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Pedro looked down at the chessboard. He always got nervous just before a match. Today was the big chess tournament（联赛）. All the schools had sent their best players to compete with others. Yet. here sat Pedro. Waiting to make his first move.

Pedro was not exactly the best chess player in his school. Rashid was better than he was. Rashid had won the match to decide which student would play for Carver Middle School but he was ill. So now Pedro was here to take his place.

The girl across the board from Pedro looked really tough （强势）,Her name was Jasmine, and she had come in third in the state last year .The more Pedro looked at her face. The less likely he thought that he could beat her. He looked down at the board again.

In front of him were 16 white cless pieces. The pawns（兵）were the weakest and least important pieces. There were eight of them , facing the pieces across the board .Behind the pawns were the king. The queen. two bishops（象）.two knights （马），and two rooks （车）. Somehow Pedro had to Protect his king while catching Jasmine’s king. It was not going to be easy.

Pedro nervously moved one of his pawns. The game had started. Jasmine quickly moved one of her pawns Pedro moved another pawn. Jasmine did the same. So far ,it was not so bad .In fact, Jasmine was using the same moves that most of Pedro’s usual opponents （对手） used.

After 15 minutes, Pedro realized that Jasmine was not quite so rough after all .She was starting to make little mistakes. Once , she almost made a move that would have left her king open. She seemed to be in a hurry .trying to get Pedro to move his pieces quickly. Pedro refused to let her rush him .He took his time.

Then, all at once, he saw his chance. If he moved his queen in front of Jasmine’s rook, he would be able to win .He moved his queen, leaving his finger on top of it. As long as he was touching his playing piece, his move was not yet over .He pretended to hesitate .then he took his finger off.

Barn! Jasmine took his queen with her rook, almost knocking it off the table.”Ha!” she laughed. “Take that!”

Pedro smiled.” I’m take your king,” he said. “Checkmate.”

【小题1】Pedro looked down at the chessboard before the game started because   ______  .

A．he should pay attention to the rules

B．he didn’t like Jasmine’s face

C．he was deciding what move to make first

D．he wanted to count his chess pieces

【小题2】______  was the best chess player in Carver Middle School.

A．Pedro

B．Jasmine

C．Rashid

D．Danny

【小题3】Pedro made sure he played slowly so that ______ .

A．he might not make mistakes	B．he would obey the rules
C．Jasmine would get upset	D．Jasmine would rush him

【小题4】Jasmine said. ”Ha! Take that ”Here “that ” reface to （指的是） Pedro’s ______  .

A．rook

B．pawn

C．king

D．queen

【小题5】The last word “checkmate ”in the passage probably means “ ______ “ .

A．poor opponent （对手）	B．complete victory
C．no difference	D．your turn

【小题6】Which is the best title of the passage ?

A．The Best Player.	B．A Tough Opponent.
C．A Chess Match.	D．King vs Queen.