A long time ago，there was a king in India．The king's （11） 　　game was chess．

One day，a wise old man （12） 　　to the palace and the king challenged him to （13） 　　game．The king promised the old man．"You can（14） 　　any prize if you win the game．"

The old man（15） 　　，"If I win the game，I'd like one grain of（16） 　　for the first square of the chessboard，two for the second，four for the （17） 　　，and then double the amount for each of the （18） 　　of the squares．"

"Is that all？"asked the king，"Wouldn't you like gold or silver（19） 　　？"

"No，just rice．"replied the old man．

The king and the old man played the game （20） 　　 a long time．Finally，the old man won．（21） 　　 the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice．He（22） 　　 one grain on the first square，two on the second，and so on．The king quickly realized the（23） 　　﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣even with all the rice in the country，he would（24） 　　 not have enough rice to put on all the （25） 　　．

11．A．boring	B．favourite	C．dangerous	D．famous
12．A．came	B．faced	C．brought	D．turned
13．A．an	B．a	C．the	D．（不填）
14．A．make	B．try	C．have	D．give
15．A．told	B．talked	C．spoke	D．said
16．A．sweet	B．rice	C．bean	D．cake
17．A．third	B．fourth	C．fifth	D．sixth
18．A．whole	B．couple	C．part	D．rest
19．A．instead	B．too	C．again	D．once
20．A．in	B．at	C．for	D．from
21．A．But	B．So	C．Or	D．Yet
22．A．found	B．used	C．put	D．took
23．A．problem	B．decision	C．advice	D．opinion
24．A．hardly	B．still	C．just	D．also
25．A．squares	B．bags	C．areas	D．spaces