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 of world champion.
More than 500 players, including national champions 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 closed and count to three before making a fist (rock), a 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 commonly believed to have been played for centuries in Japan.
The Paper Scissors Stone Club opened in England in 1842 and players could play together there.
In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters moved from London to Toronto.
The world championship has been held since 2002, which is held once every year.
【小题1】The winner of the game can get ___________ Canadian dollars as a prize.
A. 10,000                            B. 100,000                   C. 1,000,000
【小题2】The game has been played in Japan ___________.
A. since people invented it                  B. for about one thousand years
C. since several hundred years ago
【小题3】When did World RPS Club’s headquarters move to Toronto?
A. In 1842                    B. In 1898                    C. In 1918
【小题4】The ___________ world championship will be held in 2012.
A. ninth                       B. tenth                        C. eleventh
【小题5】 In the writer’s opinion, ___________.
A. the game is often used to solve big problems.
B. the game is not just a children’s game
C. the game was first played in Japan

The story is about a young student.She worked very hard at her lessons.She worked so hard that she became ill.She couldn't go to sleep at night.But when she got up the next morning, she felt very tired.

So she went to see a doctor.Hearing the student's words, the doctor said, "You are too stressed out.You must eat more yin foods like vegetables and tofu Besides(此外), you can try to count numbers when you are lying in bed.By the time you count one thousand, you will be asleep(入睡).I'm sure of it."

The next day, the student came to see the doctor again."Well," said the doctor, "How are you feeling today? "The student still looked tired."Not very well," she said." I tried to count one , two, three, four., up to one thousand.But when I counted five hundred and sixty, I felt sleepy.I had to get up and drink some coffee so that(以便)I could go on counting up to one thousand.But then I still couldn't be asleep.

1.Why couldn't the young student go to sleep?

A.She was worried about her lessons.

B.She always couldn't finish her homework.

C.She worked too hard and became ill.

D.Her bed was too small.

2.What did the doctor ask the young student to do?

A.To eat more yin foods and count numbers when she was lying in bed in the evening.

B.To exercise more in the morning.

C.To do more reading.

D.To take some medicine.

3.What did the young student do after she felt sleepy?

A.She fell asleep.

B.She got up to have some coffee.

C.She listened to some music.

D.She got up to do some homework.

4.What made the girl unable(不能) be asleep during the night after she went to see the doctor?

A.The doctor's advice

B.The student's lesson.

C.The student's illness

D.The coffee.

5.If you are a doctor, what will you ask the girl to do?

A.I will ask the girl to do more homework every day.

B.I will ask her to go to bed earlier.

C.I will ask her not to do so much homework

D.Both B and C.

 

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