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The following content will be used for items 1-5. Here is a passage about the game of chess. Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Only the Brave 
Questions It takes a brave soul to slay a knight and a braver one still to rescue a king, but beginning next week, you can do both. The chess club will hold its first meeting next Tuesday, September 4th, in room 205, Mrs. Klackerman's room. Mind you, the club is not for the faint of heart.
I know, I know. There are those who think that chess was invented for weak people, that if you can't lift 150 pounds, you can at least move a one-ounce piece of wood. Admit it; some of you think that way. But why? Last year, members of the chess club included weight lifters, football players,
basketball players, volleyball players, wrestlers, and cross-country runners. This should come as no surprise. Just because you are fast or strong doesn't mean you can't also enjoy a good mental workout.
Be warned, however. Whether or not you have athletic ability, participation in the chess club will test the strength of your mental ability. The state of a person's mind is what determines the level of success during a battle of chess, and this club will help you work on that. If you are afraid to exercise your mind, you are welcome to spend your afternoon doing something else. Go ahead: Watch television, sleep, read comic books. There is nothing wrong with such activities. Chess club members enjoy them, too. But if you would like to go somewhere in life, you'll have to be braver than that.
Chess will force you to be brave with your brain. You will have to strategize, plan, and think in a way that no video game will make you do. You will constantly encounter new, unplanned-for circumstances and will have to adjust on the fly, for you will be going mind-to-mind with a real person and not with a programmed machine. In short, chess will challenge you and stretch your body's most important muscle—your brain. Come and sharpen your thinking and prepare for mental battle. But remember: Only the brave need apply.
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I know, I know. There are those who think that chess was invented for weak people, that if you can't lift 150 pounds, you can at least move a one-ounce piece of wood. Admit it; some of you think that way. But why? Last year, members of the chess club included weight lifters, football players,
basketball players, volleyball players, wrestlers, and cross-country runners. This should come as no surprise. Just because you are fast or strong doesn't mean you can't also enjoy a good mental workout.
Be warned, however. Whether or not you have athletic ability, participation in the chess club will test the strength of your mental ability. The state of a person's mind is what determines the level of success during a battle of chess, and this club will help you work on that. If you are afraid to exercise your mind, you are welcome to spend your afternoon doing something else. Go ahead: Watch television, sleep, read comic books. There is nothing wrong with such activities. Chess club members enjoy them, too. But if you would like to go somewhere in life, you'll have to be braver than that.
Chess will force you to be brave with your brain. You will have to strategize, plan, and think in a way that no video game will make you do. You will constantly encounter new, unplanned-for circumstances and will have to adjust on the fly, for you will be going mind-to-mind with a real person and not with a programmed machine. In short, chess will challenge you and stretch your body's most important muscle—your brain. Come and sharpen your thinking and prepare for mental battle. But remember: Only the brave need apply.
