英语：Module1《Basketball》测试（外研版选修7）.doc

第  PAGE 6 页 共  NUMPAGES 6 页 Module 1 Basketball 班级： 姓名：  = 1 \* ROMAN \* MERGEFORMAT I．阅读理解 On any given day, all around the world, people are playing basketball. Today, basketball is regarded as one of the all-time most popular sports worldwide. Basketball matches are played out between players of all age groups from little five and six year olds to adults of all ages and levels. Sports networks around the world, on any given day, will report on professional basketball tournaments around the world and broadcast local and international games. Basketball continues to grow in popularity(普及), because it is a relatively cheap game to get into, can be played indoors and outdoors, in summer and winter, by girls or boys, men and women, anywhere in the world. Americans have been playing basketball professionally since 1896, but today, there are up to 300 million people playing basketball all around the entire globe. In fact, these days, American basketball teams even get foreign players into their teams. According to W, basketball didn’t evolve from any old game, but was invented by a man called Dr. James Naismith, in 1891, so that his college students could keep fit in the winter. In fact, that’s how college basketball began! The game was played with a soccer ball at the beginning. Then a brown ball was designed. The orange-like ball that we know today was designed in the late 1950s. From American college basketball to profes－sional league, basketball first evolved into an in－ternational sport in 1932 and became an Olympic sport in 1936. Since then, its popularity worldwide has grown rapidly. ( )1. Basketball became popular because ______. A. it is the best way to keep fit B. it is easy to get into C. it is the Olympic sport D. it is a new sport ( )2. Dr. James Naismith invented basketball ______. A. to earn money B. to keep healthy C. to become famous D. to save money ( )3. From this pas