Question

【题目】根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

Do you like playing video games? Maybe you’d like to be a game tester. When video game companies make new games, they p【1】game testers to play the games and make sure they work. Do you think it is r【2】 fun? Well. Steven is a game tester. Let’s hear what he says.

“We sit in front of the computer and look at the s【3】 all day,” says Steven. “But it’s not l【4】 playing a game at home. We don’t play a game from b【5】to end. Our job is to find problems with the game. We call them bugs. We usually test one small part of a game again and again. That can be boring!”

Game testers can’t choose their games. “Sometimes I have to test a game that is for young children,” says Steve. “Playing a c【6】 game all week isn’t fun. And sometimes we just test the controller---we have to c【7】that the buttons all work. That’s the most boring p【8】 of the job.”

Steve says game testers don’t get a lot of money, and they work for l【9】 hours. “Sometimes we work late into the night. I drink a lot of coffee to stay awake.”

So, the job can be boring. The hours are long and the pay is l【10】. Many people only stay in the job for a few months. But for the game companies, that’s not problem. There are always lots of young people who want to be games testers. They think it will be all fun.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】pay

【2】really

【3】screen

【4】like

【5】beginning

【6】children’s

【7】check

【8】part

【9】long

【10】low

【解析】

文章大意：根据文章内容可知，本文主要讲述了游戏测试员的工作。

【1】

句意：当电子游戏公司开发新游戏时，他们会付钱给游戏测试人员，让他们玩游戏，并确保他们能正常工作。

根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“付钱”的意思，故答案为pay。

【2】

句意：你觉得这真的很有趣吗？

根据空后形容词fun可知，此空应填副词修饰形容词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“真地”意思，故答案为really。

【3】

句意：“我们坐在电脑前，整天盯着屏幕看，”史提芬说。

根据空前定冠词the可知，此空应填名词，根据前面“We sit in front of the computer”结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“屏幕”的意思，故答案为screen。

【4】

句意：但这不像在家里玩游戏。

根据空后动名词playing 和空前it’s not 可知，此空应填介词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“像”意思，故答案为like。

【5】

句意：我们不会从头到尾玩游戏。

根据空前介词from 可知，此空应填名词、代词、动名词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“开始”意思，故答案为beginning。

【6】

句意：整周玩儿童的游戏没有兴趣。

根据空前不定冠词a和空后名词game 可知，此空应填名词的所有格作定语，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“儿童的”意思，故答案为children’s。

【7】

句意：有时我们只是测试控制器——我们得检查一下按钮是否正常。

根据空前have to 可知，此空应填动词原形，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“检查”意思，故答案为check。

【8】

句意：这是工作中最无聊的部分。

根据空前形容词boring 可知，此空应填名词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“部分”意思，故答案为part。

【9】

句意：史蒂夫说，游戏测试人员没有很多钱，而且他们工作时间很长。

根据空后名词hours可知，此空应填形容词修饰名词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“长的”意思，故答案为long。

【10】

句意：工作时间长，工资低。

根据空前系动词is可知，此空应填形容词作表语，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“低的”意思，故答案为low。