1 . A teenager has created “the entire known universe” in the popular computer game Mine craft over the course of two months. In the game’s creative mode, players can build structures using blocks.

Eighteen-year-old Christopher Slayton started by building the Earth. He used a globe to measure the exact location of every continent lo perfectly copy the planet. He went on to build planets, stars, galaxies and space gas.

In a video, Slayton explained that he started skydiving so he could see the planet from a different perspective, before using mathematical concepts to make sure that the universe was made to an accurate scale. In order to fit all of the planets in the universe into the simulation(模拟), every planet would need to be 700,000 times smaller.

Eventually, Slayton was working on structures that are much larger than the Earth, like the sun. He used the brightest blocks in the game to build the star, adding solar flares(光) to make it “feel alive”.

Building even larger structures―such as the Pillars of Creation, elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula—took Slayton two days to simply make the colors accurate, before painting the stars and their shine in the background.

Many other impressive builds have been made in Mine craft. In 2020, a player created a life-size recreation of the Earth, bypassing the game’s built-in height limit to recreate Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon at their full scale.

The game is also a powerful learning tool for geography, history and even finance. “Mine craft exposes children to complicated financial systems,” Teacher Gaming co-founder Joel Levin told The Independent. “Perhaps the most effective experiences come from having teachers get out of the way and letting the students play on their own. With a bit of coaching, this type of experience can lead to amazing conversations about digital citizenship, online identity and responsibility,” Levin said.

1. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?

A．Getting the scale right.	B．Measuring the continents.
C．Fitting the planets in.	D．Launching skydiving.

2. Which of the following best describes Slayton’s recreating the universe?

A．Risky.

B．Painstaking.

C．Cooperative.

D．Interactive.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Conversations should happen before kids play Mine e raft.

B．Questions of online identity will arise after kids play Mine craft.

C．Levin coaches his students about how to build universe models.

D．Mine craft can be an educational experience even if children play it alone.

4. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Mine craft, a Good Learning Tool

B．Mine craft, a Model of the Universe

C．Impressive Builds Made in Mine craft

D．A Teen Recreates the Universe in Mine craft

5 . 阅读短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式补全短文。

In the modern workplace, the     1     (adopt) principles of games are now playing an important role in successfully building teams of problem solvers.

HackerRank is a company     2     (hire) to set a series of programming challenges and competitions for promising employees.

“What we do is give people the opportunity to connect with any company on the planet by building a set of challenges that apply the skills     3     (require) to a job there,” says Vivek Ravisankar, HackerRank’s co-founder. “Some companies have introduced computer games into the hiring process in order to test interviewees’ skills. It’s only a matter of time before this becomes a widely     4     (accept) way of thinking.”

These principles are now being introduced to schools, too. While there has been much criticism of the time     5     (spend) in front of screens, many experts believe that some games of     6     (advance) technology can help young people unlock their creative characters, and give them more practicable life lessons for the future than traditional subjects.

7 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

You’re never too old to take out many pieces of Lego and start building. As a result, they’ve created     1     unusual set made just for adults.

The Lego Forma line     2     (design)in particular to encourage your creativity and make you feel     3     (relax). This set is not on sale yet because it is now     4     the beginning of the stage on Indiegogo. When it.     5     (do)go to market, however, it will include beautiful marine models inspired by nature.

Each model has 294 parts. According to the Indiegogo page, the models should take a few hours at most     6     (complete). It is hard to complete it, but not     7     (possible).

Each model also includes a clever gear(传动装置)   system     8     once you put all the parts together, will make lifelike     9     (move). In creating this new line of Lego sets, Lego wants you to “discover the simple satisfaction of building with your hands.”

This isn’t the first time Lego has created sets only for its adult fans.     10     you’re an adult looking for a Lego set, just know that you’re not alone.

9 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. objects       B. cease       C. removed       D. substitutions       E. justified F. engaging       G. responsible       H. present       I. companions       J. employ K. exposing

Smart Toys that Spy on Kids

Americans are becoming more and more alert of the ways their personal information is being collected on the Internet. A recent national survey found that 72% of respondents are not sure whether Facebook is using the data it collected on them in a(n)       1     way. And 70% of respondents said they believed their smartphones are being monitored in ways they haven’t agreed to. That doubt is     2    . Concerns about personal privacy are on the rise all the time.

But adult gift-givers may not realize that some children’s toys are collecting personal data, too. Toys with cameras, mobile apps, and requirements to set up online accounts that store data about the toy and its user all     3     privacy concerns.

Toys that     4     Bluetooth connections, for example, could be sensitive to being hacked from outside the home, perhaps     5     the child to inappropriate content or gathering sensitive info. The famous car race Mario Kart Live Home Circuit installs a camera that uploads images of the room in order to create virtual racetrack. But these images of the room’s layout(布局) and the     6     in it could be exposed if the game’s website were ever hacked.

Most toy manufacturers are trying to build in protections. And the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act provides another layer of defense by requiring parents to be involved in setting up the toy and giving adults the right to have their children’s online data     7    .

The worldwide market for smart toys is expected to reach almost $70 billion in the next five years. These toys can be wonderfully     8     and even educational, such as an interactive globe that speaks to children about a country as they touch it on the map. Action figures, robots, or dolls that talk back and hold conversations can become smart     9    . Yet, in an environment where so much information can be collected through interaction with devices, children     10     to be mere “players” or “consumers”. They become “data subjects” that disclose information or “personal data” about themselves, both consciously and unconsciously.

10 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The mini-game Yang Le Ge Yang,     1    roughly translates to “Sheep A Sheep”, is a new match-tiles-style game available on WeChat’s mini program and     2    (rise) to be a national online sensation in the past few days. The cartoon background eliminate game “ Sheep a Sheep ”     3     (sudden) exploded. But then, many netizens pointed out that “The Sheep ”     4    (suspect) of plagiarizing another matching game “3 Tiles”.

Judging from the exposed game screen, there are many     5     (similar) in the gameplay between “ The Sheep”     6     “3 Tiles” , the difference is that the icons of the two are abnormal. Some netizens expressed abandonment for this, but some players pointed out that the gameplay of multi-layer Lianliankan is similar, so it cannot be concluded that there is plagiarism in “Sheep a Sheep”.

    7     is reported that “Sheep a Sheep” is a cartoon background elimination game. Players need to click the card and it will move down to the wooden frame at the bottom. The frame can store up to 7 cards. When there are 3 identical cards placed in the frame, the elimination can be achieved.

It is worth     8     (mention) that according to a number of media reports, the game developer has been invested in gigabits. In this regard, Gigabit said: they has paid attention     9     the explosion of “Sheep a Sheep”,     10     game is developed by Gigabit’s shareholding company, the investment ratio is not high, and the relevant income will be reflected in the investment income of Gigabit.