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【题目】 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.“location, 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】

本文是一篇应用文，介绍了三个非常流行的益智游戏。

【1】细节理解题。根据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，游戏评论家托尼·马斯特兰格利说：“对我来说，扮演鬼魂角色是最有趣的，我喜欢操舵和发牌”，由此可知，在Mysterium游戏中扮演鬼魂会给你带来很大的乐趣是因为你可以操纵整个比赛，故C项正确。

【2】推理判断题。根据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，间谍头子只能按照严格的格式在卡片上标明一个单词：一个单词后面跟一个数字，例如,如果印有“仙人掌”和“热”的卡，都属于红队，那么线索可以是“沙漠，二”，红队成员随后将开始讨论线索，并试图找到两张与“沙漠”有关的卡片，由此可知，卡片上的单词对应的是提供的线索的特征（仙人掌和热是沙漠的两大代表性特征），而后面的数字对应的是特征的数量，因此，间谍头子会给那些印有“代理机构”、“气候”和“喷泉”的卡片提供的线索是“旅游，三”，故B项正确。

【3】细节理解题。根据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，这是一个合作性的游戏，玩家需要互相合作而不是互相攻击，故B项正确。

本篇第2题难度较大，抓住Codenames的游戏规则是关键，根据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，间谍头子只能按照严格的格式在卡片上标明一个单词：一个单词后面跟一个数字，例如,如果印有“仙人掌”和“热”的卡，都属于红队，那么线索可以是“沙漠，二”，红队成员随后将开始讨论线索，并试图找到两张与“沙漠”有关的卡片，而仙人掌和热是沙漠的两大代表性特征，因此，卡片上的单词对应的是提供的线索的特征，而后面的数字对应的是特征的数量，因此，间谍头子会给那些印有“代理机构”、“气候”和“喷泉”的卡片提供的线索是“旅游，三”（它们是旅游的三大代表性特征）。