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One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet 1 of the masterpieces.

A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and 2 she was doing all the talking. I admired his patience for 3 her constant parade of words. 4 their noise, I moved on.

I met them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. 5 I heard her constant flow of words, I moved away 6 .

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a 7 when the couple 8 the exit (出口). Before they left, the man 9 his pocket and pulled out a white object. He turned it into a long stick and then 10 his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

“He’s a brave man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would 11 if we were blinded at such a young age. During his 12 , he made a 13 his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in 14 there’s a new art show.”

“But what does he 15 the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”

“Can’t see! You’re wrong. He sees a lot. 16 you or I do,” the clerk said. “His wife 17 each painting so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without 18 and the courage of a husband who would not 19 blindness to change his life. And I saw the love 20 by two people as I watched this couple walk away holding each other’s hands.

1. A. sight B. exhibition C. display D. viewing

2. A. guessed B. judged C. noticed D. measured

3. A. coming up with B. putting up with

C. catching up with D. making up with

4. A. Aware of B. Delighted in

C. Drawn by D. Filled with

5. A. The first time B. By the time

C. Last time D. Each time

6. A. gradually B. quickly C. slowly D. frequently

7. A. decision B. fortune C. purchase D. bargain

8. A. passed B. left C. chose D. approached

9. A. looked into B. look for C. reached into D. reached for

10. A. tapped B. fought C. pushed D. followed

11. A. turn up B. give up C. make up D. break up

12. A. illness B. treatment C. blindness D. sadness

13. A. complaint B. promise C. discovery D. difference

14. A. whenever B. however C. in case D. even if

15. A. take out of B. look out of C. get out of D. break out of

16. A. rather than B. other than C. less than D. more than

17. A. reads B. describes C. analyzes D. expresses

18. A. sight B. thought C. hearing D. emotion

19. A. force B. let C. allow D. offer

20. A. regained B. found C. won D. shared

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Long long ago, a king in India named Kaid, who had built a huge empire, was sick at heart. He called his minister, Sassa, to him and said: “ 1 I think about my past battles. I can’t sleep for thinking about imaginary wars and victories. But I have 2 enemies, and it is wrong to 3 war without cause. What can I do to 4 my peace of mind? ”

The minister thought of a game that he had learned from a Greek soldier. He taught the rules to the king, who found the game so engaging (吸引人的), such a perfect 5 , that he became a happy man again.

He asked Sassa: “How can I 6 you? Choose anything you like. But Sassa said: “Take a grain of rice and place it on the first square of the board. Put two grains on the second square. Keep going, doubling the number of grains each time, until you have 7 all the 64 squares on the board.”

8 they laughed at Sassa for his modesty and simplicity. But then they discovered that the rice would exceed (超过) all the 9 in the known world.

The game, 10 you haven’t guessed, was chess. It’s interesting that chess’s place and date of birth are still a 11 . India, China, Persia, Greece? Nobody knows.

What is definitely true in the story is the 12 Sassa was making with his rice. Chess is pretty much 13 . We don't know the number of possible games even today, 14 a supercomputer can 15 the world champion. There's an Indian saying: “Chess is a lake in which a mosquito can bathe — and an elephant can drown.”

Children like to 16 a little wooden army, and even adults like to 17 Napoleon. That’s 18 they get started. Later, players realize the technical complexity (复杂事物) and, 19 they see the game's unbelievable artistic beauty. It's a unique 20 of war game, sport, science and art.

1. A. Now and then B. Up and down C. More or less D. Day and night

2. A. more than B. no more C. many more D. more and more

3. A. lead B. expand C. make D. break

4. A. discover B. reshape C. produce D. regain

5. A. solution B. suggestion C. plan D. proposal

6. A. pay B. award C. reward D. praise

7. A. put B. discovered C. covered D. followed

8. A. At first B. Immediately C. First of all D. Shortly

9. A. grains B. squares C. food D. wealth

10. A. as B. when C. if D. because

11. A. trouble B. trap C. trick D. mystery

12. A. point B. decision C. mistake D. change

13. A. competitive B. unknown C. unlimited D. helpless

14. A. since B. as C. when D. in which

15. A. hit B. win C. get D. beat

16. A. join B. command C. defeat D. play

17. A. play B. perform C. read D. obey

18. A. why B. where C. when D. how

19. A. hurriedly B. constantly C. finally D. really

20. A. cooperation B. complexity C. competition D. combination