Question

【題目】Street Ping Pong— Ping!

Do you like table tennis? If you had traveled 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 （項目） 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 practice 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. /span>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 practice 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 Olympics

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：Ping！是在英國進(jìn)行的一個三年的乒乓球訓(xùn)練項目。這個項目就是在某些城市放置一些免費的乒乓球臺子，讓那些愛好乒乓球的人在哪里免費訓(xùn)練。組織者的主要目的就是讓那些愛好者在一起娛樂或交流。

【1】C:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“It has been running since 2010 and this year, 2012, is the final year.”理解可知。這個項目是在2010年開始的，故選C。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“The idea is to put free table tennis tables in eight different towns in the UK for four weeks during the summer.”理解可知。這個項目的做法就是在夏天放置一些乒乓球臺子讓人們在那里免費練習(xí)打乒乓球。故選D。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“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."”理解可知。Ping！的主要目的就是讓人們在一起娛樂。故選C。