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Waston won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (南部象棋大师) in 1977.
He was given the silver (银) cup.
"It isn't rightly mine," he said, when he was holding the cup. "It was won two years ago when I was
on holiday in…
"A family was staying at my hotel (旅馆) at that time. Mrs Prag, the mother, was told that I played
chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. "He's only ten." she said, "I've been told that he
plays quite well."
"Well, as you can guess, I wasn't too happy. A player likes the opponent (对手) to play as well as he
does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board (棋盘) in the garden. The game
began. I hoped it would be quick and so it was.
"I soon knew that David Prag was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to
play tennis against a wall.The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子) without
care. I gave my attention to the board."
"Call me when you are ready, Mr Watson," he said.
"When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister.I studied the board and
found I was driven into corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board,
then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten, oh so easily, by
a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner-in twenty-eight minutes.
"David Prag: a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me.
To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games."
1. When Mr Watson said, "It isn't rightly mine. It was won …", he meant ______ two years before.
A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes
B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game
C. he had learned how to play chess from a child
D. he had learned a good game from a child
2. Befor the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that ______.
A. the boy played as well as he did
B. he would be Southern Chese Master two years later
C. he could win the game easily
D. the boy would win the game quickly
3. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson? Because he ______.
A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人)
B. was not good at playing chess
C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess
D. played chess much better than Watson
4. From the story, we know that ______.
A. David Prag was the real winner
B. Mr Watson was the real winner
C. neither of them was the real winner
D. both of them were the real winners
5. Which of the following (下列) is NOT true?
A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.
B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.
C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.
D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.
