题目内容：

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Children have their own rules in playing games. They don't care much about 1. wins or loses, and they don't seem to worry whether the game 2. (finish) or not when they leave.

Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be 3.(direct) compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages in 4. each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side 5. (start) is almost a game in itself.

Grown-ups can hardly find children’s game exciting, and they often feel 6.(puzzle) at why their kids play such a simple game again and again.

However, it is found 7. a child plays games for very important reasons. He can find 8. (he) being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He can become a leader and give 9.(order) when it comes to his turn. In some games, he can pretend to be dead or to kiss someone he has caught. 10. appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control.