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Chinese chess and Western chess might both have the same ancestor, the old Indian game Chaturanga. Chaturanga is believed to be the oldest form of chess, and played around the 7th century after Christ.
Chinese chess may be one of the most popular games in the world. It is estimated there are as many as half a billion people who know how to play the game. Chinese chess is also very popular in China. You can often see people playing the game on the street using large chess sets. Some players may hit the board hard during their moves to show their power. They may also say or sing something while they are making their moves. Usually there are a few people watching the game. The people who watch the game may point out some moves to anything during a game, the players often remind them with the words “watching but not telling, a true gentleman.”
Chinese chess is very easy to play, but the rules are very different from Western chess. However, once you know the rules, you just need practice to get better, much like anything else. The Internet is a good place to start since you can always find somebody to play with there.
( )1. According to the passage, people in ____ invented chess.
A. India. B. China. C. England. D. Egypt.
( )2. People say that Chinese chess may be one of the most popular games because ___.
A. it has a famous ancestor B. it was invented by Chinese people
C. people can play it on the street D. many Chinese people know how to play it
( )3. The underlined sentence tells us that ___.
’t say anything when we watch others play Chinese chess
Chinese chess, but also we can tell them how to do it
( )4. The writer advises people to ____ if they have nobody to play with.
A. go to a chess club B. play by themselves
( )5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Chinese chess B. Western chess
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People set and break records for different reasons. For chef Jacob, it was his great love of cooking that encouraged him to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest barbecue marathon. Chef Jacob cooked 4 delicious barbecue dishes in 24 hours and 5 minutes and set a new Guinness World Record.
The longest barbecue marathon began at 9:30 am on March 15, 2010. There were five barbecues in front of Jacob. Many of Jacob’s friends and fans went to support him and taste the delicious food that he cooked.
Jacob said: “In preparation for the record I went to the gym twice a day. In my office I used to sit on a ball and I would stand for at least six hours a day.”
The weather was very hot that day. It was really difficult to be in front of five barbecues for twenty-four hours. But Jacob made it. At 9:35 am on March 16, a new world record was set. He was happy.
Jacob works today as a consultant to some restaurants in India. He also runs a weekly show on an Indian TV station, Sun TV. In the show, he teaches people how to cook tasty dishes. And sometimes Jacob goes to people’s kitchens and films them while they cook. He also likes to take his pots and pans and prepare his dishes by the river, in a marketplace, on a highway…almost anywhere. He thinks cooking is easy and it can be fun instead.
( )1. Why did Chef Jacob want to set the longest barbecue marathon record?
( )2. The longest barbecue marathon____.
A. began at 9:35 am on March 15 B. began at 9:30 am on March 16
B. lasted for 25 hours D. lasted for 24 hours and five minutes
( )3. What do the underlined words “Jacob made it”, mean in the passage?
( )4. What does Jacob do now?
( )5. We can learn from the passage that ___.
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Do you play games? If so, you must have known Square in Japan. Square used to 1 games for Nintendon. About 18 years ago, Square 2 be closed because of financial crisis. So 3 owner decided to put all the eggs in one basket. He 4 all his money on one game, Final Fantasy. The name of the game sounds like the situation of Square. —It meant 5 the game failed, Square would disappear just like a fantasy.
In 1987, Square began to sell Final Fantasy in Chinese. The excellent story and character setting in the game earned a lot of appreciation and had a big sale. So Square kept working on 6 version, and after years, we have the 11th version. The sale of each version got 7 . In 2003, the 11th version sold up to 3 million sets in 48 hours, and 6 million sets in all in the world. It made Square become 8 international enterprise, and earned for Square more than one hundred twenty-nine million U.S. dollars in 2004.
If you have ever played a role-play game (RPG), it will be easy 9 you to find the other games are quite similar to Final Fantasy in some ways. It’s 10 they copy the idea from Final Fantasy. It’s believed the game will be still hot, and we will be able to play next version soon.
( )1. A. make B. making C. makes D. made
( )2. A. are going to B. was going to C. is going to D. were going to
( )3. A. its B. it C. it’s’
( )4. A. has invested B. will invest C. invests D. invested
( )5. A, although B. since C. if D. unless
( )6. A. two B. the two C. second D. the second
( )7. A. big and big B. bigger and bigger
C. big and bigger D. biggest and biggest
( )8. A. a B. an C. the D. /
( )9. A. for B. to C. in D. at
( )10. A. when B. why C. because D. what
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