Question

    On June 10, at 8 pm, more than a hundred people were gathered in a tent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were there to play video games. But they wouldn’t be playing on any ordinary gaming system. Instead, they were prepared to play games that would be displayed on a glass skyscraper called the Cira Center.

“There was really a great energy in the tent that night,” Ainsley Soulchin, 13, said. She participated in Skyscraper Video Games for Kids. It is a programme that teaches middle school students to code (编程) video games.

In the programme, Ainsley coded a game. She calls the game Dot Man. In Dot Man, a player has to pass through a maze (迷宫) without getting caught by a dot. On June 10, the public got to play Dot Man and other student-made video games on the outside of the Cira Centre. Ainsley was proud of her accomplishment. “When you see your game on the building,” she said, “you’re like ‘Wow, I made this.’”

Frank Lee founded Skyscraper Video Games for Kids. He’s a professor of digital media at Drexel University, in Philadelphia. He wanted to involve others in the joy of playing video games. So he found a way to make that happen.

“Years ago, I was driving past the Cira Centre,” Lee said. “I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to make a game out of that building?’” He noticed there were LED lights fixed between the skyscraper’s floors. Lee knew if he could access the building’s computer system, he could control the LED lights. This would allow him to display video games on the skyscraper. People could play these games using a joystick (游戏杆). The joystick would be connected to a computer outside the building. And the computer would send wireless commands to the skyscraper’s internal system.

Now Lee shares his passion for game design with kids. With funding from Intel, he trains educators to create video games. The educators then teach their students those same skills.

1.What was special about the video games?

A.They would be played in a tent. B.They would be played by over 100 people.

C.They would be played by children. D.They would be displayed on a skyscraper.

2.Which of the following best describes the participants in the tent?

A.Enthusiastic. B.Exhausted. C.Relaxed. D.Stressed.

3.What inspired Frank Lee to found Skyscraper Video Games for Kids?

A.The skyscraper’s floors. B.The ads on the skyscraper.

C.The LED lights on the skyscraper. D.The skyscraper’s computer system.

4.Where is the text most likely from?

A.A guidebook. B.A website. C.A fiction. D.A diary.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇新闻稿件应用文，主要写了学生参与“儿童摩天大楼电子游戏"这个项目以及该项目的由来。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Instead, they were prepared to play games that would be displayed on a glass skyscraper called the Cira Center.可知，该游戏的显示屏在摩天大楼上，这才是其与众不同之处。故选D项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段第1句"There was a really great energy in the tent that night"中的 great energy意为“巨大能量”或“热情高涨”，说明参与者都 很感兴趣。故选A项。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第五段第1，2句“Years ago, I was driving past the Cira Centre,” Lee said. “I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to make a game out of that building?’” He noticed there were LED lights fixed between the skyscraper’s floors.可知，当Lee 注意到安装在摩天大厦楼层中间的LED灯时，突然想到"Wouldn't it be cool to make a game out of that building?”，因此是LED灯激发了他的游戏灵感。故选 C项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章第一段的叙述方式，交代了时间，地点，人物和事件，以及文本中的引语“There was really a great energy in the tent that night,” Ainsley Soulchin, 13, said. She participated in Skyscraper Video Games for Kids；“Years ago, I was driving past the Cira Centre,” Lee said. “I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to make a game out of that building?’”明显是被采访者的话语,据此可推测出文本来自报纸、网站等时效性强的媒体。故选B项。