Ⅰ. Read and complete the tasks.
A. Complete the cloze test.
It was cold outside. Mark and his sister Maddie felt 1. "There's nothing to do in the house!" said Maddie.
Mum thought for a moment. "Do you know Dr James Naismith? He 2 a new game to play inside the room. He called it basketball."
"We can also make a new game 3 that!" Mark was excited.
"We can play basketball, 4 we don't have a basket," said Maddie.
"Dr Naismith used a peach basket. We have some of them." Mum found a basket and put 5 high up on a board.
"And we need a 6," said Mark. Maddie tried a baseball. Mum tried a tennis ball. But 7 of them seemed right. Finally, they chose a volleyball.
They couldn't wait to try out their new game, but they found it was hard to throw the ball into the basket. They didn't 8 and soon they got better and the ball went in the basket often. "You two learn fast. Maybe after the winter, you can be a sports 9 of a team." Mum watched as they played.
Mark and Maddie had fun with their new game. To them, nothing could 10 to basketball now and they were thinking about playing a real basketball on a team in the coming spring.
()1. A. worried
B. surprised
C. bored
D. scared
()2. A. recorded
B. created
C. explained
D. taught
()3. A. for
B. without
C. against
D. like
()4. A. but
B. because
C. so
D. and
()5. A. it
B. her
C. him
D. them
()6. A. board
B. game
C. ball
D. team
()7. A. either
B. neither
C. both
D. none
()8. A. give up
B. go on
C. walk about
D. come in
()9. A. coach
B. fan
C. player
D. reporter
()10. A. touch
B. connect
C. influence
D. compare
B. Answer the questions.
Do you like Mark and Maddie's ball game? Why or why not?

A.1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D
B.One possible version:Yes,I do.Because people can play it inside the room and it is interesting.

【解析】
A. 完形填空解析：
1. 根据后文“There's nothing to do in the house!”可知Mark和Maddie感到无聊，故选C。
2. 詹姆斯·奈史密斯博士创造了篮球这项室内运动，created表示“创造”，故选B。
3. 根据语境，Mark想仿照篮球创造新游戏，like表示“像，仿照”，故选D。
4. 前文提议打篮球，后文说没有篮子，是转折关系，but表转折，故选A。
5. 指代前文的a basket，用人称代词it，故选A。
6. 根据后文提到的baseball、tennis ball等，可知他们需要的是球，故选C。
7. 棒球和网球都不合适，neither表示“两者都不”，故选B。
8. 前文提到投球进篮很难，后文说很快进步，说明他们没有放弃，give up表示“放弃”，故选A。
9. 妈妈说他们学得快，未来可以成为球队的运动员，player表示“运动员”，故选C。
10. compare to表示“与……相比”，此处指没有什么能和篮球相比，故选D。
B. 这是开放性问题，需先表明态度，再说明理由。如表明喜欢可从室内玩耍、有趣等角度阐述；若不喜欢，可从投球难度大等合理角度说明。
【答案】
A.1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D
B.One possible version:Yes,I do.Because people can play it inside the room and it is interesting.
【知识点】
语境理解，词义辨析，开放性话题作答
【点评】
该题围绕篮球起源展开，贴近生活实际，既考查学生对语境的把握和词汇辨析能力，又通过开放性问题锻炼学生的英语表达能力。
【难度系数】
0.6