Read the article about basketball. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space. For questions 1–8, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet. The first one is done for
you.
Example:
0 A on B in C to
Basketball
Today, Americans watch more basketball (0) television than any
other sport. But it is popular in (1) countries too. People often
(2) it ‘the international game’ because it is played in almost
(3) country of the world. But basketball is not an old sport like football,
which people have played for centuries. People have only played basketball
(4) 1891.
The idea for basketball came from James Naismith, a Canadian teacher, who
wanted his students to learn (5) new kind of sport. Instead
(6) the players kicking the ball (7) they do in soccer, in
Naismith’s new game, players threw or bounced the ball. Then, they had to get
(8) into a big bag or ‘basket’. The name that Naismith chose for this new sport was ‘basketball’.

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