ACADEMIC LISTENING TEST PRACTICE
SPORTS - THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL

For Students Preparing for Academic Tests / IELTS and TOEFL

Playing Time: 2 minutes 7 seconds

Discuss these questions with a friend or classmate.

1. Do you like to watch basketball?
Why? / Why not?
2. Do you like to play basketball?
Why? / Why not?
3. Why do people play sports?
4. Do you think schools should teach students more sports? Why / Why not? 
5. Which do you think is a better name for the game: (A) the Naismith Game (B) basketball?
​Why?
​6. What new kind of sport can you invent?

James Naismith

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