《2025年通城学典组合训练八年级英语人教版江西专版》

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People say chess is the game of kings. It has been around for a long time. People have been playing it 1 many years.
Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces. 2 uses the black pieces. Each piece moves in a special way. One piece is called the 3. Each player has one. The players take turns to move their pieces. 4 a player lands on a piece, he or she will take it. The game 5 when a player loses his or her king. There are a few more 6.
Some people think that chess is more than a game. They think that it makes the 7 stronger. Good chess players use their brains. They take their time. They think about what will 8 next. These skills are useful in life and in chess. Chess is like a workout for the mind.
You don't 9 have lots of time to think when playing chess. There is a type of chess with short time limits(限制). It's called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets three minutes to use for the whole game. Your 10 runs during your turn. You hit the time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It 11 starts the other player's clock. If you run out of time, you lose. Games of blitz chess are 12.
Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess since the 1950s. At first they did not play well. They made mistakes. As time 13, they grew stronger. In 1997, a computer 14 the best player in the world for the first time. It was a computer called Deep Blue. Deep Blue was 15. It took up a whole room.
(A)1. A. for
B. during
C. on
D. since
(D)2. A. Other
B. Others
C. Another
D. The other
(B)3. A. robot
B. king
C. invention
D. owner
(C)4. A. Unless
B. Until
C. If
D. Although
(B)5. A. starts
B. ends
C. continues
D. develops
(A)6. A. rules
B. examples
C. people
D. tips
(C)7. A. body
B. hands
C. mind
D. legs
(B)8. A. discover
B. happen
C. disappear
D. lose
(D)9. A. hardly
B. sometimes
C. never
D. always
(A)10. A. clock
B. paper
C. light
D. speed
(A)11. A. also
B. maybe
C. even
D. never
(C)12. A. simple
B. slow
C. fast
D. boring
(D)13. A. came out
B. ran out
C. showed up
D. went on
(D)14. A. met
B. got
C. hit
D. beat
(C)15. A. useful
B. quick
C. big
D. expensive

答案： 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A11.A 12.C 13.D 14.D 15.C