Ⅲ. (2026 南京江宁区) 阅读理解 (古代智慧)
As a country strong in Maths, China has many folk games filled with Maths wisdom(智慧). You may have played many of them before. Let's take a look at three of them.
• Luban Lock
The Luban Lock was first made by Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago. It is said that Lu used six wooden pieces to make a toy that looks like a lock for his son. The lock has a lot to do with solid geometry(立体几何). It's hard to take the six pieces apart. However, it is usually easier to unlock a Luban Lock than to put it back together. Now, there are Luban Locks made up of nine or more pieces.
• Huarong Pass
Huarong Pass is a traditional Chinese block-moving puzzle(智力游戏). Every block is named after a character in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, like Cao Cao, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. To win the game, players have to move the blocks to get “Cao Cao” out. This is a test of one’s Maths knowledge, for example, the knowledge of geometric area. It takes at least 81 steps to set “Cao Cao” free.
• Tangram
A tangram is a puzzle made up of seven pieces of different shapes, including triangles, squares and parallelograms(平行四边形). For each puzzle, players need to use all the pieces to make a shape. People can make shapes of animals, people, or things. To do it, they have to know about geometry. According to China Science Daily, the game was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the 18th century, the tangram was brought to the West and soon became popular there.
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B
)11. Which picture shows the tangram?

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)12. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It takes at most 81 steps to set “Cao Cao” free in Huarong Pass.
B. The tangram was popular in both China and Western countries in the 18th century.
C. Players need to use some of the pieces to make a shape in a tangram.
D. It is usually easier to put a Luban Lock back together than to unlock it.
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)13. Which part of a magazine is the passage most probably taken from?
A. Language. B. History. C. Maths. D. Art.