There are one billion homeless people living in our world today . The Homeless World Cup exists to end this , so we all have a home , a basic human need .
The Homeless World Cup is an annual , international football tournament(锦标赛) , uniting teams of people who are homeless to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever . It has inspired and supported over 50 grass roots(基层的) football projects around the world working with homeless people throughout the year .
The first tournament took place in Graz 2003 uniting 17 national teams. At the 5th Homeless World Cup in Copenhagen in 2004, 48 nations, 500 players were united for a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country. 25,000 players were involved in pre-tournament training and trials around the world. Melbourne is the host city for the next tournament from 1-7 December 2008.
The Homeless World Cup is full of players with courage , spirit and determination . Research shows that 73% of the players change their lives for the better after the international tournament by coming off drugs and alcohol , moving into jobs , education , homes , training , reuniting with families and even going on to become players and coaches for professional or semi-professional football teams . David Duke (Scotland) played in 2004 , came off alcohol , passed his coaching qualifications(资格) . He became assistant coach for Scotland 2005, coach in 2006 and now owns his own home . The best goal scorer in 2004 Yevgen Adamenko(Ukraine) went on to play in a professional club in Ukraine .
The Homeless World Cup supporters include Nike , UN , Manchester United , Real Madrid and international footballers Didier Drogba and Rio Ferdinand .
Which of the following statements is true about the Copenhagen Homeless World Cup ?

A．It took place in early December .

B．25,000 players entered the tournament .

C．Nearly 50 teams competed in the tournament .

D．David Duke won the best goal scorer in 2004 .

Why does the writer give the examples of Yevgen Adamenko and David Duke in Paragraph
4 ?

A．To attract people to join the Homeless World Cup .

B．To show the influence of the Homeless World Cup .

C．To show the popularity of the Homeless World Cup .

D．To inspire people to support the Homeless World Cup .

The underlined words “ coming off ” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “       ”.

A．giving up

B．falling in

C．cutting off

D．looking down

The purpose of the Homeless World Cup is to       .

A．find a home for homeless people

B．collect money for homeless people

C．help the homeless kick bad habits

D．help the homeless start a new life