One of the most popular new online game is Second Life.Second Life is not about winning or losing.Second Life is technically a computer game.But people involved in it do not consider it a game, because the players create everything.Second Life is more for socializing and creating communities.
Users of Second Life are called residents.To take part, they must create an avatar, or an electronic image of themselves.Some avatars look like humans, while others look like animals.Inside the Second Life world, residents live different versions of themselves.They build homes, run business, buy and sell things, work, play, and attend school.They even have relationships and get married.
Second Life was created in 2003 by Linden Lab in San Francisco, California.Linden Lab controls the website where the ever-changing world is being created.There are now about one million people around the world who are active in Second Life.The number has growing quickly since the beginning of the year when there were about one hundred thousand users.
The average age of people involved with Second Life is about thirty.However, Linden Lab recently created Teen Second Life for young users.Second Life has its own economy and its own money called Linden dollars.Millions of dollars are made and spent each month in Second Life.Users can enter Second Life for free.But they must pay for a membership if they want to own land or buy and sell goods and services.
Lately, several major companies have become involved with Second Life.They want to be part of the growing business world that exists within the made-up reality.
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The best title for the passage may be ________.
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A.
A Million People Get a Second Life
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Users of Second Life
C.
Business within Second Life
D.
Popular Computer Games
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According to the passage, Second Life refers to a new online game ________.
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A.
about winning or losing
B.
in which players can create everything
C.
Mostly for children
D.
designed for thirty-year-old people
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We can see from the passage that the users of the Second Life ________.
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A.
can't create the electronic images
B.
are humans and animals
C.
don't work or play
D.
can even get married
(4)
It can be inferred from the passage that some major companies ________.