Question

Do you like games? Do you like playing games with children? Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and hardly trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities can’t be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the decision of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.

Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is afraid in life. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in some game, where it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

1. From the passage, we know that ________ when the children play the games

A. they need a referee

B. they care the scores

C. they depend on a lucky chance

D. they care who the winner is

2. What is TRUE about children when they play games?

A. They can stop playing any time they like.

B. They can test their personal abilities.

C. They want to pick a better team.

D. They don’t need rules.

3. A child becomes a leader during the games ________.

A. if he is popular.

B. when it is his turn.

C. when others are afraid of him.

D. if he is confident.

4. One of the reasons that a child likes playing games is that ________.

A. he can be someone other than himself

B. he can become popular among friends

C. he finds he is always lucky in games

D. he likes the place where he plays a game

5.The writer believes that ________.

A. children should make better rules for their games

B. children should invite grown-ups to play with them

C. children can get a lot from the game.

D. children play games without reasons

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了孩子们经常玩自己制定规则的游戏，即使玩了很多遍，还是玩的津津有味。作者认为孩子们所做的游戏对他们非常有用，他会发现自己是个大人物，而不仅仅是现在的自己，而且会自信。

1.Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities can’t be directly compared.，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished.可以推断他们随时可以终止有戏，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn.故选B。

4.

5.短文描述可知作者认为游戏对孩子们非常有用，他们能从中获得许多，故选C。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。