《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语下册译林版宿迁专版》

四、阅读理解。传统文化
As a country good at maths, China has many folk games filled with maths wisdom（智慧）. You may have played many of them before. Let’s take a look at three classical Chinese intelligence（智力）games—the tangram, the nine linked rings（九连环）puzzle and the Huarong Road puzzle.
__①__ First popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the tangram is a game made up of seven pieces of different shapes, including five triangles, a square and a parallelogram. Players need to use these seven pieces to create new shapes. To do it, they must know about plane geometry（平面几何）. In the 18th century, the game spread to the West and soon became popular there.
__②__ The nine linked rings puzzle has a history of over 2,000 years. It is made up of nine rings connected to a handle（手柄）. Players need to move all the rings from the handle to win the game. This is not a simple game. For example, if you want to move the ninth ring, you have to move the third, fifth and seventh ones first, or you will not be able to do it.
__③__ The Huarong Road puzzle is a block - moving game. It first appeared in the early 20th century. Each block is named after a character in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, like Cao Cao, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun. To win the game, players need to move the blocks to get Cao Cao out. It aims to test the players’ maths knowledge, for example, geometric area.
（ ）1.创新考法—图片理解题 Choose the right picture for each blank：________.
A. ① - a ② - b ③ - c
B. ① - b ② - a ③ - c
C. ① - b ② - c ③ - a
D. ① - c ② - a ③ - b
（ ）2.创新考法—图片理解题 Which of the following shapes is made by the tangram?

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AB　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　D
（ ）3. What do all these games have in common?
A. They are about plane geometry.
B. They are digital games.
C. They are block - moving games.
D. They are about maths problems.
（ ）4. Where is the passage probably from?
A. A movie poster.
B. A magazine.
C. A storybook.
D. A novel.

答案： 1. D [点拨]根据第二段内容可知，七巧板是一种由七块不同形状的板子组成的游戏，故可推知c图对应①;根据第三段内容可知，九连环游戏是将九个环连接在一个手柄上，故可推知a图对应②;根据第四段内容可知，华容道拼图是一种移动方块的游戏，故可推知b图对应③。故选D。
2. C [点拨]根据“the tangram is a game made up of seven pieces of different shapes, including five triangles, a square and a parallelogram”可知，七巧板由五个三角形、一个正方形和一个平行四边形组成，没有半圆形或圆形，排除A和D;B项中有六个三角形，数量不符。故选C。
3. D [点拨]根据文章内容可推知，这些游戏的共同之处是都与数学问题有关。故选D。
4. B [点拨]通读全文内容可知，本文主要介绍了中国三大经典智力游戏——七巧板、九连环和华容道，由此推知文章可能出自杂志。故选B。