Cartwright’s changes made the game faster­paced and more challenging from older games like cricket.In 1846，the Knickerbockers：played the first official game of baseball against a team of cricket players，beginning a new，uniquely American tradition.

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文，属于社会类短文阅读。现代棒球运动的起源说法不一。据有关专家考证：棒球运动起源于英国的板球(Cricket)和圆场球(Rounder)，美国人亚历山大·乔伊·卡特赖德(Alexander Joy Cartwright)为统一名称和打法，制定了有史以来第一套棒球竞赛规则。

　　1．What can we know according to the first paragraph?

　　A．Baseball was really invented by Abner Doubleday.

　　B．Abner Doubleday fought against slaves in the Civil War.

　　C．Doubleday stayed at West Point for some reason.

　　D．Doubleday said he had much to do with baseball.

　　解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Doubleday was still at West Point in 1839，and he never claimed to have anything to do with baseball.”可知，在1839年Doubleday在西点。故选C。

　　2．Why did the Doubleday origin story come up?

　　高中学习网 www.gkxx.comA．Because a special commission was founded.

　　B．Because Doubleday provided false evidence.

　　C．Because Abner Craves told a Doubleday story.

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