阅读理解

阅读下面短文，并根据内容选择正确的答案．

　　Dear Kate,

　　How are you? I'm writing to you at my school. It is a middle school. I am in a big class. There are about sixty teachers. My English teacher is Miss Gao. She is a good teacher.

　　We go to school from Monday to Saturday. There are four classes in the morning and three in the afternoon. We play games at four on Saturday after class.

　　I have some friends at school. One is from America She speaks English and a little Chinese. I like to play with them We often play basketball. It is my favorite game.

　　Please write soon!

Love from Lin Tao

1．－Where does Lin Tao write this letter? －He writes to her ________.

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2．Lin Tao's English teacher is ________.

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3．There are ________ classes all day.

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4．________ of Lin Tao's friends is from America.

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5．________ is Lin Tao's favourite sport.

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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。

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(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

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