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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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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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