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Do you like basketball? It is one of the most 1._________ sports in the world. It is over a2.____________ old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy student. The weather was bad and the students had to stay 3.__________. As they could not do their usual outdoor sports they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.

Some of the teachers at the college asked a Canadian doctor 4.___________ James Naismith to invent a 5.____________ so that the students had something to play. First, in order to be 6.__________, he designed(设计) a hard wooden floor. In this way, 7._____________ into players and falling 8._____________ were also dangerous. Then he invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game. It was played between two teams. In order to score, the ball had to be 9.____________ into the basket on the wall. At each end of the court(球场) there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw balls into boxes. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets10._____________ . That is why the game got its name.