______ bad weather it is!

A. What a B. How C. What　　D. What an

 ______bad weather it is!

     A. How     B. What     C. What a      D. What an

________ bad weather it is!

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fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. In order to make a score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he couldn’t find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets in-stead. That is how the game got its name—basketball.

1. The passage tells us　　　　 .　　　　　　　　

A. what basketball was

B. how basketball was invented

C. why people like basketball

D. how to play basketball

2. Basketball is　　　　 .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

A. not yet an old game

B. a game with a long history

C. already over a century old

D. a game invented by Japanese

3. The word “indoors” means　　　　 .　　　　　　　　　　  

A. in the door

B. inside the room

C. in many doors

D. in the open air

4. Basketball was invented　　　　 .　　　　　　　　　　 

A. in the winter of 1891

B. in September of 1891

C. in the spring of 1891

D. in the winter of 1991

5. The game got its name from_______.　　　　　　　　　　　　   

A. the ball itself

B. the basket itself

C. both the basket and the ball

D. its inventor

　　An old woman opens her window and looks out. What a beautiful day! But there is a man in front of the garden. The woman looks at him and says,“He's eating grass. Why?”She goes out and says to him,“Are you hungry?”The man says,“Yes, I am. I'm a poor man. I have nothing to eat. I'm very hungry now.”

　　The old woman says to him,“Come to the back door of my house.”The man is happy and goes with her, The woman opens the back door and says to the poor man,“Look, the grass is longer here in the garden behind the house.”

A．She wants to give some food to him.

B．She wants to help him.

C．She wants him to eat the grass in her garden.

D．She wants to know him.