891 students from two schools in England played marbles (弹珠) together. They used small glass balls and tried to hit other balls. It set a new world record for the most people playing marbles at the same time!

The students prepared for weeks and practiced after class. “Nothing is hard if we really try,” the head teacher said.

1.1. Where did the students come from?

A England.

B Australia.

C Canada.

D Japan.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第一段的“891 students from two schools in England played marbles together”可知，学生们来自英国的两所学校，即来自英国（England）。故选A。

2.2. What did the head teacher say?

A Playing marbles is too hard.

B Things become easy when we try.

C Students should play less.

D Children must stay at home.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。校长说“Nothing is hard if we really try”，意思是“如果我们真正努力，没有什么是困难的”，也就是“事情在努力后会变得容易”，与B项意思一致，因此选B。A项与原文意思相反，C项和D项文中没有提到。故选B。

3.3. What will the school do with the money?

A Buy more glass balls.

B Watch games online.

C Help children in need.

D Give it to teachers.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。文章最后一段提到“The school will use it to help children in need learn and play”，即学校将用这笔钱帮助有需要的孩子学习和玩耍，C项“帮助有需要的孩子”最符合这一信息，因此选C。A、B、D三项都不是文中提到的钱的用途。故选C。

4.4. What is the best title for the passage?

A A New World Record.

B How to Play Marbles.

C Schools in England.

D A Popular Online Game.

解析：选A。A主旨大意题。全文主要讲述两所学校的学生一起玩弹珠并创造了新的世界纪录，重点在于“a new world record”，所以最佳标题是“A New World Record”。B项只涉及玩弹珠的方法，C项范围太大，D项只是文中的一个次要细节，都不能概括全文主旨。故选A。