Captain Long
Table tennis is a worldwide popular sport, and it is also China’s national sport. There are many great table tennis players in China. In the table tennis world ranking (国际排名) in 2022Week#43 from ITTF (国际乒联),the second one is Chinese table tennis player Ma Long. He is the captain (队长) of China Table Tennis Men’s Team. Ma Long. is also called Chinese Beast, born in Anshan City, Liaoning Province on Octobor20,1988. In 2014, he served as the captain of the Chinese men’s table tennis team.
Ma Long began to study table tennis at the age of five. He went to Beijing to study table tennis in 2001 and joined the national team in 2003. He won (赢得) the men’s singles champion (冠军) of the World Youth Championship (世青赛) in 2004. Up to now Ma Long won 27 world championships. After Tokyo2020, Ma Long became the first player to win men’s single gold (男单金牌) in Olympic history for a second time.
1.Which sport is China’s national sport? (
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A.Basketball | B.Table Tennis | C.Football |
2.How old is Ma Long? (
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3.When did Ma Long begin to study table tennis? (
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4.How many world championships did Ma Long win as of 2022? (
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5.Captain Long is_______. (
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A.an animal in China | B.a table tennis player | C.a table tennis game |