Dear grandma,

   How is it going? I hope that grandpa is （1） now. I was sorry to hear that he had a （2） last week. I hope you are in good health.

   Things are fine now. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my （3） card today. I always get （4） when I see the envelope from school in the mail, but （5） I did OK this time. I had a really hard （6） with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn't （7）. It's just that I find science really difficult. （8） disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good （9） is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.

   Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Dad and Mom （10） their love.

Love  Alan 

1. A. well              B. rich                  C. busy                D. kind

2. A. rest              B. dream               C. game                D. cold

3. A. report                  B. ID                    C. phone               D. library

4. A. excited          B. sad                   C. nervous            D. tired

5. A. carefully              B. luckily              C. suddenly           D. quickly

6. A. business               B. question            C. problem            D. time

7. A. important             B. true                  C. boring              D. enough

8. A. Each                    B. Some                      C. Another            D. Other

9. A. meaning               B. notice               C. news                D. letter

10. A. have                  B. send                 C. provide             D. show

Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master in 1977. He was given the silver cup.

“It isn’t rightly mine,” he said, when he was holding the cup.” “It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in…”

“A family was staying at my hotel at that time. Mrs. Prig, the mother, was told that I played chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. ‘He’s only ten.’ she said, ‘I’ve been told that he plays quite well. ‘

“Well, as you can guess, I wasn’t too happy. A player likes the opponent (对手) to play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would be quick — and so it was.

“I soon knew that David Prig was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against a wall. The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子) without care. I gave my attention to the board.

“Call me when you are ready, Mr. Watson,” he said.

When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister. I studied the board, and found I was driven into corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board, then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten. Oh, so easily, by a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner—in twenty-eight minutes.

“David Prig, a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games.” (from www.zkenglish.com)

(    )46. When Mr. Watson said, “It isn’t rightly mine. It was won …”, he meant ____ two years before.

A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes

B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game

C. he had learned how to play chess from a child

D. he had learned a good game from a child

(    )47. Before the game, Mr. Watson was quite sure that _______.

A. the boy played as well as he did

B. he would be Southern Chess Master two years later

C. he could win the game easily

D. the boy would win the game quickly

(    )48. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson?

Because he __________.

A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人)

B. was not good at playing chess

C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess

D. played chess much better than Watson

(    )49. From the story, we know that __________.

A. David Prig was the real winner

B. Mr. Watson was the real winner

C. neither of them was the real winner

D. both of them were the real winners

(    )50. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.

B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.

C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.

D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.