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1、Passage17Chessmustbeoneoftheoldestgamesintheworld.AnArabtravelerinIndiaintheyear900wrotethatitwasplayed'long,longago.'ChesswasprobablyinventedinIndia,andithasbeenplayedeverywherefromJapantoEuropesince1400.Thename'chess'isinteresting.Whenoneplayerisat
2、tackingtheother'sking,hesaysinEnglish,'check'.Whenthekinghasbeencaughtandcannotmoveanywhere,hesays'checkmate'.ThesewordscomefromPersian'Shahmat'means'thekingisdead'.Thatiswhenthegameisover,andoneplayerhaswon.Suchanoldgamechangesveryslowly.Theruleshav
3、enotalwaysbeenthesameastheyarenow.Forexample,atonetimethequeencouldonlymoveonesquareatatime.Nowsheisthestrongestpieceontheboard.Itwouldbeinterestingtoknowwhythishashappened.Chesstakestimeandthought,butitisagameforallkindsofpeople.Youdon'thavetobeacha
4、mpioninordertoenjoyit.Itisnotalwaysplayedbytwopeoplesittingatthesametable.ThefirsttimetheAmericansbeattheRussianswasinamatchplayedbyradio.Someofthechessmastersareabletoplaymanypeopleatthesametime.Therecordwaswhenonemanplayed400games!Itissaidthatsomep
5、eopleplayedchessbypost.Thismustmakechesstheslowestgameintheworld.(1)、ChesswasplayedinIndialongbefore900.A：TB：F答案：A(2)、Oneplayerhaswonthegamewhenheattackstheotherplayer'sking.A：TB：F答案：B(3)、Chessisagameforallsortsofpeople.A：TB：F答案：A(4)、Onlytwopeoplecan
6、playchesssittingatthesametable.A：TB：F答案：B(5)、Accordingtotheoldrulesofthegame,thekingcouldnotmoveanywhere.A：TB：F答案：BPassage18Apoorboy,whohadnotenoughmoneytobuyameal,stoppedonehotsummeratnoonbeforeaneating-house.Thebossoftherestauranttoldhimseveraltime
7、stogoaway，buttheboycouldnotleavethewonderfulsmell.Atlast,thecookcameoutoftherestaurant.Takingholdofhisarm,hedeclaredthattheboyhadbeenfeedinguponthesmelloftheirfood.Heaskedtheboytopayhalfthepriceofameal.Thepoorfellowsaidthatheneithercouldnorwouldpay.A
8、tthatmoment,apolicehappenedtopass.Hesaidtotheboy,"Youhavebeenfeastingoneofsenseswiththegoodsmellofthisman'smeat,youshouldsatisfyoneofhissenses.Howmuchmoneydoyouhave?""Ihaveonlytwopenceinalltheworld,sirandImustbuysomebread.""Nevermind,”answeredthepoli
