Naismith studied current games. He found that all the most popular games used a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided.But kicking the ball or hitting it would be too rough for indoors . So he put two peach baskets up on poles. The players had to try to throw a soccer ball into them, Naismith then made thirteen rules for the game. Twelve of them are still in use today.Just seven years after the game began, professional basketball teams were formed.

　　And that's how basketball was born.

　　31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　A.The Birth of Basketball.

　　B.YMCA and Basketball.

　　C.Basketball – an Indoor Game.

　　D.A Winter Sports Program.

　　答案：A

　　[解析]本題是主旨題，這篇文章主要講述了籃球的由來，根據(jù)這篇文章的最后一句And that's how basketball was born.這就是籃球怎樣產(chǎn)生的。因此可以判斷出答案是A。

　　32.The YMCA training school officials asked Naismith to invent a new game because ______.

　　A. people didn't have enough outdoor exercise in the winter

　　B. basketball would become popular among the young students

　　C. they hoped that would attract more people to their school

　　D. kicking the ball or hitting it would be too rough for indoors

　　答案：C

　　[解析]本題是細節(jié)題，根據(jù)文章第二段，基督教青年會培訓學校擔心在冬天來上課的人少，因為學校在冬天沒有一個很好的運動項目，所以他們讓Naismith幫忙，想出來一個新的室內(nèi)運動——籃球。