During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.
Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.
One day the school principal（校长） told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.
It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The "birth of basketball" is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special "basketballs" through nets.
Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin.
【题文1】Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?
A. Teach P.E in school. B. Write some books.
C. Work at hospital. D. Take part in the Olympic Games.
【题文2】In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?
A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Spring. D. Autumn.
【题文3】Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?
A. Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball on December 21.
B. Dr Naismith was born on December 21.
C. Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game on December 21.
D. The first game of basketball was played on December 21.
【题文4】 At the time of Dr Naismith's death, which of the following was true?
A. Basketball was already a worldwide game.
B. Basketball was played with 9 players on each side.
C. Basketball was an Olympic sport.
D. Basketball was still played using footballs.
【题文5】What would be the best title for this story?
A. Basketball B. How Basketball Has Changed
C. Father of Basketball D. Happy Birthday, Basketball
“How can I learn English well?” “This is a many students may ask. In my opinion, the most effective(有效的) is to learn lessons by heart. If you can recite the text and write it out, you will learn it pretty well. And if you can tell your own words about the lesson says, you are a very successful learner indeed. Your English will be quite perfect. This is a difficult task. However, you try to learn by heart only part of each lesson, you’ll find it not so hard as you might have thought.
【题文1】A. question B. puzzle C. problem D. challenge
【题文2】A. time B. place C. road D. way
【题文3】A. by B. with C. of D. in
【题文4】A. which B. how C. what D. when
【题文5】A. if B. before C. unless D. until
Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees（雇员） to be to the buyers and he gets a lot of . One day an old woman went to the shop to a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and saw it. She put it into her pocket . Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she failed. That evening Mr. Young about it. He was very and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her . Several young men came, but of them could satisfy him.
This morning a young man came to his . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.
"Do you ?" "No, sir."
Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him 35 question, "You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”
1.A. strict B. friendly C. strange D. terrible
2.A. knowledge B. surprise C. money D. hope
3.A. buy B. borrow C. look for D. lend
4.A. threw B. put C. placed D. left
5.A. found B. knew C. understood D. wanted
6.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
7.A. quick B. quickly C. polite D. politely
8.A. did tell B. tells C. told D. was told
9.A. sad B. angry C. happy D. worried
10.A. place B. seat C. table D. chair
11.A. both B. all C. neither D. none
12.A. house B. car C. office D. factory
13.A. dress B. drink C. eat D. sleep
14.A. answer B. clothes C. knowledge D. face
15.A. first B. last C. the first D. the last
--- Have you found the poor dog yet?
---Yes. But he was_________when we found him. The bad weather killed him.
A. dying B. died C. dead D.die
—Look at the sign on the right.
—Oh, parking ______ here.
A. doesn’t allow B. isn’t allowed
C. didn’t allowed D. wasn’t allowed
_________ a new building _________ in our school last year?
A. Is; built B. Does; build
C. Was; built D. Did; build
