Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people. It began in 1891.
Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training    21    . It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were     22    about the low attendance during the     23    months. They felt that people didn’t attend then because the school did not have a good sports    24   in the winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for help. He came up with a new indoor game.
Naismith studied games being played at that    25    . he found that the most    26    game was a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But kicking the ball or hitting it would be too rough for indoors. So he put two     27    up on the poles. The players have to try to     28    a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen    29    for the game. Twelve of them are still in use today. Just seven years after the game began professional basketball teams were    30    . and that’s how basketball was born.
21. A. school          B. game          C. team          D. club
22. A. interested       B. worried        C. eager          D. dangerous
23. A. summer        B. spring          C. autumn        D. winter
24. A. suit            B. team           C. progress       D. program
25. A. game          B. school          C. time          D. place
26. A. popular         B. practical        C. excellent      D. skilled
27. A. bags           B. baskets         C. flags          D. sings
28. A. push           B. throw          C. send          D. kick
29. A. persons         B. poles           C. rules        D. balls
30. A. formed          B. called         C. dismissed      D. stationed