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 c an 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 had to 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 .