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】

試題分析：本文講述了“籃球之父”詹姆斯·奈史密斯發(fā)明籃球的故事。他在1861年出生在加拿大。他當(dāng)過醫(yī)生，教過體育，寫過幾本書。在1891年12月21日，他想出了在室內(nèi)玩籃球的方法，正是在這一天開始了第一次籃球比賽。但是在他去世三年后，籃球比賽才被列入奧運(yùn)會的比賽項(xiàng)目。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books.可知詹姆斯·奈史密斯當(dāng)過醫(yī)生，教過體育，寫過幾本書，沒有參加過奧運(yùn)會，故選D。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)The "birth of basketball" is said to be on December 21, 1891,可知他是在1891年12月21日發(fā)明的籃球，因此推斷是冬季，故選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)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日這一天進(jìn)行了第一天籃球比賽，故12月21日這一天是“籃球誕生日”，故選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)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.可知奈史密斯去世時，籃球還沒有成為奧運(yùn)會的一個體育項(xiàng)目，故選C。

5.標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)He was the inventor of basketball可知本文圍繞著籃球的發(fā)明者詹姆斯·奈史密斯展開的，故標(biāo)題是籃球之父，故選C。

考點(diǎn)：人物傳記類短文閱讀。