Passage 15

学霸导读　孩子们的游戏在大人眼中似乎简单无趣。到底是什么让孩子们痴迷其中呢？

Children have their own rules in playing games. They s 1 need a referee （ 裁判 ） and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t c 2 much about who wins or loses， and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not f inished. Yet， they like games that depend a lot on l 3 ， so that each one’s own abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages， in which the choosing of leaders， the picking-up of sides， or the deciding of which side shall start， is almost a game in itself.

Parents can hardly f ind children’s games i 4 , and they often don’t understand why their children play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person or not. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be c 5 , too. In some games, it is his place to g 6 orders, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to punish someone who has been caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be simple, but they make sure that every child has a c 7 to win.

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高频词汇

rarely /'reəli/　adv. 很少，罕有

directly /də'rektli/　adv. 直接地，径直地

stage /steɪdʒ/　n. 阶段