During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doc-tor, taught P.E. and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.    
    Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the .students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.      
    It was on the very last day that James came up with  his idea. The" birth of basketball "is said to be on Decem- ber 21,1891,when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and foot- balls were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed t0 5 players on each side, using special  " basketballs" through nets.     
   Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936,just three years before his death, basketball became an Olym- pic sport. at the games in Berlin.  

1. Dr Naismith is ________ ________as the inventor of bas-ketball.
2. December 21,1891 was said co be the ________of bas-ketball.  
3. Today basketball has become the________ game.  
4. Dr Naismith died at the age of ________ .
5. Basketball became an________ sport at the games inBerlin in 1936.

     Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble.  I'm not a bad person; I have a hard time
 learning when to keep my mouth closed.
     My mom has told me again and again, " Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me.  If you continue
 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble. "
     It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something l didn't want to hear.
I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself.
     One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me. It 
was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual.
      I said ever so nicely, "Nathaniel, would you be quiet?"
     Wathaniel continued talking to himself.  I quickly shouted " Nathaniel,  shut up ! "
      For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words hack and forth at each other.
       "At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!"  I shouted.
      I knew this would upset him deep inside. Jt would hurt his feelings and shut him up.
     What I said filled him with anger.  He tried co reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted,  "That's it! 
That's it ! "
     Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat. Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before.
      Later on, we were taken to the principal's ofrice.
     There, Mr. Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found chat 
when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal.  But when I hurt them with my words, 
sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.
     At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel. When I headed back to my room, I spent some
time praying.  I began to think about how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as l keep praying 
and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my mouth closed.

1. What's the writer's name?     

A. Nathaniel.       
B. Robert           
C. Black.           
D. Creen.

2. One day in English class, Nathaniel ________ when the ocher classmates worked on their homework.    

A. read the text                                 
B. listened to the others
C. talked to himself                    
D. kept silent

3. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word heal?

A. 愈合
B. 痛苦
C. 和好
D. 伤害

4. In the text the writer tried to tell us that ________.     

A. when you hurt someone, the pain never goes away
B. we should try to help each other at school
C. t is one's duty to stand up for himself
D. words cause more pain than wounds