Most of you know this mathematical game, of course. You and your friend draw crosses and circles on a sheet of paper. You do it one after another. The first pupil who gets three marks in a row wins. But do you know that you can play this game another way and it will become more interesting? You must try to make your friend win. If you get your three marks in a row, you don't win — you lose!

   It is more difficult to play this game the other way. The second pupil can always win (if he plays the right way), but he may not win if the first pupil begins with his mark in the center. Then if the first pupil always takes a place on the other side of his friend's mark, nobody will win.

   If your friend does not know the secret which we have explained, you must play each time so as to leave him the greatest number of ways to win. You may try a few games and you will see how interesting it is to play the game this way.

1. The passage tells us that it is _____ to play this game.

   A. interesting    B. difficult   C. impossible    D. unusual

2.What s the new rule of the game if we play it another way?

A. The one who gets his three marks in a row wins.

B. The one who makes his friend win wins.

C. The one who plays the right way wins.          

D. The one who makes his friend lose wins.

3.According to the new rule of the game, the second player can always win if the first player __.

   A. begins with his mark in the center

B. takes a place on the other side of his friend's mark

   C. tries to get his three marks in a row first 

D. doesn't begin with his mark in the center

4. What result does the following picture show?

○ = the 1st player   × = the 2nd player

   A. Both of the players win.         B. The first player wins.

   C. Neither of the players wins.      D. The second player wins.

5. What is the best title for this passage?

   A. What an Interesting Game        B. A Game of Circles and Crosses

   C. The Secret We Want to Explain D. Marks on a Sheet of Paper

 

 

完形填空，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案填空。（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

One day I go to my good friend Bruce’s home. There are four people in his family. His parents   1 both English teachers. He   2  a little brother.    3  name is Peter. Peter is only five years old. He doesn't   4  to school. So he doesn't know how to read or write. I see Peter sitting at the table with a pen   5  his hand. "What are you doing, Peter?" I ask. "I'm writing   6  my friend, Bill." says Peter. "But how   7   write?" asks Bruce. "You don't know the words, because(因为) you don’t go to   8  ". With a smile, Peter says. "But it doesn't matter（没关系）because my   9 and I know the words on the moon. I write to him in the moon language. It’s easy(容易的) for him to read my letter. I tell him an interesting story. I’m sure Bill will be   10  to read it.” What an interesting answer it is!

1.                A．is             B．be             C．am  D．are

 

2.                A．has            B．have           C．is   D．are

 

3.                A．Her            B．He’s          C．His  D．She’s

 

4.                A．go             B．goes           C．to go D．going

 

5.                A．on            B．in             C．to   D．from

 

6.                A．in             B．with           C．to   D．on

 

7.                A．you can        B．can you         C．you may  D．may you

 

8.                A．the party       B．the zoo         C．school    D．his home

 

9.                A．brother        B．sister           C．friend    D．teacher

 

10.               A．sad            B．busy           C．happy D．ill

 

 

An old man has spent all his life in a small village which is far from the city. One day, someone told him some interesting things about the city. He was so amazed at it that he decided to visit it. Everything was new and strange to him. The old man got excited and visited a lot of interesting places. Then he went into a large tall building and saw a lift. He didn’t know what it was used for. As he was watching it, an old woman got into the lift and the door closed behind her. After a few minutes, the door opened and a very beautiful young girl came out. The old man was very surprised. “What an interesting little room!” he said to himself, “Terrific, it can change an old woman into a young girl. I will be here with my wife next time.”
Fill in each blank according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.
From the passage, we know that the old man went to the city for the【小题1】 __________ time. He was very excited and surprised at what he saw. He didn’t know what the lift 【小题2】__________. One day, he saw that an old woman 【小题3】__________ the lift, then after a while a very beautiful girl came out, he decided to 【小题4】 __________ his wife here and 【小题5】 __________ her beautiful and young the next time.

 

I was not a confident girl before. I   36   spoke in fornt of the class because I was afraid of making mistakes. My family went to Mount Tai last summer holiday. Something important  37   there and it changed me greatly.

We  38   there early in the morning and began to climb. Soon all of us felt tired  39  the stairs were really steep(陡峭的). An hour later, we stopped to have a rest. While we were having a rest, my mother changed her  40  and decided not to climb any more. I couldn’t decide whether to stay there or go on  41  with my father.“No matter how hard it is, I am  42  you can get there.” Said my father. So again we  43  the hard journey. We were very tired,   44  we kept going on and on. Another hour later, we reached the top. It was really beautiful. My father and I were so excited that we couldn’t help  45  happily. What an interesting trip!

1..A. never             B. always          C. sometimes

2..A. left                  B. continued       C. happened

3..A. arrive                B. arrived         C. arrived at

4.A.because         B. because of      C. so

5..A. place             B. mind                 C. road

6..A. climb             B. to climb             C. climbing

7.A. sorry         B. afraid               C. sure

8..A. ended        B. stopped              C. started

9..A. and          B. but                  C. though

10..A. jumping up           B. jumping into         C. jump up

 

An old man has spent all his life in a small village which is far from the city. One day, someone told him some interesting things about the city. He was so amazed at it that he decided to visit it. Everything was new and strange to him. The old man got excited and visited a lot of interesting places. Then he went into a large tall building and saw a lift. He didn’t know what it was used for. As he was watching it, an old woman got into the lift and the door closed behind her. After a few minutes, the door opened and a very beautiful young girl came out. The old man was very surprised. “What an interesting little room!” he said to himself, “Terrific, it can change an old woman into a young girl. I will be here with my wife next time.”

Fill in each blank according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

From the passage, we know that the old man went to the city for the1. __________ time. He was very excited and surprised at what he saw. He didn’t know what the lift 2.__________. One day, he saw that an old woman 3.__________ the lift, then after a while a very beautiful girl came out, he decided to 4. __________ his wife here and 5. __________ her beautiful and young the next time.