Watson 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 in my hotel at that time．Mrs Prag ，the mother，was told that I played chess，and she begged me to g ive 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 an d I aGREed to play．We placed the board（棋盘）in the garden ．The game began ．I hoped it would be quick an d 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 in terest 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 gon e off to play with his sister．I studied the board and found I was driven in to a corner．So it went on with David：a quick move，then tennis，back to the board，then back to his sister．My difficult con dition became impossible to change．I was beaten，oh so quickly，by a ten-year-old player．He was the winner—in twenty-eight minutes．David Prag：a name to remember．I had a chance to be his game today，and it won this cup for me．To him，of course，it is one of a hundred，or perhaps a thousan d，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 chan ce to take part in an important game
C．he had learn ed how to play chess from a child
D．he had learned a good game from a child
2．Before the game，Mr W atson was quite sure that ．
A．the boy played as well as he did
B．he would be Southern Chess Master two years ago
C．he could win the game easily
D．the boy would win the game quickly
3．—Why did David play tennis w hile 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 this 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 is not true？
A．Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess．
B．Watson thought he could w in 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．
参考答案：1—5DCDBB
