VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891. Naismith wanted to make a game that could be played indoors. He remembered a game he used to play in his childhood. He developed that game to make basketball.
Basketball is played on a basketball court. There is a backboard with an iron basket at each end of the court. The basket is 10 feet high. The only other equipment is a basketball.
Naismith made 13 rules to guide the game. There are 5 people on each team. Basketball players must dribble the ball. The goal of this game is to put the ball into the other team’s basket and to earn points. The team with the most points wins the game.
Basketball is now very popular all over the world.Americahas very good teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The purpose James Naismith invented basketball was ______
A.to remember his childhood.                                  
B.to make a game that could be played indoors.
C.to develop it into a popular game throughout the world. 
D.to make 13 rules to guide the game.

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