1、Miss. Green was teaching the class ______.

A.　 to her sound　　　 B. about sound　　　 C. about electricity　 D. about telephone

5、Indeed the mane of the new game _____what the ball should be thrown into in a match.

A.　 had nothing to do with　　　　　　　 B. had something not much to do with

C.　 had a few thing to do　　　　　　　 D. had something to do with

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Miss. Green taught physics(物理) in a London school. Last month she explaining to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how well she had been in her work. She said to them, “Now, I have a sister in Washington, if I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 metres away, and listened to me from the other side of the street, who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you? And why?”

The cleverest boy at once answered, “Your sister, Miss. Green, because electricity(电)travels faster then sound waves.”

“That’s very good,” Miss. Green answered. But then one of the girls put up her hand. Miss. Green said, “Yes, Betty?”

“I don’t think so,” Betty said. “Your sister would hear you earlier because when it’s eleven o’clock here, it’s six o’clock in Washington.”

4、Naismith had thought of using a box in the game, yet gave up the idea before long and fixed　　　

_____on the wall.

A.　 the wall　　 B. a kind of ball game　　 C. a fruit basket　　 D. the basketball team

3、_____today, basketball was invented as an indoor game at first.

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

2、In fact, it has just a history of a little _____.

A.　 less than two hundred years　　　　　　　　 B. more than a hundred years

C.　 less than a century　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. not any more than a century

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

4、Who are students?

A.　　　　 None(无人) of them.　 B. All of them.　 C. Mary and Betty.　 D. Peter Bill and Aun.

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Basketball is still a young game. It is not yet a hundred years old, in the winter of 1891, a certain college(学院) was having trouble with its boy students the weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors(在室内). Wince 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(发明) 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 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 to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit basket instead. This is how the game got its name.

3、Who runs fastest of the five?

A.　 Betty.　　　　　 B. Peter.　　　　　 C. Betty and Peter.　 D. All the five

2、Peter is _____years old.

A.　 twelve　　　　 B. thirteen　　　　 C. fifteen　　　　　 D. nine

1、There are _____years between Mary and Peter.

A.　 eight　　　　　 B. six　　　　　　 C. three　　　　　 D. two