单选题 Chess(国际象棋) must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveler 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, "cheek". 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 master chess player 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 set when 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.

单选题 According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Chess is an old Indian traveling game.
B. Chess is the oldest game in the world.
C. Chess was played in Japan and Europe before 1400.
D. Chess was played in India long before 900.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。题目询问哪个选项是正确的。根据首段第二句，可以推测出“在印度，国际象棋在900年前就出现了”。因此选项D为正确答案。
选项A(象棋是古印度的旅行游戏。)没有足够的历史依据；选项B中的is和首段首句中表示猜测的must be有出入，因为后者仅仅表示推测，而并非是一个绝对判断，而且首段首句中说到one of，表明国际象棋是世界上最古老的游戏中的一种，而并非是唯一的；选项C中时间短语before 1400和文中“And it has been played...since 1400”正好相反。故此三项均可排除。
单选题 One player has won the game when ______.
A. he attacks the other player's king
B. the other player's king can only move one square
C. the other player's king can not move anywhere
D. he says "check" to the other player
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节推理题。题目询问何时一方赢得比赛。根据文中首段，可以推断出如果“国王”被捉住，且不能移动时，一方才赢得了比赛。因此选项C为正确答案。
选项A(一方攻击对手的“国王”)仅仅表示对方受到了威胁，并没有彻底失败；根据第二段，选项B(对手的国王只能移动一格)并未在文章中提到，从文中我们只能知道原来“王后”每次只能移动一格；选项D(一方向对手说到check)只是表示“一方在攻击对方国王”。因此，这三项都不能表示比赛的终结，故均不对。
单选题 Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. All kinds of people can play chess.
B. Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.
C. Some people write to each other while playing each other.
D. The Russians once lost the game played by radio.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节推理题。题目询问根据文章，哪个选项是不正确的。选项B(象棋需要两个选手在同一张桌子上下)与第三段中的“...not always played by two people sitting at the same table.”相悖，因此选项B的表述不正确。则应该选择选项B。
根据第三段，可以推断出象棋是for all kinds of people，因此选项A的陈述是正确的；某些人通过邮寄来下棋，因此选项C的陈述也是正确的；另外，在一场广播比赛中，俄国棋手被美国棋手击败，因此选项D的陈述也正确。
单选题 When one player says "check", it means ______.
A. he is attacking the other's king
B. the other's king has been caught
C. the game is over
D. one player has won
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。题目询问当一方说出check时，意味着什么。根据文中首段，可以推断出选项A为正确答案。
选项B、C和D所表示的事实基本一致，即对方的“国王”被捉住意味着游戏的终结，意即一方获得了胜利。因此，对于三个含义基本一致的选项，应该全部排除。
单选题 According to the rules of the game,
A. the queen is the strongest piece on the board
B. the king had to be attacked all the time
C. the queen could move more than one square at a time
D. the king could not move anywhere
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 实推理题。题目询问根据游戏规则，哪个选项是正确的。本题答案可从第二段“...is the strongest piece on the board.”中得出，因此选项A正确。
选项B中的au the time使用有误；选项C(王后曾经能一次走几格)与文中的“王后曾经一次只能走一格”的表述相反；选项D(“国王”不能移动)与首段中的“...cannot move anywhere...”的表述相悖，因为根据这个表述，“国王”是可以移动的。