1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(每空一词)。

Games come and go. Only few remain popular after     1     (hundred) of years. Nowadays archaeologists (考古学家) have found paintings and writings that tell us about ancient games.

Some of these games are similar     2     the games people still play today. One of     3     (they) is weiqi.

The history of weiqi in China goes back to more than 2,000 years. Some scholars believe it may go back to over 4,000 years! This was the game of kings and     4     (gentleman) during the time of Confucius. As time went by, the game     5     (spread) to Korea. Then it reached Japan around 700 AD.

This game was     6     (call) Go in Japan. However, it didn’t really become popular in Japan     7     the 1600s. At that time, four Go schools were set up in Japan. Students from the schools competed in     8     (nation) competitions each year. The     9     (win) was named the Go Minister of Japan for a year!

Today, weiqi is played all     10     the world. Two astronauts even played the game in space. One of the astronauts was from Japan, and the other was from the USA.

2 . 同学们，在没有手机、平板等电子产品的古代中国，和你们同龄的孩子们是如何度过他们的空闲时间呢？请你阅读下面短文，将选项中的图片（A-D）与相应的段落匹配并完成相关题目。

During ancient times, children didn’t have smart phones, iPads or computers to entertain them. Instead, they came up with fun games to play in their childhood. Let’s take a look.

1

During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in the winter to keep warm. Stones were carved into small balls and kicked along with feet.

2

Kites have quite a long history in China. The earliest kites were made of wood instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own style. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings (翅膀) is a special kind of the Beijing kite.

3

Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to play a trick on him or, more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them.

4

The most similar thing to watching a film or television for fun during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists controlled puppets (木偶) behind the screen to make the puppets move like people and tell stories.

A.      B.    C .     D.

1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. What is your favorite ancient game in the passage? Why? (Less than 20 words)
________________________________________

3 . A new game is becoming popular with young people: tens or even hundreds of people come together, choose to be “cats” or “mice”, share locations on their phones, and then play hide-and-seek in a big open-air space.

Young people say that this game not only gets people to exercise but also throws them into the joys of childhood memories. It helps them deal with pressure and turns running into a fun social game.

On Sept. 24, I went to experience the activity with Patrick McCarthy in the park. There were around 30 people. Most of us didn’t know each other. The game had two rounds (轮). In the first round, five people were “cats” and the rest were “mice”. With five minutes for “mice” to run and hide, the “cats” found them using the locations they shared on a map app. The second round was group competition.

We all played hide-and-seek when we were little. When I invited McCarthy, he asked, “What’s the purpose of playing this game as an adult (成人)?”

It turned out (结果是) that the game was a joyful experience for him. The use of GPS made it much more fun. “It was a creative way of bringing something new to old games with technology,” said McCarthy. “It is a good way to make friends, as they need teamwork.”

For me, it’s good that this activity got me moving as I’m not so interested in doing sports in my daily life. However, I could have had more fun if the park weren’t so big.

1. Why is the new game popular with young people according to Paragraph 2?

A．It brings fun for them.	B．It gives them no pressure.
C．It improves their memories.	D．It gets them to do less sports.

2. What can we know about the new game?

A．“Cats” are more than “mice”.

B．“Cats” find “mice” with a map app.

C．Players need to know each other well.

D．The space for the activity is very small.

3. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 5?

A．The teamwork.

B．The technology.

C．The fun.

D．The game.

4. What does the writer think of the game?

A．He thinks the game is creative.

B．He thinks the game makes him do sports.

C．He believes the game isn’t interesting.

D．He believes the game helps him make friends.

5. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．A new way to play hide-and-seek.

B．A joyful experience of playing games.

C．The rules for playing hide-and-seek.

D．The importance of technology in games.

4 . ① The Monkey King is coming to the world of AAA video games.

② On August 20th, 2020, the Chinese game developer Game Science showed a 13-minute video about its action role-playing game (动作类角色扮演游戏)—Black Myth: Wukong (《黑神话：悟空》). Within one day, the video got nearly 2 million views on YouTube and 10 million views on Bilibili.

③ Every year on August 20th, the developer Game Science showed a new video about the development progress of the game. However, what’s different this year is that we finally got to play it. On August 20th, 2023, in Hangzhou, 1000 players from all over China were invited to play the latest demo (试玩版) of the game. And three days later in Cologne, games from all over the world came to play it at Gamescom 2023. Some even waited for more than 5 hours only to play it for 45 minutes. On August 25th, the game won the Award of Best Visuals.

④ The Monkey King has appeared in video games before, but seldom has that been in a game made by a Chinese company which paid so much attention to showing Chinese traditional culture.

⑤ “We’ve just been so interested with this Chinese mythology,” Game Science boss Feng Ji told the Unreal Engine website. That interest led to years of study on the Monkey King. But while Black Myth: Wukong is set in the world of Journey to the West, the 500-year-old book was not enough for the game developers.

⑥ “To create a fascinating Chinese story, we also looked to many Chinese classics, taking ideas from their stories, characters and monsters, for example, The Classic of Mountains and Seas (《山海经》), The Investiture of the Gods (《封神演义》), Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (《聊斋志异》), Wuxia novels by Jin Yong and Gu Long and science fictions by Liu Cixin. They all inspired the making of the game,” said Feng.

⑦ For Chinese game industry and Chinese traditional culture, there is also a “journey to the west”. Since the full game of Black Myth: Wukong is due to come out next summer, there are reasons to believe that, with time given, Game Science will make its way!

1. Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?
a. Players from all over the world played Black Myth: Wukong.
b. Players from all over China played Black Myth: Wukong.
c. Game Science showed videos about Black Myth: Wukong.
d. Black Myth: Wukong won the Award of Best Visuals.

A．a-b-c-d

B．c-d-b-a

C．c-b-a-d

D．b-a-d-c

2. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．The Chinese classics.	B．The game developers.
C．Jin Yong, Gu Long and Liu Cixin.	D．Wuxia novels and science fictions.

3. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A．①②/③④/⑤⑥/⑦	B．①/②③④/⑤⑥/⑦
C．①②/③/④⑤⑥/⑦	D．①/②③/④⑤⑥/⑦

4. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Game science will take a trip to the west next summer.

B．We can play Black Myth: Wukong for free next summer.

C．The game industry in China is better than that in western countries.

D．There is a long way to go for Chinese traditional culture to be known around the world.

5 . Children’s games in ancient China

During ancient times, children didn’t have smart phones, iPads or computers to entertain them. Instead, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood. Let’s take a look.

Playing hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to play a trick on him or more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them.
Setting off firecrackers (鞭炮) Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that there was a beast named Nian in ancient China, and people burnt bamboo joints (竹节) to make them blast (爆炸) to drive away the beast. After gunpowder which is one of the four ancient Chinese inventions was invented, it gradually replaced the bamboo joints. Nowadays, firecrackers are still set off during Spring Festival.
Watching shadow plays The most similar thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists controlled puppets (木偶) behind the screen to make the puppets move like people and tell stories. People liked listening to the music and enjoyed the beautiful puppets.
Kicking stone balls During the Qing Dynasty (1644—1911), kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in the winter to keep warm. Stones were carved into small balls and kicked along with feet.

1. How can hide-and-seek be played?

A．One hides and others try to find.	B．One covers a child’s eyes and others run.
C．One tries to find and others hide.	D．One runs and others try to catch.

2. __________ has something to do with the four ancient Chinese inventions.

A．Hide-and-seek

B．Firecrackers

C．Shadow plays

D．Stone balls

3. According to the passage, the game of kicking a stone ball was __________.

A．often played with hands.	B．popular in the 18th century in southern China.
C．has the longest history of the four games.	D．played to get the body warm.

4. From the passage we can learn that __________.

A．people burnt bamboo joints to welcome the beast.

B．the puppets could move like people with the artists’ controlling.

C．kicking a stone ball was a popular game before the Qing Dynasty.

D．all the children must cover their eyes while playing hide-and-seek.

5. Where is the passage probably from?

A．A travel guide.	B．A news website.
C．A culture magazine.	D．A science report.

6 . Kids love playing games. It’s the nature of being young. ________ the game of marbles (弹珠) for example. Kids from different areas have been playing this game for ________ years.

There are many reasons which make the game of marbles so popular. It’s easy to play. Both the rich and the poor have ________ same chance of winning. ________ you have at least one marble, you can get into a game. Perhaps most important of all, the rules are flexible (灵活的), which means they can be changed by the players. ________ exciting and interesting rules!

The goal of the game is to win their opponents’ (对手) marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking them out of a circle. ________ the end of a game, one player goes home with a bag full of marbles. The others go home with their bags that are far ________ than when they arrived.

The first marbles were small round stones. Later, clay marbles ________. Even later, marbles started being made from glass. The prettiest glass marbles are always the most valuable. Marble players often trade marbles, trying to get the most colourful and beautiful ones for ________.

Today, the best game of marbles is played in the schoolyard. Friends gather around to see ________ will have the best luck that day. Kids really enjoy playing the game.

1.

A．Take

B．Took

C．To take

D．Taking

2.

A．two thousands

B．thousand of

C．thousands of

D．two thousand of

3.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

4.

A．Unless

B．Even though

C．As long as

D．As soon as

5.

A．How

B．What

C．How an

D．What an

6.

A．In

B．On

C．By

D．At

7.

A．light

B．lighter

C．lightest

D．more light

8.

A．appeared

B．are appeared

C．were appeared

D．have appeared

9.

A．them

B．they

C．their

D．themselves

10.

A．who

B．whom

C．when

D．where

7 . People in ancient China worked long hours each day. To relax, they invented many games. Here are some of them.

Chuiwan was one of the ball games in ancient China, which was very popular in the Song Dynasty. “Chui” means hit” and “wan” means “ball”. This sport was similar to golf. On a large field, the players were divided into two groups. Usually there were 2 to 10 people in each group. Everyone had three chances to hit the ball into holes with a stick. Only when three hits into the hole were achieved did the player win the point. chuiwan (捶丸)

First recorded 2, 000 years ago, cuju is known as the earliest form of football. The ball was made of leather (皮革) on the outside and filled with rice bran (米糠) inside. As a fun and relaxing game, cuju was used in the army to train soldiers. Its rules were similar to the rules of football. Each team usually had 12 or 16 players. No hands were allowed. Only feet and head could be used. The ball should be hit into the opposite goal. cuju (蹴鞠)

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, archery was an important part of education for gentlemen. At the age of 15, they began learning archery. The most famous competition was Grand Archery. It was held by the emperor. The competitors bowed before shooting and drank together after it. archery (射箭)

1. What sport was chuiwan similar to?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Why was cuju used in the army?

A．To develop the sport.	B．To choose talented soldiers.
C．To give soldiers some training.	D．To build a professional team.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about archery in the Western Zhou Dynasty?

A．It was part of education.

B．It was invented by the emperor.

C．Grand Archery was organized by gentlemen.

D．All the competitors would have a drink before shooting.

4. What do the three sports have in common?

A．They are all from the West.

B．They all have a long history.

C．They are all sports for emperors.

D．They must be learned from an early age.

5. In which section of a website can we read this passage?

A．Travel.

B．Business.

C．Culture.

D．Life.

8 .

	*Playing stone balls During the Qing dynasty, kids often kicked a stone ball around in groups in winter to keep warm in the Northern China. Stones were made into small balls and played with feet. It became popular because it was easy and cost little. People enjoy playing and watching it.
	*Playing hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek is so popular that we can even feel its fun from many poems in Tang Dynasty. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to make fun of him or, more commonly, some kids hide and one child must try to find them.
	*Playing diabolo Diabolo is always made of wood or bamboo and is empty in the center. Diabolo will make a sound when moving on the thread (线) at a high speed. It passed down to common people during the Ming Dynasty and it started to become a popular way to exercise then. You can still see people play it in groups or by themselves now.
	*Watching shadow puppets With music and storytelling, children in ancient times enjoyed watching artists maninulate puppets moving behind the screen. It’s just like watching a film. During the Qing Dynasty, shadow play art reached its top. Nowadays, they are the presents sent by the Chinese government to foreign leaders.

1. According to the text, which is the earliest popular game in history?

A．Playing stone balls.

B．Playing hide-and-seek.

C．Playing diabolo.

2. Which game will Sally and Tom prefer?

A．Tom—Playing diabolo, Sally—Watching shadow puppets.

B．Tom—Playing hide-and-seek, Sally—Playing diabolo.

C．Tom—Playing stone balls, Sally—Watching shadow puppets.

3. Which of the following matches with the meaning of the word “manipulate”?
manipulate /ma'nipjuleit/ verb

A．to control or influence sb/sth, often in a dishonest way

B．to control or use sth in a skillful way

C．to move a person’s bone into its correct position.

4. What can we know about in each of the games from the passage?

A．materials and rules

B．history and materials

C．popularity and history

5. Which slogan would the museum choose for the show?

A．Colorful sports, great wisdom

B．Interesting games, valuable traditions.

C．Remember the history, change the future.

9 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

similar             play             history             in             real find             as             much             compete             it

Games come and go. Only a few remain popular after hundreds of years. Nowadays, archaeologists (考古学家) have     1     paintings and writings that tell us about ancient games.

Some of these games are     2     to the games people still play today. And one of the     3     popular ones is weiqi.

The     4     of weiqi in China goes back to more than 2, 000 years ago. Some researchers believe it may go back to over 4, 000 years ago! This was the game of kings and gentlemen during the time of Confucius (孔子).     5     time went by, the game spread to Korea. Then     6     reached Japan around 700 AD.

This game was called Go in Japan. However, it didn’t     7     become popular in Japan until the 1600s. At that time, four Go schools were set up in Japan. Students from the schools competed in national     8     each year.

The winner was named the Go Minister of Japan for a year!

Today, people enjoy     9     weiqi all over the world. Two astronauts even played the game     10     space. One was from Japan, and the other was from the USA.