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 (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 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. 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

阅读下列材料,然后根据材料回答所提问题。

We need to be responsible for our environment. Being a frugal consumer(节俭的消费者) is one way to help. But, what exactly does that mean?

Use It Up

You can use things up instead of wasting them. Squeeze that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. Use the last little piece of soap. Don't throw away any bits of the biscuit at the bottom of the box.

Wear It Out

You do not always need to have new things. Suppose your sneakers have broken laces, but they still fit you. Repair them and wear them longer. You don't have the latest iPhone until the old one doesn't work anymore. Then you can get a new one. Think twice before replacing something that still works.

Make It Do

When something you want is not on hand, look for something else that you already have to take its place. Suppose you are packing your lunch for tomorrow and want a butter sandwich. You are out of butter. Have a cheese sandwich instead so that you can use all of the cheese. Learn to fix broken toys instead of just throwing them away. With a little thought, you can make something do, instead of buying something new.

Do Without

Think about all those things that you would like to have. Do you really need them? How long will you really play with that new toy you saw on TV? Making the things that we want uses up your world's resources(资源). And, getting rid of the things we don't want any more takes up even more resources and space.

1. Do we need to be responsible for our environment?

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2.How do we deal with the last little piece of soap?

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3.When do we need to get a new iPhone?

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4.What should we do when something we want is not on hand?

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5.What does the writer want to tell us?

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阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know how to deal with them.Many old computers are put away.Many more are simply thrown away as rubbish.

Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers.Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products(产品).Dell, Hewlett Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers of their own brands.

In some countries, laws have been passed, too.Computer companies have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products.And 70% of the computer waste must be recycled.The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost.That will encourage them to make computers which are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade(升级).

Yet many people are throwing away good computers, while others cannot afford them at all.Hundreds of organizations are working on this problem.They collect and repair old computers.Some also teach others how to repair computers.These repaired computers then go to schools, charities(慈善团体) or people who need them.Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish into someone else’s useful things and cut down waste, too.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1.What do many people do with old computers?

A.They repair them.

B.They sell them.

C.They send them to others.

D.They stop using them.

2.How many computer companies are mentioned in the second paragraph?

A.One. B.Two.

C.Three. D.Four.

3.According to the laws in some countries, computer companies must _____.

A.recycle most of their products

B.collect all their used products

C.repair and upgrade old computers

D.make more cheaper computers

4.What do the organizations do to solve the problem of old computers?

A.Help the computer companies to collect them.

B.Repair and send them to those who need them.

C.Help people to learn to use them.

D.Turn rubbish into useful things.

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Repairing old computers.

B.Encouraging to make cheap computers.

C.Recycling old computers.

D.Helping those who need computers.

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