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【題目】 All aboard: try these out

Here are new card games popular in the Western geek circle that offer much brain work. Give them a try if you fancy testing your limits.

Mysterium

In this game, the players are to solve a murder mystery in order to put rest the soul of a wrongly-accused man who dies in prison.

Mysterium allows one player to be the ghost itself, who offers hints to other players in the way of “dream cards”. The dream cards will then lead players to the cards with details about the murder weapon, location and suspects. Figuring out the connections between these elements will help them find the murderer.

Playing the ghost can be fun, as Tony Mastrangeli, a game reviewer, puts it, “For me, some of the most fun comes from playing the ghost role. I like steering the ship and handing out cards.”

Codenames

Codenames starts players out with cards. Each card bears a word on the front and a secret identity on the reverse. Players are divided into two teams, red team and blue team. Each team has a leader, or “spymaster”, who owns a map of each hidden identity. It’s then their job to give out clues so the team members can find their own spies.

Spymasters can only indicate the word on the card following a strict format: a single word followed by a number. For example, if the cards bearing “cactus(仙人掌)” and “heat” both belong to the red team, the clue can be “desert, two”. The red team members will then start discussing the clues and try to find the two cards that relate to “desert”.

Pandemic: Legacy

In this game, you and your friends play a team of doctors and scientists, who can help to prevent four deadly diseases from wiping out humanity. This is a cooperative game, which means you and your teammates either live together or die together.

By drawing an instruction card, teammates will be able to move, treat diseases or build a research station. If they draw one of the five “epidemic” (流行病) cards, the city will suffer a disease outbreak. If handled wrong, outbreaks might lead to a chain reaction and cause things to crash down.

Pandemic: Legacy requires you to look at the bigger picture before making any decisions. Finding the balance between treating diseases and seeking more permanent cures is a constant challenge.

【1】Playing the ghost in Mysterium offers you a lot of fun because ________.

A.you can bring the poor man back to life

B.you can solve the murder mystery by yourself

C.you can dominate the whole game

D.you can select your partners

【2】In Codenames, what clue may the Spymaster give for the cards bearing “agency”, “climate” and “fountain”?

A.“architecture, 3”B.“tourism, 3”

C.“l(fā)ocation, 3”D.“geology, 3”

【3】Which of the following is NOT true about Pandemic: Legacy?

A.It’s a role-play game.

B.Its players need to beat one another.

C.It provides fun and mental challenge.

D.It calls for carefulness and comprehensive thinking to win the challenge.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了三個非常流行的益智游戲。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Mysterium部分中的“Playing the ghost can be fun, as Tony Mastrangeli, a game reviewer, puts it, “For me, some of the most fun comes from playing the ghost role. I like steering the ship and handing out cards.””可知，游戲評論家托尼·馬斯特蘭格利說：“對我來說，扮演鬼魂角色是最有趣的，我喜歡操舵和發(fā)牌”，由此可知，在Mysterium游戲中扮演鬼魂會給你帶來很大的樂趣是因為你可以操縱整個比賽，故C項正確。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Codenames部分中的“Spymasters can only indicate the word on the card following a strict format: a single word followed by a number. For example, if the cards bearing “cactus (仙人掌)” and “heat” both belong to the red team, the clue can be “desert, two”. The red team members will then start discussing the clues and try to find the two cards that relate to “desert”.”可知，間諜頭子只能按照嚴(yán)格的格式在卡片上標(biāo)明一個單詞：一個單詞后面跟一個數(shù)字，例如,如果印有“仙人掌”和“熱”的卡，都屬于紅隊，那么線索可以是“沙漠，二”，紅隊成員隨后將開始討論線索，并試圖找到兩張與“沙漠”有關(guān)的卡片，由此可知，卡片上的單詞對應(yīng)的是提供的線索的特征（仙人掌和熱是沙漠的兩大代表性特征），而后面的數(shù)字對應(yīng)的是特征的數(shù)量，因此，間諜頭子會給那些印有“代理機構(gòu)”、“氣候”和“噴泉”的卡片提供的線索是“旅游，三”，故B項正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Pandemic: Legacy部分中的“This is a cooperative game, which means you and your teammates either live together or die together.”可知，這是一個合作性的游戲，玩家需要互相合作而不是互相攻擊，故B項正確。

本篇第2題難度較大，抓住Codenames的游戲規(guī)則是關(guān)鍵，根據(jù)Codenames部分中的“Spymasters can only indicate the word on the card following a strict format: a single word followed by a number. For example, if the cards bearing “cactus (仙人掌)” and “heat” both belong to the red team, the clue can be “desert, two”. The red team members will then start discussing the clues and try to find the two cards that relate to “desert”.”可知，間諜頭子只能按照嚴(yán)格的格式在卡片上標(biāo)明一個單詞：一個單詞后面跟一個數(shù)字，例如,如果印有“仙人掌”和“熱”的卡，都屬于紅隊，那么線索可以是“沙漠，二”，紅隊成員隨后將開始討論線索，并試圖找到兩張與“沙漠”有關(guān)的卡片，而仙人掌和熱是沙漠的兩大代表性特征，因此，卡片上的單詞對應(yīng)的是提供的線索的特征，而后面的數(shù)字對應(yīng)的是特征的數(shù)量，因此，間諜頭子會給那些印有“代理機構(gòu)”、“氣候”和“噴泉”的卡片提供的線索是“旅游，三”（它們是旅游的三大代表性特征）。