Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a judge and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.
Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he caught.
It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more important, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win

  1. 1.

    What is true about children when they play games?

    1. A.
      They can stop playing any time they like
    2. B.
      They can test their personal abilities
    3. C.
      They want to pick a better team
    4. D.
      They don’t need rules
  2. 2.

    To become a leader in a game the child has to ______

    1. A.
      play well
    2. B.
      be popular among his playmates
    3. C.
      be confident in himself
    4. D.
      wait for his turn
  3. 3.

    What do we know about grown-ups?

    1. A.
      They are not interested in games
    2. B.
      They find children’s games too easy
    3. C.
      They don’t need a reason to play games
    4. D.
      They don’t understand children’s games
  4. 4.

    The writer believes that _______

    1. A.
      children should make better rules for their games
    2. B.
      children should invite grow-ups to play with them
    3. C.
      children’s games can do them a lot of good
    4. D.
      children play games without reasons
ADBC
試題分析:本文介紹了孩子們的不同于成人世界的游戲規(guī)則:簡單而公平;而成人卻對此迷惑不解.
1.細節(jié)題.第一段第三句They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished.說明在做游戲時,他們可以根據(jù)自己的愿望在任何時候停止游戲,選A
2.細節(jié)題.從第二段倒數(shù)第二句He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn.可知,孩子們輪流擔任游戲的領導者,選D
3.細節(jié)題.第二段第一句Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again.說明大人們認為孩子們的游戲太簡單了,選B
4.細節(jié)題:第二段第二句However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid.表明作者的態(tài)度,他認為做游戲對孩子們來說是很有好處的,選C
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