Question

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 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.

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.

2.In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A. Summer. B. Winter.

C. Spring. D. Autumn.

3.Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

A. It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball.

B. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born.

C. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game.

D. It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played.

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.

5.What would be the best title for this story?

A. History of Basketball B. How Basketball Has Changed

C. Father of Basketball D. Happy Birthday, Basketball

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了“篮球之父”詹姆斯·奈史密斯发明篮球的故事。他在1861年出生在加拿大。他当过医生，教过体育，写过几本书。在1891年12月21日，他想出了在室内玩篮球的方法，正是在这一天开始了第一次篮球比赛。但是在他去世三年后，篮球比赛才被列入奥运会的比赛项目。

1.细节理解题。根据 During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books.可知詹姆斯·奈史密斯当过医生，教过体育，写过几本书，没有参加过奥运会，故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据The "birth of basketball" is said to be on December 21, 1891,可知他是在1891年12月21日发明的篮球，因此推断是冬季，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据The "birth of basketball" is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game.可知在1891年12月21日这一天进行了第一天篮球比赛，故12月21日这一天是“篮球诞生日”，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据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.可知奈史密斯去世时，篮球还没有成为奥运会的一个体育项目，故选C。

5.标题归纳题。根据He was the inventor of basketball可知本文围绕着篮球的发明者詹姆斯·奈史密斯展开的，故标题是篮球之父，故选C。

考点：人物传记类短文阅读。