Street Ping Pong— Ping!

Do you like table tennis? If you had travelled to cities in the UK like London or Birmingham last summer, you might have seen one of the dozens of free tables that were there as part of a project （项目） called Ping!.

What is Ping!?

Ping！is a three-year table tennis project. It has been running since 2010 and this year, 2012, is the final year. The idea is to put free table tennis tables in eight different towns in the UK for four weeks during the summer. Each table comes with its own bats and balls and is free to play. You can find the tables outdoors.

What does Ping! hope to achieve?

It would be great if Ping！helped find a new Olympic table tennis star but what Ping! really hopes. to achieve is just to get people playing and having fun together."Putting a ping pong table on the street gives people a chance to connect with other people," said Meera Sodha, Ping! Project Manager.

One of the towns that took part in the project was Hull, a city in England. Forty-five tables were put into the city. Jakob Adamski, an ESOL student learning. English, said, "I really enjoyed playing table tennis in the park. It was also a good way for me to practise my English and meet people."

1.When did the Ping! project start?

A. Last summer.                             B. Last winter.

C. In 2010.                                              D. In 2012.

2.What's the Ping!project?

A. Choosing table tennis stars.

B. Holding table tennis matches.

C. Teaching people how to .play table tennis.

D. Putting free table tennis tables in some towns.

3.The purpose of the Ping!project is

A. to help people practise English

B. to invite people to visit the UK cities

C. to get people to play and have fun together.

D. to encourage people to take part in the 2012 0lympics

Street Ping Pong— Ping!
Do you like table tennis? If you had travelled to cities in the UK like London or Birmingham last summer, you might have seen one of the dozens of free tables that were there as part of a project （项目） called Ping!.
What is Ping!?
Ping！is a three-year table tennis project. It has been running since 2010 and this year, 2012, is the final year. The idea is to put free table tennis tables in eight different towns in the UK for four weeks during the summer. Each table comes with its own bats and balls and is free to play. You can find the tables outdoors.
What does Ping! hope to achieve?
It would be great if Ping！helped find a new Olympic table tennis star but what Ping! really hopes. to achieve is just to get people playing and having fun together."Putting a ping pong table on the street gives people a chance to connect with other people," said Meera Sodha, Ping! Project Manager.
One of the towns that took part in the project was Hull, a city in England. Forty-five tables were put into the city. Jakob Adamski, an ESOL student learning. English, said, "I really enjoyed playing table tennis in the park. It was also a good way for me to practise my English and meet people."
【小题1】When did the Ping! project start?

Street Ping Pong— Ping!
Do you like table tennis? If you had travelled to cities in the UK like London or Birmingham last summer, you might have seen one of the dozens of free tables that were there as part of a project （项目） called Ping!.
What is Ping!?
Ping！is a three-year table tennis project. It has been running since 2010 and this year, 2012, is the final year. The idea is to put free table tennis tables in eight different towns in the UK for four weeks during the summer. Each table comes with its own bats and balls and is free to play. You can find the tables outdoors.
What does Ping! hope to achieve?
It would be great if Ping！helped find a new Olympic table tennis star but what Ping! really hopes. to achieve is just to get people playing and having fun together."Putting a ping pong table on the street gives people a chance to connect with other people," said Meera Sodha, Ping! Project Manager.
One of the towns that took part in the project was Hull, a city in England. Forty-five tables were put into the city. Jakob Adamski, an ESOL student learning. English, said, "I really enjoyed playing table tennis in the park. It was also a good way for me to practise my English and meet people."

1. 1.

   When did the Ping! project start?

   1. A.
      Last summer
   2. B.
      Last winter
   3. C.
      In 2010
   4. D.
      In 2012
2. 2.

   What's the Ping!project?

   1. A.
      Choosing table tennis stars
   2. B.
      Holding table tennis matches
   3. C.
      Teaching people how to .play table tennis
   4. D.
      Putting free table tennis tables in some towns
3. 3.

   The purpose of the Ping!project is______.

   1. A.
      to help people practise English
   2. B.
      to invite people to visit the UK cities
   3. C.
      to get people to play and have fun together
   4. D.
      to encourage people to take part in the 2012 0lympics

You may play ping—pong but perhaps you don’t know who invented it．The story is that it started when two students at Cambridge University began knocking a cork(软木塞) to each other across a table，using old boxes．In about the year l800，an American businessman of sports goods produced a game that he called“ indoor tennis”．The Americans showed no interest in it．He shipped it to London and it soon became popular in Britain．The game was then played across dining room tables，or on the floor with the net string(网子)between chairs．The players used a ball made of cork or rubber．

A few years later，a hollow(中空的)ball like the one we use today was invented． People all over the world loved it at once．(3)A man called Mr Wood in London had the idea of covering the bats with rubber．The London businessman who first sold the game in England called it “ ping--pong”--“ping” was the sound of the bat beating the ball．and“ pong’’ was the sound of the ball beating the table．

    (4)The game is played everywhere, but not everybody likes it．Some even think it is a silly game．

(一)根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．Who first played table tennis，knocking a cork across a table，using old boxes．          

2．What do “ping” and “pong’’ mean?                     

(二)将短文中划线的(3)(4)两个句子译成汉语。

3．                                     

4．                                    

(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

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