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other of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who e to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese, they are very delicious and tasty. 30. Why are there so many international restaurants in the United States? 31. Why do Americans like to go to international restaurants apart from enjoying the foods there? 32. How is a typical Italian family restaurant run in the United St ates? Passage Three One winter day in 1891, a class at a training school in Massachusetts, , went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of the young man felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher, James Nasmith had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of the American football. Nasmith showed the men a basket he had hung at the each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to sue a round European football, at first everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing. “Pass! Pass!” Nasmith kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited players. Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them. The problem with the new game, which was soon called “basketball”, was getting the ball out of the basket. They used ordinary food baskets with bottoms and the ball, of course, stayed inside. At first, someone had to climb up every time a basket was scored. It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through. There have been many changes in the rules since then, and basketball has bee one of the world’s most popular sports. 33. What did Nasmith do to entertain his students one winter day? 34. According the speaker, what was the problem with the new game? 35. How was the problem with the new game solved?