Think rock. paper, scissors is a children's game? Think again.

    Top players from  around the world came together in Toronto to compete for a ten-thousand-Canadian dollar prize and the title (头衔) of world champion.

     More than 500 players, including national from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.

     The simple game is often used to make decisions and solve some simple problems.

     Players hold their fists (拳头~) closed and count to three before making one of three hand signals: a fist 0ock),flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.

   Players  have different ideas about the history of the game, but it is believed to have been played for centuries in Japan

  The Paper Scissors Stone Club was found in  England in 1842 and provided an environment where  players could play together.

    In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS  Club and its headquarters (总部)moved from London to Toronto. In 1925 its members were over 10,000.

    The world championships have been held since 2O02, which are held once every year

1.The winner could get______

         A. $1,000       B.$10,000      C. C$1,00O     D.C$10,000

2.According to the passage the game “Paper Scissors Stone" originated(起源于)in ________

           A. Japan       B Australia    :  C. America        D. Norway

3.Where did the  Paper Stone Club’s headquarters move to Toronto?

           A In 1842    B   In  1898    C  In   1918    D In  1925

4. How many world championships had been held by 2009?

           A. Two.         B. Eight       C. Seventy.       D. Eighty

Billiards（台球） is my favorite ball sport. The English player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese player Ding Junhui are   46  my favorite players. They play it very well. I hope I’ll be   47  to play it well, too. Of course, it is only a dream. Of the two players, I  48  O’Sullivan, because he played it so quickly in the races.
When I was nine, I   49_  this ball sport for the first time. My PE teacher, Mr. Xu, and I became good   50  because of billiards. I still remember that one day Mr. Xu and I played billiards   51  class. We were so excited that we both  52  the lunchtime. Suddenly, my father showed up, he was very angry with me.
Well, it is   53 to know the rules, but it is not easy to get a good  54  in the game. Now billiards is becoming more and more  55  in China, and more and more Chinese are enjoying it.
【小题1】A.two            B.both             C.all
【小题2】A.able           B.free             C.glad
【小题3】A.love           B.like             C.prefer
【小题4】A.hit            B.joined           C.played
【小题5】A.athletes       B.friends          C.teachers
【小题6】A.after          B.before           C.in
【小题7】A.knew           B.forgot           C.remembered
【小题8】A.easy           B.hard             C.difficult
【小题9】.A.rule          B.score            C.player
【小题10】A.boring        B.famous           C.popular

—Why not come and join us in the game?

—__________, but I must meet Mr. Smith at his office now.

A. I'd like to.      B. Let's go         C. Yes, please        D. It's a pleasure

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Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. When he 1.  ,he would feel really good. If he lost, he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losing was the   2.  thing in the world .

A new kid, Albert, came to Peter’s school .He was good at table tennis, too. Soon there would be a match     3.  Peter and Albert. Peter worked hard to get ready for the match, but Albert didn’t seem to think   4.  of it. When the match began, Albert was a real player. There was always a   5.  on his face, while Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat（舞弊） , but he lost in the end.

“ You played very well, Peter. I think we can play again sometime, ”said  Albert.

But Peter didn’t   6. happy and couldn’t fall asleep that night .

One day, Peter saw Albert playing basketball.   7.  he lost again and again, the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. However, he enjoyed   8.  of them.

Whether he won or lost the game, Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it. He felt happier than ever before.