Question

Several weeks ago, kidsPost did a story on “The Art of Video Games” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition has created debate with some people saying that as fun as video games are ,they are not works of art. Other people say that videos games may be a new form of art and that they belong to in museums. We asked readers for their opinions on the topic. Here are a few of the letters we received.

A video game is like a painting on a screen. In order to make a video game, you have to think of something original(新颖的)to reach the players. This is the point of Art.

---Mary Pottanat,13

I believe video games are not a form of art. Art should be a visual (视觉的)and creative expression of feelings. Although it is arguable that video games are visual ,they do not express feelings in any way.

---Prannab Kirshnan,12

However exciting video games are, they are not art. Painting is art, but not video games. Art has beauty and culture that no technology could ever compare to. Even though you can create art in some video games, the “ Mona Lisa” wasn’t painted with Nintendo.

---Caroline Kaplan,10

Art is a way of communicating ideas to the public in a way that is fun to them. The “public”, who in this case are kids and adults, are finding these video games from different time periods interesting. Video games would not have been art if it had not been for the kids and adults attracted by “the art of video games”.

---Ryan Puthumana,10

1.Who’s the author?

A. An artist.

B.A video game creator.

C. Someone who works at KidsPost.

D. Someone who works in a museum.

2.Ryan Puthumana holds the view that video games________.

A. aren’t fun enough to be art.

B. are so interesting that they are art.

C. can’t express feelings as well as art.

D. are not so popular with kids as before.

3.We can learn from the text that ______.

A. Caroline Kaplan disagrees with Mary Pottanat.

B. Only one kid thinks video games are similar to art.

C. Prannab Kirshnan doesn’t like playing video games.

D. The older the kids are ,the more they like video games.

4.The text mainly discusses____________.

A. the differences between video games and art.

B. why people like or hate video games.

C. whether video games are art or not.

D. what can be considered works of art.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了kidsPost有关“video games是不是艺术”的几封读者来信。

1.1】C考查判断推理题。根据第一段的最后一句话“We asked readers for their opinions on the topic. Here are a few of the letters we received.”注意关键词readers。可知这是kidsPost的工作人员在向kidsPost的作者征求意见，因此这篇文章也是由kidsPost的工作人员写的。

2.2】B考查细节理解题。根据题干Ryan Puthumana定位到最后一封读者来信。在这封来信中第一句Ryan表示以一种有趣的方式与大众交流想法就是艺术。第二句指出大众认为video games很有趣。最后一句更是通过双重否定直接肯定video games是艺术。易知选B。

3.3】A考查细节理解题。通读这四篇读者来信可知Mary和Ryan认为video games是艺术，Prannab和Caroline认为video games不是艺术。因此B、D与文意不符。C项在文中没有体现。

4.4】C考查主旨大意题。根据第一段最后“We asked readers for their opinions on the topic.”以及后面的读者来信可知这篇文章主要讲的就是关于一个video games是不是艺术的话题。

【名师点睛】

社会生活类阅读理解题备考方略

【题型说明】社会生活类阅读文章在高考中的出现频率较高。它涉及人们衣、食、住、行等方面的社会万象、生活经历、饮食、饮食与健康、休闲与娱乐、旅游、生态旅游、服装、住房等等内容。这类文章同学们读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来也比较得心应手。在高考阅读理解题中，这类文章属搭配类材料，所以，它的命题多数属于中低等难度的送分题，如事实细节题、计算题、识图题等。遇到这类文章时，我们一定要抓住得分机遇，尽量不要失分。

【答题方法】读这类文章要特别注意做好事实细节题。对于细节试题，同学们要先从题干中找到关键性词语，然后采用略读或跳读，快速在文章中寻找相关细节，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，细心比较所给选项与文中细节的区别，在准确理解了细节的前提下，最终确定最佳答案。具体解题步骤如下：

1. 读题干：阅读题干，发现关键词和起主导作用的内容。一般情况下，问题出现的前后顺序与文章中细节和事实出现的先后顺序是一致的。

2. 找细节：阅读文章内容，寻找与题干相符合的具体细节。要注意的是，对作者使用的同义词或与之相关的词语和句子千万不能忽略。如：5.1】C考查判断推理题。根据第一段的最后一句话“We asked readers for their opinions on the topic. Here are a few of the letters we received.”注意关键词readers。可知这是kidsPost的工作人员在向kidsPost的作者征求意见，因此这篇文章也是由kidsPost的工作人员写的。

3. 巧答题：根据前两步所得到的信息回答问题。阅读问题所给的四个选项，检查文中的细节与哪一项相符。当题干中有诸如“NOT”或“except”时，同学们一定要特别小心，力求在文章中找到相关的有力证据。如：6.2】B考查细节理解题。根据题干Ryan Puthumana定位到最后一封读者来信。在这封来信中第一句Ryan表示以一种有趣的方式与大众交流想法就是艺术。第二句指出大众认为video games很有趣。最后一句更是通过双重否定直接肯定video games是艺术。易知选B。

考点：社会生活类阅读理解