The first baskets were peach baskets that Naismith cleverly thought of hanging on the wall. From there, the legacy of basketball began. Originally, there was 9 men to each team, but the objective was still the same; to pass the ball to other players on your team and put the ball in the opposing team's net, or basket back then. From there, basketball caught on like wildfire.

　　During 1885 high schools and colleges began to adopt the game, and by 1898, the first Pro League was founded. After the first game played, Naismith drafted 13 rules and regulations, but many more were yet to come. The hoops we know today were invented in 1906.They were steel, with a net hanging from its rim.

　　Dr James Naismith is known world­wide as the inventor of basketball. The concept of basketball was born from Naismith's school days in the area where he played a simple child's game known as duck­on­a­rock outside his one­room schoolhouse. The game involved attempting to knock a "duck" off the top of a large rock by tossing another rock at it. Naismith went on to attend McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

　　1．The purpose of basketball first was probably ________.

　　A．building up the constitution of high students

　　B．a kind of subject designed at school

　　C．a new sport played inside from cold weather

　　D．enriching activities of students

　　2．The founder of basketball was a(n) ________， who was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada.

　　A．teacher　　　　　　　　B．headmaster

　　C．athlete D．player

　　3．When did the Middle School begin to adopt the basketball sport as a game?

　　A．In 1861. B．In 1885.

　　C．In 1889. D．In 1906.

　　4．The attitude toward the basketball of the author is ________.

　　A．critical B．ironical

　　C．admiring D．unconcerned

　　B

　　All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. That saying holds true not only for you and me, but also for some of the most powerful and influential people in the world, such as the presidents of the United States.

　　But how do American presidents spend their vacation time? Let's take a look!

　　Franklin D. Roosevelt, considered one of the greatest presidents in American history, had limited vacation options because of his polio (小儿麻痹症). He began visiting Warm Springs, Georgia in 1924 for its curative waters and later built a 2,000 acre polio treatment center nearby. He liked to cruise the Potomac on his yacht (游艇) and three times as president returned to his beloved Canadian island of Campobello, with which he fell in love as a kid.

　　Former President Bill Clinton, however, was never much good at vacationing. His staff had to practically force him to go on vacation his first year in office; his idea of relaxing was reading four good books simultaneously (同时) while enjoying a cigar (chewed, not smoked). He could also lose himself in a game of golf, where his somewhat flexible interpretation of the rules could at times drive his partners crazy.

　　Obama's predecessor (前任) also knows how to relax. Fishing is in the Bush family DNA: for blue sharks off the coast of Maine or anything with fins, almost anywhere else. George W. Bush also relaxed as president by jogging and clearing brush on his Texas ranch. Since leaving office, he has been an active mountain biker and, more recently, has taken up painting.

　　Obama tends to take a winter break in Hawaii, where he was born and raised, and a summer vacation in Martha's Vineyard, off the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In between, he plays basketball every couple of weeks and has been known to do some skeet shooting at Camp David. Obama's favorite pastime, no matter the location, has been easy to spot: golf.

　　5．What's the passage mainly about?

　　A．US presidents on holiday.

B．Relationship between work and play.