Jenny Gordon was a very kind and beautiful woman．Before she __1__，many young men were in love with her．Many of them __2__ to her，telling her how wonderful she was，how much they loved her and each of them waited to be her __3__．Jenny kept all these letters．She tied them up with a red ribbon and put them away in all old box．She __4__ read them because her husband took good care of her．However，they were a part of her __5__ and she didn't want to throw them away．

Jenny had a __6__，Sue．Sue was six．One day，a friend of hers was in hospital．Jenny wanted to go to see her．Of course it was __7__ to take Sue there with her．So she had to leave Sue __8__ for two hours．

“Now be a good girl，” she said，“play __9__ in the yard．If you need anything，go to the lady next door and she will __10__ you．”

When she returned home，she asked Sue，“Have yon __11__ a good girl?”

“Oh，yes．Mommy．” Sue said．

“What did you do while I was __12__?” Jenny asked her．

“I played mailman．” Sue said．

“__13__ could you play mailman，darling?” Jenny asked，“You didn't have any letters．”

“Oh，yes．I did．Mommy．” Sue said，“I __14__ some in an old box upstairs．They were tied up with a red ribbon．I put one in every mailbox in the __15__．Wasn’t I a good girl?”

1．A．died                      B．left                      C．married                  D．started

2．A．wrote                    B．listened                C．talked                    D．spoke

3．A．classmate              B．husband               C．brother                  D．friend

4．A．always                      B．usually                 C．sometimes              D．never

5．A．study                    B．life                      C．job                        D．interest

6．A．daughter                B．sister                   C．pupil                      D．student

7．A．helpful            B．useful                  C．important             D．bad

8．A．asleep                 B．afraid                   C．alone                     D．away

9．A．slowly                B．quickly                C．clearly                   D．quietly

10．A．help                     B．teach                   C．show                     D．like

11．A．learned                 B．been                    C．played                    D．hoped

12．A．in                        B．free                     C．out                        D．at work

13．A．When                  B．How                    C．What                     D．Where

14．A．found                  B．bought                 C．borrowed                      D．looked for

15．A．bank                    B．park                    C．street                     D．theater

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　　Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (南部象棋大师) in 1997. He was given the silver(银)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(旅馆)at that time. Mrs Prag, 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(棋盘)in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would quick—and so it was. ”

　　“I soon knew that David Prag 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 a 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 Prag : a name to remenber. 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. ”

l．When Mr. Watson said, “It isn't rightly mine. I was won…”, he meant________ two years before.

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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

2．Befor the game, Mr. Watson was quite sure that ________.

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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

3．Why did David. play tennis while he was playing chess with watson? Because he ________.

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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

4．From the story, we know that ________.

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A．David Prag 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

5．Which of the following(下列)is NOT ture ?

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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 sliver cup.

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