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."When did the Ping! project start?
| A．Last summer. | B．Last winter. |
| C．In 2010. | D．In 2012. |
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. |
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 |
SHANGHAI — With a dazzling light show set to begin at midnight, a huge crowd of people had gathered for an outdoor New Year’s Eve in this city’s riverfront district. n Shanghai, the Bund (外滩) is 最受欢迎的旅游景点之一。 “
我们当时就是想走上台阶看灯光秀，”and then people at the top began pushing their way down,” said a 20-year-old man. “Then I heard someone scream。”
By Thursday afternoon, at least 36 people had died in the accident and 47 were known to be injured. Most of the visitors were Chinese in their teens and 20s, who had hoped to ring in 2015 partying in the area, the Bund. In the Changzheng Hospital,
the mother of a 16-year-old girl dropped to her knees when told that her daughter died.
In China, New Year’s Eve celebrations are a new affair, far less significant than the lunar Chinese New Year celebrations , usually in late January or early February. And yet, every year,the crowds that gather in major Chinese cities on Dec. 31 seem to get bigger and bigger.
Air pollution comes from factories, power stations and cars. Chemicals in the smoke from power stations cause a lot of damage（损害；毁坏）. They can travel hundreds of miles in the wind before falling to the ground in the rain. And this “chemical rain” destroys trees in the forests and kills fish in the lakes. In Germany, over 50% of the country’s trees had been damaged by the year 1986.
Time and time again there are serious accidents that pollute the air. In 1986 there was a serious accident at a nuclear power station in Russia. A cloud flew across the whole Europe. It is said that 125,000 people died in Russia as a result of illness caused by this accident.
In 1984 there was a serious accident at a factory in India and a cloud of dangerous gas covered the town of Bhopal. Over 2,500 people were killed that night, and hundreds of thousands of people were injured (受伤的). Many of the injured lost their sight.Air pollution comes from _____.
①.factories ②.power stations ③.cars
A. ①②③ B. ①② C.③According to the passage, which sentence is TRUE?
A.“Chemical rain” is good for the trees.
B. Chemicals in the smoke from power stations are very safe.
C.“Chemical rain” is bad for our environment.In Germany, how many trees had been damaged by 1986?
A.A quarter. B.A half. C. Three quarters.What was the result of the accident that happened in Russia in 1986?
A. Over 125,000 people were killed.
B. Many people couldn’t walk.
C. Many people lost their sight.From the sentence “Many of the injured lost their sight.” we can know _____.
A. the gas covered the town of Bhopal at that time was dangerous
B. slowly the injured could see everything
C. many of the injured couldn’t hear anything
“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs.White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast.
“Oh, Tom. You’re still playing that computer game. You must stop now, because it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow. ” said Mrs. White.
“But I’ve nearly won the game. ” Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat down beside him.
“You’re always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine than on your homework. ”
Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. The more they lose, the more they want to win. The result is that they
don’t want to work or study.
In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction(瘾) is a serious problem . Something should have to be done to solve the problem.How did Mrs. White feel when she saw her son playing late?
A. She felt excited.
B. She felt happy.
C. She felt worried.Parents hope computers can _____.
A. help their children improve their study at school
B. help their children play well
C. help their children know a lot of Internet knowledgeMany children use computers to _____.
A. watch videos B. shopping C. make friendsThe writer thinks _____.
A. the boys can go to the net bars, but the girls can’t
B. the computer net bars are very useful
C. the children spend too much money on computer gamesWhy do some scientists hate computers?
A. They think computers make people lose their money.
B. They think computers cause them a lot of trouble.
C. They think it’s a waste of time to use computers.
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be famous. But she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking for her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes,“I still love you . . . , come back home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. “Is that my mother?” she moved closer and read the words“I still love you ...”She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up,“It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter held each other, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.”The mother answered softly,“The door has never been locked since you left.”
The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed.
根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。Why did the girl leave home?
__________________________________________________Why couldn’t the girl be famous?
__________________________________________________Has her mother given up looking for her?
__________________________________________________What was the mother doing when the girl came back home that morning?
__________________________________________________把文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
Daniel wakes up in the morning and collects his post.
There’s a letter for him with a picture of a sick horse. It’s from a charity(慈善机构), asking him to give money to help save the animals. The doorbell rings and there is an old woman outside . She is asking for money to help old people. When he turns on the TV, he hears sad music and sees a picture of a poor child who is dying of hunger in Africa. He knows those poor children need money. He is always ready to help those in trouble.
In May 2003, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he collected ＄300, 000 to help scientists with medical research.“We must do something to help our country at this difficult time.”he said.
People such as Daniel and Yao feel good about helping others with money.
根据短文内容, 判断正(T)误(F)。Daniel always collects letters in the evening.
Daniel often looks after a sick horse.
Yao Ming is kind and helpful.
Many people such as Daniel and Yao like helping others with money.
This passage is mainly about charity.
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