the other ball games.?

A. as old as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. not as old as

C. older than　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. the oldest in

2.Basketball has a history of ______.

A. less than two hundreds

B. more than a century

C. about three hundred

D. more than two hundreds

3.What was used after Naismith used a box in the game?

A. The wall.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　   B.A kind of bag.

C.A fruit basket.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. The basketball team.

4.Which one is right?

A. The name of basketball got its name from a wall.

B. The name of basketball got its name from a fruit basket.

C. The name of basketball got its name from a man.

D. The name of basketball got its name from a student.

5.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. How to play basketball?

B. When basketball was invented?

C. How basketball was invented?

D. Naismith invented the basketball.