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ause. What can I do to 4 my peace of mind? ” The minister thought of a game that he had learned from a Greek soldier. He taught the rules to the king, who found the game so fascinating, such a perfect 5 that he became a happy man again. He asked Sassa, “How can I 6 you? Choose anything you like.”But Sassa said, “Take a grain of rice and place it on the first square of the board. Put two grains on the second square. Keep going, doubling the number of grains each time, until you have 7 all the 64 squares on the board. ” 8 they laughed at Sassa for his modesty and simplicity. But then they discovered that the rice would exceed (超過 ) all the 9 in the known world. The game, 10 you haven’t guessed , was ’s interesting that chess’s place and date of birth are still a 11 . India, China, Persia, Greece? Nobody knows. What is definitely true in the story is the 12 Sassa was making with his rice. Chess is pretty much 13 . We don’t know the number of possible games even today, 14 a superputer can 15 the world champion. There’s an Indian saying, “Chess is a lake in which a mosquito can bathe - and an elephant can drown. ” Children like to 16 a little wooden army, and even adults like to 17 Napoleon. That’s 18 they get started. Later, players realize the technical plexity (復雜事物 ) and, 19 they see the game’s unbelievable artistic beauty. It’s a unique 20 of war game, sport, science and art. and then B. Up and down C. More or less D. Day and night 2. than B. no more C. many more D. more and more 3. B. expand C. make D. break 4. B. reshape C. produce D. regain 5. B. suggestion C. plan D. proposal 6. B. award C. reward D. praise 7. B. found C. covered D. followed 8