Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time. Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court was not very large. Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown 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 boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name. How long is it since basketball was invented? A) 1000 years B) More than 100 years C) 1100 years D) Less than 100 years
B

The Year of the Rabbit will begin on February 3, 2011. We Chinese use 12 different animals to stand for the order of our birth year. What does it mean to be a "rabbit" ? The rabbit is a symbol for kind, elegance and a love of beauty. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are kind and quick-minded . Although they are sometimes shy, they have a strong mind and will run after their dreams all their lives. Rabbit people are talented and they like artistic activities, such as music and painting. They are so kind and well organized that they can be great teachers. There are some famous people who were born in the Year of the Rabbit. For example, actress US Angelina Jolie and England soccer star David Beckham. In China, famous director Zhang Yimou and kung fu star Jet Li are rabbits, too. According to the passage, rabbit people may be _ . A) wild B) quiet C) kind D) calm
C

Alice: Good afternoon, Helen! Helen: Good afternoon, Alice! How are you? Alice: I'm fine, thanks. How are you? Helen: I'm OK. Alice: Helen, what' s this in English? Helen: It's a cup. And it's my cup. Alice: Oh, it' s red. I like the color. Is that a pencil? Helen: No, it' s a pen and it' s brown. Alice: Is it your pen? Helen: No, it s Bill's. My pen is green. The _ is Bill's. A) pen B) cup C) ruler D) key
A