X. Read the passage and choose the best answer (0,5 pt)

CHESS

Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveler in
India in the year 900 wrote that it was played "long, long ago". Chess was
probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to
Europe since 1400. The name "chess" is interesting. When one player is
attacking the other's king, he says in English "check"; when the king has been
caught and cannot move anywhere, he says "check mate". These words come
from Persian. "Shah mat" means "the king is dead". That is the game is over
and one player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been
the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only more
one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece on the board. It would be
interesting to know why this has happened! Chess takes time and thought, but it
is a game for all kinds of people. You don't have to be champion in order to
enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The
first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio.
Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same tine. The
record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play
chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
1. What is the main idea of the reading?
a. Chess is an unusual game.
b. The history of chess as an interesting game

c. How the game of chess is played.
d. Why the game is called "chess".
2. Which of the following is known to be true?
3. a. Chess is an old Indian travelling game.
b. Chess is the oldest game in the world.
c. Chess was played in Japan and Europe before 1400
d. Chess was played in India long before 900
4. One player has won the game when ________.
a. he attacks the other player's king
b. he says some Persian words
c. he says "check" to the other player
d. the other player's king could not move anywhere
5. All of the following are correct except
a. All kinds of people can play chess
b. Some people write to each other in order to play chess
c. Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table
d. The Russians lost the game played by radio
6. According to the old rules of the game
a. the queen was the strongest piece on the board
b. the king had to be attacked all the time
c. the queen could move no more than one square at a time
d. the king could move diagonally