Writing Test Task 1 Read the text. Choose the right answer (A, B or C). From the History of Basketball

Basketball as a game appeared at the end of the nineteenth centu- ry. It (1) by James Naismith, a college coach during the winter of 1891-1892. He wanted (2)_ his students between the end of the foot- ball season and the beginning of the baseball season. He (3) fruit baskets on the walls at the opposite ends of the gymnasium and organ- ized (4) teams who played with a ball used for football. Each team tried to throw the ball into the other (5)___ basket and at the same time (6) to keep that team from throwing the ball into their basket. The students had a lot of exercise, they moved a lot about the gymnasium, jumped and ran. They liked the game and called (7) basketball. Nowadays the game itself is the same but there are (8)___ changes in it. For example, now there (9) five players in a team. This game is very popular in Europe, where it (10) during World War I. It is in- teresting that at first basketball was an indoor game, and in America it (11) still indoors. But almost in all (12)_ countries it is an out- door game.