More than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular in Britain.The game was then played across the dining room table, or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. The balls were made of cork or rubber.The bats were made of wood.
A few years later a hollow ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it “ping-pong”. “Ping”was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball. and “pong” was the sound of the ball when it hit the table.
Who invented the game of ping-pong?
A  A Chinese  B An Englishman  C An American  D We don’t know
The game was first known as_________.
A ping-pong tennis   B  table tennis
C outdoor tennis     D indoor tennis
What did the British think of the game?
A Moving  B Interesting  C Terrible  D Well
In the early days the ball was ______________.
A hollow       B covered with rubber
C made of cork and rubber  D made of plastics
The name of ping-pong has something to do with_______.
A sound  B size  C history  D  place