2018届中考英语复习：（阅读理解）.doc

2017年中考真题（阅读理解）(2017?浙江宁波) D THREE CENTURIES OF HQAXES（骗局；恶作剧）！ A THINKING MACHINE In 1769, long before computers were invented, a man from Hungary（匈牙利）built a wonderful machine that could play chess very well. It delighted（使高兴）people all over Europe and beat nearly everyone it played, including famous figures like French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, and scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin. For decades, many people believed that it was truly a thinking machine. There were people who said it was a hoax, but could not prove it or explain how it worked. About 85 years later, the secret was f