Basketball is still a young game. It’s over a hundred years old. In the winter of l891, a certain college was having some trouble with (1. it) boy students. The weather (2. be) bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn’t play outdoors, they were (3. happy), and some even got in to fights from time to time. Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr Naismith to invent a game (4) can be played indoors . However , it was not easy (5. invent) such a game. Dr Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much (6. move) and passing of the ball. It was played (7) two teams. To make a score, the ball should (8. throw) into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first Dr Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find (9. box) of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That’s why (10) game got the name basketball.