in the History of Basketball
Basketball as a game
(1) by James Naisme
601-1892. He wanted
game appeared at the end of the nineteenth centu-
mes Naismith, a college coach during the winter of
wanted (2) his students between the end of the foot
the beginning of the baseball season. He (3) fruit
walls at the opposite ends of the gymnasium and organ
ims who played with a ball used for football. Each team
hall season and the be
haskets on the walls a
ined (4) teams
6) to keep that team
students had a lot.
jumped and ran. They
throw the ball into the other (5) basket
that team from throwing the ball into their basket. The
had a lot of exercise, they moved a lot about the gymnasium,
od ran. They liked the game and called (7) basketball.
wadays the game itself is the same but there are (8) changes
Cor example, now there (9)__five players in a team. This game is
pular in Europe, where it (10)_during World War I. It is in-
ting that at first basketball was an indoor game, and in America
1) still indoors. But almost in all (12) countries it is an out-
init. For example, now
very popular in Euro
door game.
1. A. introduce
2. A. to train
8: A. place
4. A. nine-man
5. A. team
6. A. tried
7. A. it
8. A. much
9. A. is
10. A. brought
11. A. plays
12. A. other
Task 2
B. was introduced
B. training
B. was placed
B. nine-men
B. teams
B. tryed
B. its
B. many
B. are
B. had brought
B. is played
B. another
C. introduced
C. train
C. placed
C. nine-mens
C. team's
C. tryd
C. itself
C. no
C. were
C. was brought
C. play
C. each​

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