Chess （棋）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 “check”. When the king is caught and cannot move anywhere, he says “checkmate”, which means “the king is dead”, and he wins.
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 （冠军）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 that one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
(1) Chess was played ________.
[ ]
A．in India long before 900
B．much earlier in Arab than in India
C．in Japan and Europe before 1400
D．earlier of all the games
(2) One player wins the game when ________.
[ ]
A．he attacks the player's king
B．the other player's queen is caught
C．the other player's king cannot move anywhere
D．he says “check” to the other player
(3) As the rules for the game have been changed, now the queen ________.
[ ]
A．is much bigger in size than other pieces
B．has the same power as the king
C．is not allowed to move in the square
D．is the most powerful one of all
(4) The writer of the passage seems to tell us that ________.
[ ]
A．it's not easy to become a champion in a world chess match
B．most people play chess not for a championship but for fun
C．anybody who enjoys playing chess can be a champion
D．no one really likes the game of chess unless he gains a championship
(5) Which of the following is UNTRUE?
[ ]
A．People could send letters to play chess.
B．Once the Russians played a chess match against the Americans by radio.
C．One of the best players in the world had a record of beating at least 400 men at a time.
D．A few good players can play chess with a number of players at the same time.
科目：高中英语 来源：2004全国各省市高考模拟试题汇编(天利38套)·英语 题型：050
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In 1997, Garry Kasparov, the Russian grandmaster of chess (棋) who was then the world champion (冠军), played a match against the I. B. M. supercomputer Deep Blue. Mr. Kasparov lost the six - game match by a single game. Now almost six years later, Mr. Kasparov begins a match against an Israeli program, Deep Junior, the three - time world computer chess champion. The match will be played at the New York Athletic Club, and shown in real time on the Web at www. x3dworld. com. The play will start at 3:30 p. m. on Jan. 26, 28, and 30, and on Feb. 2, 5, and 7.
As early as 1957, Herbert A. Simon predicted (预言) that a machine would become the world chess champion in ten years. A game of chess is considered a calculation (计算), and calculation, of course, is what computers are good at The situation today is that both humans and machines can play world - class chess, but they do completely differently. Deep Junior examines three million positions per second. But even at that speed, it cannot generally see that far ahead. That is because the number of possible chess positions is staggering. There are some 85 billion ways of playing just the first four moves for each side. The strength of worldclass human players lies in their ability to decide who stands better in a given position, and that ability is hard to build into a machine. Mr. Kasparov admits that he examines only one to three moves a second, but he is not sure that they are the strongest ones.
Although Deep Junior is much slower than the I. B. M. computer, experts said it had more chess knowledge built into it. It clearly considers more elements in judging a position. “Junior is very humanlike,” Mr. Kasparov said. “It's a computer version (转变) of me. It plays forcefully, imaginatively and takes risks. The match will be close, but I'm determined to win. One thing I know is that humans' days at the top of the chess world are limited. I give us just a few years.”
1．The score of the match between Kasparov and Deep Blue was ________.
[ ]
2．Which of the following statements is true to the facts about Deep Junior?
[ ]
A．It has already beaten three human players.
B．It works much faster than Deep Blue.
C．It cannot choose ways of playing freely.
D．Its strength lies in its speed of calculating.
3．What does the passage lead you to believe about the match between Kasparov and Deep Junior?
[ ]
A．It's hard to tell who will win it.
B．It's likely that Kasparov will win it.
C．It's likely that Kasparov will lose it.
D．It's impossible that the match will be close.
4．What conclusion can you draw according to the passage?
[ ]
A．The balance between humans and computers will hardly be broken.
B．There will soon be no more hope for humans to beat computers.
C．There has never been any hope for humans to beat computers.
D．Human beings will always have advantages over computers.
5．Which would be the best title for the passage?
[ ]
A．Let's Cheer For Both Sides
B．A Final Chance For Human Beings
C．Chess Champion Faces New Computer
D．Comparison Between Humans and Computer
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科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
Chess （棋）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 “check”. When the king is caught and cannot move anywhere, he says “checkmate”, which means “the king is dead”, and he wins.
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 （冠军）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 that one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
(1) Chess was played ________.
[ ]
A．in India long before 900
B．much earlier in Arab than in India
C．in Japan and Europe before 1400
D．earlier of all the games
(2) One player wins the game when ________.
[ ]
A．he attacks the player's king
B．the other player's queen is caught
C．the other player's king cannot move anywhere
D．he says “check” to the other player
(3) As the rules for the game have been changed, now the queen ________.
[ ]
A．is much bigger in size than other pieces
B．has the same power as the king
C．is not allowed to move in the square
D．is the most powerful one of all
(4) The writer of the passage seems to tell us that ________.
[ ]
A．it's not easy to become a champion in a world chess match
B．most people play chess not for a championship but for fun
C．anybody who enjoys playing chess can be a champion
D．no one really likes the game of chess unless he gains a championship
(5) Which of the following is UNTRUE?
[ ]
A．People could send letters to play chess.
B．Once the Russians played a chess match against the Americans by radio.
C．One of the best players in the world had a record of beating at least 400 men at a time.
D．A few good players can play chess with a number of players at the same time.
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