There’s a “queen of chess” in real life—Hou Yifan.
Hou started playing chess at the age of 5 in 1999. “I was interested in chess and decided to take it up,” said Hou. After playing for two years as a hobby, Hou met her trainer, Tong Yuanming, and took up professional (专业的) training.
Learning strategies from past competitions and practicing chess quickly became her everyday life. Luckily, what she did soon paid off. At the age of 13, she became China’s youngest ever National Women’s Champion (全国女子冠军) and then became the youngest chess champion in the world when she was sixteen.
Although Hou is now a famous chess star in China, and even around the world, she always stays vigilant. “I’m happy to win some good titles, but I know it is just the starting point for me,” Hou added. “So I should forget the titles and work hard to keep improving.”
After learning chess for a long time, Hou then decided to study something else in the college. In 2012, she studied at Peking University and then went to the University of Oxford.
On July 10th, 2020, Hou became a teacher at Shenzhen University. And now she still works there. Hou likes the job very much. She wants to make chess reach more young Chinese people. And she looks forward to seeing more and more excellent Chinese chess players appear in the near future.
29. Hou Yifan took up professional training at the age of ________.
30. To learn strategies, Hou ________.
A.practiced with others often | B.listened to her teacher carefully |
C.read books about great players | D.watched many past competitions |
31. What does the underlined word “
vigilant” mean in Chinese?
32. Which of the following is
TRUE according to the passage?
A.Hou works in Guangdong now. |
B.Hou didn’t want to play chess at first. |
C.Hou studied chess at Peking University. |
D.Hou became the world’s youngest chess champion at 13. |
33. What’s the best title for the passage?
A.The exciting world of chess |
B.The talented girl in chess history |
C.Some ways to play chess better |
D.A difference between chess and life |