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1、 Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Don't look at the sky. Don't look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Some weather reports go back only one century，but some trees can show us an exact record of the weather even further back.

It's clear that a tree would grow best in a climate with lots of sunlight and rainfall. It is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable (有利的) to an unfavorable climate can be reading the tree rings in tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago，count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings，then we are sure that lots of sunny and rainy weather happened. If the rings are close together，then the climate was bad for the tree.

Studying tree rings is important not only for the history of the weather，but also for the history of man. In a place of New Mexico you can find only sand-no trees and no people. However，many centuries ago a lot of people lived there. They left suddenly. Why?

A scientist studied the dead tree rings which had grown there. He decided that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were used to make fires and buildings. So, after the people cut down the trees，they had to move.

(1)、It is understood that in a favorable climate tree rings grow far from each other.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(2)、Trees brought lots of sunlight and rainfall.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(3)、The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell whether the climate was favorable or not.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(4)、Studying dead tree rings shows how the people left.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(5)、The people had to leave the place of New Mexico because they had cut down all the trees.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

2、 Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, "My Dad's car is bigger than your Dad's, "and "My Mom is smarter than yours." They particularly like to boast about their families.

There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best or the biggest or the most expensive.

Whatever the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to school, Harry said, "My father had a bath twice a week," Ted spoke next. " That's nothing," he said. "Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day， sometimes twice a day." Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his turn. But what could he say? " This time, " Ted thought, " I'm going to win." Gavin didn't know what to say. He couldn't say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on in silence. Ted smiled at Harry，and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had beaten Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. They went into class. Morning break，lunch time and afternoon break all passed. Still Gavin said nothing. "We've won, " Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, "My Dad is so clean that he doesn't have to bathe at all."

(1)、According to the passage，the meaning of the word "boast" is " to talk big ".

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(2)、Harry boasted about the number of times his father had a bath every week.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(3)、Gavin boasted the most.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(4)、Ted's father often had a bath twice a day.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(5)、"He spoke too soon" in the last paragraph means he was wrong.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

3、 Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played 'long, long ago.' Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400. The name 'chess' is interesting. When one player is attacking the other's king, he says in English, 'check'. When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says 'check mate'. These words come from Persian 'Shah mat' means 'the king is dead'. That is when the game is over, and one player has won.

Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece on the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened. Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don't have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time. The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people played chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.

(1)、Chess was played in India long before 900.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(2)、One player has won the game when he attacks the other player's king.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(3)、Chess is a game for all sorts of people.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(4)、Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(5)、According to the old rules of the game, the king could not move anywhere.

A：T

B：F

答案：B