Basketball is still a ____1____ game. It is not ____2____. In the winter of 1891，a certain college (某所大学) was having trouble ____3____ its ____4____. The weather was so terrible that the students ____5____ stay indoors (在室内). They were unhappy because they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual. And some of them even (甚至) got into fights (打斗) from time to time (时常).

____6____，one of the teachers at the college，J.E. Naismith，____7____ going to invent (发明) a new game for the students. It was not an easy ____8____ because the game had to be played indoors，and the court (场地) was not very large.

Naismith thought ____9____ a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast，exciting (令人兴奋的) game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played ____10____ two teams. To make a score (得分)，the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet (英尺) high ____11____ the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was a basket. ____12____，Naismith planned (计划) to throw the ball into a box. But he could not find boxes of the right size， he had to use ____13____ basket ____14____. That is ____15____ the game got its name.

1. a. younger　　　 b. young　　　　　 c. old　　　　　 d. older

2. a. 100-year old　 　　　　　　 b. 100-years old

　 c. 100 years old 　　　　　　　　 d. 100 year old

3. a. at　　　　　 b. with　　　　　　 c. in　　　　　　　 d. to

4. a. boy student　 b. boys students

　 c. boys student　　 d. boy students

5. a. must　　　　 b. had to　　　　　 c. wanted to　　　 d. could

6. a. At first　　 b. At most　　　　　 c. At least　　　　 d. At last

7. a. is　　　　　 b. was　　　　　　　 c. are　　　　　　 d. were

8. a. job　　　　　 b. work　　　　　　 c. piece of job　　 d. works

9. a. at　　　　　 b. with　　　　　　 c. for　　　　　　 d. at

10.a. in　　　　　 b. among　　　　　　 c. between　　　　 d. at

11.a. below　　 　　 　b. on　　　　　　　 c. above　　　　　 d. under

12.a. At first　 　b. At most　　　　 　c. At least　　　　 d. At last

13.a. fruits　　　 b. fruit　　　 　　　　 　c. some fruit　　 　d. some fruits

14.a. instead　　 b. instead of　　 　　c. instead them　　 d. of them

15.a. what　　　　 b. when　　　　 　　　c. how　　　　　　 d. where

20.　　 Ted is more clever than ________ student in his class.

a. all the other　　 b. the other　　 　　　　 c. the all　　　 　　　　 d. any other

19.　　 When he walked ________ me，she said "Hello" to me.

a. pass　　　 　　　　 b. past　　　 　　　 c. pasted　　 　　　 d. passed

18.　　 In the word "take"，"a" makes ________ / ei / sound.

a. /　　　　 　　　　 b. a　　　　 　　　　　　 c. an　　　　 　　　 d. the

17.　　 Does Tom do his homework as ________ as your brother? No，he is ________ Jim.

a. careful，less careful than　　 　　 b. carefully，less carefully than

c. careful，less carefully than　　 　 d. carefully，less careful than

16.　　 Can you see the boy at ________ end of the street.

a. another　　 　　　 b. the other　　 　 c. other　　 　　　 d. others

15.　　 Let's stop the traffic，________ there will be an accident.

a. and　　　 　　　　　 b. but　　　 　　　　　　 c. or　　　 　　　　　　 d. so

14.　　 In the word "knock"，please don't ________ the letter "k"

a. tell　　　 　　　　 b. say　　 　　　　 c. talk　　　 　　　 d. speak

13.　　 I fell off the bike ________ I saw the terrible accident.

a. then　　　 　　　　 b. while　　　 　　 c. when　　　 　　　 d. where

12.　　 When I got there last night，Jim was playing ________ ball.

a. /　　　 　　　　　　 b. with 　　　　　　 c. with a　　 　　　 d. the