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 68­66 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 1995－96 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.

　　语篇解读：本文主要介绍了加拿大篮球的发展历史。

　　5．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。

　　6．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。

　　7.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　推理判断题。根据第四段"Over 25 years, the Grad's played 522 games at