Question

Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.

    The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.

    “As a kind of online game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world.” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “ We want to make Angry Birds a part of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”

    Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.

1.Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?

A. In the UK.    B. In Finland.   C. In Australia.     D. In the USA.

2.Angry Birds is _______.

A. an online game       B. an online movie

C. a talk show on TV     D. a game show on TV

3.Lots of people think Angry Birds is very ______.

A. boring      B. easy     C. interesting     D. difficult

4.The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to（指的是）_______.

A. the characters         B. the screens

C. the interesting games    D. the interesting places

5.From the passage, we can know_______.

A. Angry Birds is only popular with young people

B. Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company

C. there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks

D. Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了由于许多人喜欢愤怒的小鸟这个游戏，所以有些国家以愤怒的小鸟为主题的公园就先后出现了。

1.细节理解题。文中第二段The first two parks opened in Finland last year,最早的两个（愤怒的小鸟主题活动）公园在Finland（芬兰）开放。故选B。

2.细节理解题。文中第三段“As a kind of online game, it is popular with people of all ages”,作为一种网络游戏，它受到不同年龄阶段的人的欢迎。It在这指代Angry Birds,故选A。

3.细节理解题。文中第三段It’s really an interesting game.它真的是款很有趣的游戏。故选C。

4.推理判断题。从文中第三段Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much.愤怒的小鸟主题活动公园有很多有趣的供小孩游玩的地方。他们都很喜欢它们。从而得知them指代前文里的many interesting places，故选D。

5.推理判断题。…said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company...说话的是Peter Vesterbacka，他是愤怒小鸟公司的员工。A错误，文中说it is popular with people of all ages.它收到不同年龄阶段人的欢迎；C错误，文中有People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park.；D错误，文中有people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK. 故选B。

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