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Unit 3 A taste of English humour Learning about language课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

Chess

Chess is called the game of kings. It has been __1__ for a long time. People have been playing it for over 500 years. The chess we play today is from Europe.

Chess is a two-player game. One __2__ uses the white pieces. The other uses the black pieces. Each piece __3__ in a special way. One piece is called the king. Each player has one. The players take turns moving their __4__. If a player lands on a piece, he or she takes it. A player __5__ when his or her king cannot move without being taken. There are a few more rules, __6__ those are the basics.

Some people think that chess is more than a __7__. They think that it makes the mind stronger. Good chess players use their __8__. They take their time. They think about what will __9__ next. These skills are __10__ in life and in chess. Chess is kind of like a(n) __11__ for the mind.

You don't always have lots of __12__ to think when playing chess. There is a type of chess with short time limits. It's called speed chess. Each player gets ten minutes to __13__ for the whole game. Your clock runs during your __14__. You hit the time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It also __15__ the other player's clock. __16__ you run out of time, you lose.

Chess is not just for __17__. Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s. At first they did not play __18__. They made mistakes. As time went on they grew __19__. In 1997, a computer beat the best player in the world for the first time. It was a computer called Deep Blue. Deep Blue was __20__. It took up a whole room. By 2006 a cellphone could beat the best players in the world.

语篇解读:本文是说明文。文章介绍了国际象棋的规则、类型及发展。 1.A.around C.back

B.away D.here

解析:选A 根据下文中的“People have been playing it for over 500 years.”可知,国际象棋的存在已经有很长一段时间了。故填around,在此意为“出现,可用”。

2.A.student C.winner

B.player D.trainer

解析:选B 根据文中的“Chess is a two-player game ... The other uses the black pieces.”可知,国际象棋是两人对局的,一名“玩家(player)”使用白棋,另一名玩家使用黑棋。

3.A.changes C.breaks

B.drops D.moves

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解析:选D 下文中的“The players take turns moving”是提示,每个棋都有特别的“移动(moves)”方式。

4.A.balls C.kings

B.pieces D.seats

解析:选B 根据语境及上文中的“One ... The other uses the black pieces.”可知,玩家们轮流移动他们的“棋子(pieces)”。

5.A.loses C.chooses

B.finds D.passes

解析:选A 根据下文中的“cannot move without being taken”可知,当一名玩家的王被对方将死,则判定这名玩家“输掉(loses)”了比赛。

6.A.or C.but

B.because D.so

解析:选C 上文中的“There are a few more rules”与下文中的“those are the basics”形成转折关系,故用but。

7.A.game C.test

B.competition D.skill

解析:选A 根据语境及下文中的“They think that it makes the mind stronger.”可知,有些人认为国际象棋不只是一个“游戏(game)”,它还可以让你的大脑变得更强大。

8.A.brains C.power

B.advantages D.belief

解析:选A 根据语境及文中的“They take their time. They think about what will ... next.”可知,优秀的国际象棋选手会动“脑(brains)”,他们从容不迫并会考虑好接下来会“发生(happen)”的事,这些技巧在生活中和国际象棋中都很“有用(helpful)”。

9.A.offer C.appear

解析:选D 参见上题解析。 10.A.new C.helpful

解析:选C 参见第8题解析。 11.A.adventure C.task

B.exercise D.trouble B.unusual D.interesting B.come D.happen

解析:选B 根据上文中的“They think that it makes the mind stronger.”可知,国际象棋是一种“锻炼(exercise)”大脑的活动。

12.A.things

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B.ways

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C.time D.courage

解析:选C 根据下文中的“There is a type of chess with short time limits.”可知,有一种国际象棋让你在玩的时候没有太多的“时间(time)”思考。

13.A.use C.discuss

B.wait D.rest

解析:选A 根据文中的“It's called speed chess ... for the whole game.”可知,国际象棋中有一种叫“快棋”,在每一场比赛中每一方只能“消耗(use)”十分钟的时间。

14.A.search C.stay

B.turn D.visit

解析:选B 根据文中的“Your clock runs during your ... the other player's clock.”可知,“轮到(turn)”你的时候你的棋钟就开始计时,在你走完一步棋后,你按棋钟就会停止计时,这时对方的棋钟就会“开始(starts)”计时。

15.A.checks C.starts

解析:选C 参见上题解析。 16.A.Before C.Though

B.Unless D.If B.stops D.quiets

解析:选D 根据下文中的“you run out of time, you lose”可知,“如果(If)”你的时间用完了,你就输了。

17.A.computers C.people

B.matches D.schools

解析:选C 根据下文中的“Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s.”可知,不只是“人类(people)”可以下国际象棋,电脑也可以。

18.A.fast C.alone

B.well D.often

解析:选B 根据文中的“At first they did not play ... They made mistakes.”可知,一开始电脑下得并不“好(well)”,它们总出错。

19.A.weaker C.slower

B.larger D.stronger

解析:选D 根据下文中的“In 1997, a computer beat the best player in the world for the first time.”可知,随着时间的推移,电脑更“擅长(stronger)”下国际象棋了。

20.A.old C.cute

B.expensive D.big

解析:选D 根据下文中的“It took up a whole room.”可知,这个叫“深蓝”的电脑体

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