Question

    _________ is a much-loved and active sport, and more than 100 million people play in over 200 countries. In China, sometimes you can see people playing basketball in parks, _________ and even in factories.

Basketball was _________ by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. When _________ was at college, his teacher asked the class to think of a game that can be played in the winter. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played inside on a hard floor. Dr. Naismith divided the men in his class _________ two teams and taught them to play his new game. The purpose of the game _________ for players to get a ball into the “basket”. _________ on the same team must work together to help each other get the ball in the other team’s basket. At the same time, they need to stop the competing team from _________ the ball into their own basket.

It is believed that on December 21, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it _______ an event at the Olympics. Today, the popularity of basketball has risen around the world, with many young people dreaming of becoming famous players. Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play, it has also become __________ more popular sport to watch.

1.A.Football B.Basketball C.Volleyball D.Table tennis

2.A.schools B.school C.farm D.zoo

3.A.invent B.invents C.inventing D.invented

4.A.He B.he C.she D.Jack

5.A.for B.at C.into D.by

6.A.is B.am C.are D.be

7.A.Boys B.Girls C.Player D.Players

8.A.geting B.getting C.gets D.get

9.A.become B.has become C.became D.becoming

10.A.the B.an C.a D./

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了篮球的发展史及其它受欢迎的原因。

1.句意：篮球是一项深受喜爱的运动，在200多个国家有1亿多人参加。

Football足球；Basketball篮球；Volleyball排球；Table tennis乒乓球；根据下文“In China, sometimes you can see people playing basketball in parks, ____2____ and even in factories.”可知这里是说篮球。根据题意。故选B。

2.句意：在中国，有时你可以看到人们在公园、学校甚至工厂里打篮球。

schools学校；复数；school学校，单数； farm农场；zoo动物园。根据上文“see people playing basketball in parks及 and even in factories.”可知，这里是说在学校打篮球。根据题意，故选A。

3.句意：篮球是由一位名叫詹姆斯·奈史密斯的加拿大医生发明的，他出生于1861年。

invent发明；原形；invents发明，第三人称单数；inventing发明，现在分词；invented发明，过去式。根据下文“When ____4____ was at college, his teacher asked the class to think of a game that can be played in the winter.”可知，这里是说被一位名叫詹姆斯·奈史密斯的发明的。这里是一般过去时态的被动语态，其结构是was done的形式。根据题意，故选D。

4.句意：他上大学的时候，老师让全班同学想一个可以在冬天玩的游戏。

He他；大写；he他，小写； she她；Jack杰克。根据下文“his teacher asked the class to think of a game that can be played in the winter.”可知，这里是说James Naismith，可知这里用he来回答，不是句首，不用大写，选项B正确。根据题意，故选B。

5.句意：奈史密斯博士把班上的人分成两组，教他们玩他的新游戏。

for为了； at在……； into在……里面； by通过……。根据下文“two teams and taught them to play his new game.”可知，这里是divide… into…把……分成……；根据题意，故选C。

6.句意：这个游戏的目的是让玩家把球放进“篮子”。

is是，主要是单数； am是，主要是I；are是，主要是复数； be是，原形。这里是缺少谓语动词，主语是“The purpose of the game”可知，be东西用is。根据题意，故选A。

7.句意：同一队的球员必须齐心协力，帮助对方把球打进对方的篮筐。

Boys男孩们；Girls女孩们；Player运动员，单数；Players运动员，复数。根据“on the same team must work together to help each other get the ball in the other team’s basket.”可知，这里是说同一队的队员们。根据题意，故选D。

8.句意：同时，他们需要阻止参赛队把球打进自己的篮筐。

getting语法错误；getting得到，现在分词；gets得到，第三人称单数； get得到，原形。短语stop sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事。这里用get的分词getting。根据题意，故选B。

9.句意：1936年在柏林，它成为奥运会的一个项目。

become变成，原形；has become已经变成，现在分词；became变成，过去式； becoming变成，现在分词。根据“Then in 1936 in Berlin”可知是一般过去时态，这里是是变成一个奥运项目，这里用became。根据题意，故选C。

10.句意：篮球不仅成为一项受欢迎的运动，而且也成为一项更受欢迎观看的运动。

the定冠词； an不定冠词；用在首字母是元音音素开头； a不定冠词；用在首字母是辅音音素开头。D/。根据上文“Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play”可知，下文是成为一项更受欢迎的观看项目。这里表示泛指用不定冠词，more首字母是辅音音素，用不定冠词a。根据题意，故选C。