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The roots of basketball are deep in Canada. In 1891 the game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian who was from Almonte, Ontario.
Having been given the task of creating a new indoor sports activity while conducting a physical education class at the international YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, Naismith designed what we now call basketball. The original game involved 13 rules and a peach basket hung ten feet above the floor. Even though it took place in the United States, at least ten of the players who located in the first game were university students from Quebec.
Basketball played by school and local amateur teams has been part of the Canadian sports scene since the turn of the century. Hoops teams representing Canada have joined in Olympic Games since 1936 and in the World Championships since 1954.
One of the most storied amateur teams in Canadian basketball history is the Edmonton Commercial Graduates (Grad's), a group of Canadian women who dominated (占优势) the sport in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Over 25 years, the Grad's played 522 games at home and abroad, against both women's and men's teams. The Grad's accomplished a recordbreaking winning streak (连胜场数) of 147 games and throughout their basketball tenure (任期) won remarkable (卓越的) 502 times.
The National Basketball Association also has origins in Canada. The NBA's first game was played in Toronto nearly seventy years ago, on November 1, 1946 when the New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 68－66 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The teams were part of the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner to the NBA.
The Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies joined the NBA beginning in the 199596 season, becoming the first nonU.S. cities to join the league since the Toronto Huskies were oneyear members of the BAA. In summer 2001, the Grizzlies relocated from Vancouver to Memphis, Tennessee.
1．Basketball as a physical activity is created because ________.
A．Canada desired to be a forerunner in sports
B．a new indoor activity was needed in Massachusetts
C．students from Quebec needed physical exercises
D．James Naismith is a teacher of physical education
解析：选B 细节理解题。从第二段的首句“Having been given the task of creating a new indoor sports activity”可以得知答案是B项。
2．Which basketball groups played an important role in the Canadian sports since the turn of the century?
A．Local basketball fans.
B．Professional school teams.
C．School and local amateur teams.
D．Local basketball associations.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，学校和当地业余篮球队成为很重要的一部分，故选C项。
3．What can be inferred about the Grad's according to Paragraph 4?
A．Grad's won 147 games.
B．Grad's had men and women players.
C．Grad's has a history of 30 years.
D．Grad's had very few losses.
解析：选D 细节理解题。第四段有“Over 25 years, the Grad's played 522 games at home and abroad”和“won remarkable (卓越的) 502 times”的介绍，由此可见，该队赢的场数占绝大多数，522场中仅输过20场。
4．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．BAA and NBA
B．The origin of NBA
C．NBA and Olympic Games
D．The history of basketball in Canada
解析：选D 标题归纳题。该篇介绍了加拿大篮球的发展历史，故选D项。
