A. taught B. violent C. vigorous D. tackling E. contact F. meeting G. fixed H. on I. held J. to come K. spread L. many M. throughout N. roused O. mended Unlike most sports, which evolved over time from street games, basketball was designed by one man to suit a particular purpose. The man was Dr. James Naismith, and his purpose was to invent a 1)______________game that could be played indoors in the winter. In 1891, Naismith was an instructor at a training school, which trained physical education instructors for the YMCAs. That year the school was trying 2)______________up with a physical activity that the men could enjoy between the football and baseball seasons. None of the standard indoor activities 3) ________their interest for long. Naismith was asked to solve the problem by the school. He first tried to adapt some of the popular outdoor sports, but they were all too rough. The men were getting bruised from 4)____________each other and being hit with equipment. So, he decided to invent a game that would incorporate the most common elements of outdoor team sports without having the real physical 5)_________. Most popular sports used a ball, so he chose a soccer ball because it was soft and large enough that it required no equipment, such as a bat or a racket to hit it. Next he decided 6)___________an elevated goal, so that scoring would depend on skill and accuracy rather than on strength only. His goals were two peach baskets, 7)___________to ten-foot-high balconies at each end of the gym. The basic idea of the game was to throw the ball into the basket. Naismith wrote rules for the game, 8)_____________of which, though with some small changes, are still in effect. Basketball was a(n) immediate success. The students 9)________it to their friends, and the new sport quickly caught on. Today, basketball is one of the most popular games 10)___________the world.