2022高考英语百日冲刺精品阅读练习（1）教师版
试卷难度：偏难 体裁：说明文
Passage 1
文章话题：提升睡眠质量的可行性措施
Sleeping is important, but we all know that, right Many people have experienced strange sleeping patterns, unusual dreams and a feeling of restlessness and sleepiness during the coronavirus lockdown, despite a good night's sleep. So what sort of things can help you to improve your sleep
Wrong Habits
Many myths related to sleep can be quite damaging for our health. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously claimed that she only hit the sack for five hours a night. But according to experts this is harmful to health.
Likewise, falling asleep in front of the TV is another thing to avoid. The bright lights can prevent you from entering deep sleep.
Wrong Ways to Help Go to Sleep
From a young age we're told to count sheep to help us to nod off, with some choosing to stay in bed to battle with insomnia（失眠）.However, some experts advise getting up and doing something mindless, like folding socks, to help us get in the mood to catch forty winks.
Psychologist Seth J. Gillihan PhD recommends walking to help in the battle against insomnia. He talks about a sleep study published in the journal Sleep Health which suggests that those who walk slightly more will experience better quality and duration of sleep. Watching what you eat or drink can also improve the amount of REM, or rapid eye movement you experience.
Snoring Can be dangerous
If you're a snorer, you might also want to take note. While most breathing noisily is harmless, it could be a sign of sleep apnoea,（睡眠呼吸暂停）with people suffering from the condition more likely to have strokes or heart attacks, irregular heartbeats or high blood pressure.
A Short Sleep during the Day May Refresh You
Finally, a decent nap, or even a power nap, can help you to be more alert, calm and focused. So while there are some good tips like exercising or folding socks to help us get a good night's sleep, sometimes a good afternoon's sleep can help us deal with the day ahead.
1．Why do some people still feel tired and sleepy in spite of having a good night sleep according to the passage
A．They have slept for too long.
B．Their sleeping quality needs improving.
C．Their dream should be nice and happy.
D．Coronavirus lockdown makes them depressed.
答案：B
解析：本题为细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Many people have experienced strange sleeping patterns, unusual dreams and a feeling of restlessness and sleepiness during the coronavirus lockdown, despite a good night's sleep.”（许多人在冠状病毒封锁期间经历了奇怪的睡眠模式、不寻常的梦以及不安和困倦的感觉，尽管晚上睡得很好。）可知，有些人虽然睡了个好觉，但仍然感到疲劳和困倦，因为他们的睡眠质量需要提高。
2．Which fact is Not true
A．Hitting the sack is bad for health.
B．Five hours is not enough for people to keep fit.
C．The bright lights of TV will stop people sleep soundly.
D．Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher didn't have a healthy sleeping habit
答案：A
解析：本题为细节理解题。根据文章Wrong Habits部分的“Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously claimed that she only hit the sack for five hours a night. But according to experts this is harmful to health.”（英国前首相玛格丽特·撒切尔曾有一句名言：她每晚只睡5个小时。但根据专家的说法，这对健康有害。）可知，睡觉对健康有害这个事实是错误的。
3．Which is the mindless thing that can help go to sleep according to the passage
A．Counting sheep. B．Doing the cooking.
C．Moving eyes. D．Folding socks.
答案：D
解析：本题为细节理解题。根据文章Wrong Ways to Help Go to Sleep部分的“However, some experts advise getting up and doing something mindless, like folding socks, to help us get in the mood to catch forty winks.”（然而，一些专家建议起来做一些不需要动脑筋的事情，比如叠袜子，来帮助我们获得小睡片刻的心情。）可知，叠袜子是一种不用动脑筋的有助于睡觉的方法。
Passage 2
文章话题：达芬奇的伟大艺术成就以及天才成功的原因
The outstanding biography — from the same author who brought us Steve Jobs and Einstein — portrays the life of the complicated Renaissance (文艺复兴时期的) artist with details. We come to see da Vinci as not only an inventor of musical instruments and early flying machines, but also a notebook keeper and vegetarian (素食者), who had trouble finishing many of the projects and paintings he started.
Yet what is most thrilling is getting to know da Vinci the scientist. Isaacson explains how loving science and applying the scientific method to observing the world was really what made da Vinci a great artist and, Isaacson argues, a genius.
Da Vinci was fascinated with observing and understanding phenomena in nature, from the proportions of the human body to how the muscles of the lips moved. He wanted to know about everything around him, in minute detail, Isaacson writes. He wondered about questions “most people over the age of ten no longer puzzle about”— for instance, how the tongue of a woodpecker works.
To learn about the world, da Vinci combined his own observations with experimentation. Never formally schooled, “he preferred to induce from experiments rather than deduce from theoretical principles,” Isaacson explains. He recorded his observations, looked for patterns among them, and then tested those patterns through additional observation and experimentation.
“When he became fascinated with the idea that he could invent flying machines, three and a half centuries before the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, he observed various birds and filled notebooks with the function and speed at which their wings flapped. That’s why lsaacson calls da Vinci an exemplar of this scientific method.” He goes on: “Galileo, born 112 years after Leonardo, is usually credited with being the first to develop this kind of approach and is often regarded as the father of modern science,” the historian Fritjof Capra wrote. “There can be no doubt that this honor would have been bestowed (赐予) on Leonardo da Vinci had he published his scientific writings during his lifetime, or had his notebooks been widely studied soon after his death.”
Da Vinci’s emphasis on empirical observation also helped him improve his art. First, he was able to use what he learned from looking at nature to paint and draw. His studies of the body, animals, motion, shadow and light, perspective and proportion helped him better understand what he was seeing in front of him, and render it in art more accurately and finely than anyone else of his time. He also used his observations of nature to make connections among phenomena. A recorder (竖笛) was like a larynx (喉管) in the throat. Here’s Isaacson again: What Leonardo probably began as four distinct elements ended up woven together in a way that illustrates a fundamental theme in his art and science: the interconnectedness of nature, the unity of its patterns, and the similarity between the workings of the human body and those of the earth.
Most importantly, his curiosity-driven explorations, and ability to connect art and science, helped him innovate in his work. They helped him think differently, Isaacson argues. Da Vinci made surprisingly diverse series of discoveries, including conceptualizing the helicopter and solar power and advancing knowledge about everything from the reproductive organs to botany. This genius is also what drew lsaacson to Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs as subjects: They’re all innovators who were inspired by and drew connections between art and science.
“Leonardo da Vinci is the ultimate example of the main theme of my previous biographies: how the ability to make connections across disciplines — arts and sciences, humanities and technology — is a key to innovation, imagination, and genius,” Isaacson writes. And this wonderful book is a reminder, in a time of increasingly narrow specialization and focus, that the methods of Renaissance men like da Vinci are as relevant as ever.
1．What made da Vinci’s thinking different from others
A．He was used to skipping school.
B．He kept his childhood’s sense of curiosity.
C．He was filled with ambition to become an artist and inventor.
D．He developed a fascination with historical novels.
答案：B
解析：本题为细节理解题。文章倒数第二段提到“They helped him think differently, Isaacson argues.艾萨克森认为，他们帮助他改变了思维方式。”根据语境可知，“they”在这里指的是前句中的“his curiosity-driven explorations, and ability to connect art and science他的好奇心驱使的探索，以及将艺术和科学联系起来的能力”。
2．What does Isaacson think of the methods of Renaissance men
A．They are too complicated to understand.
B．They focus on the workings of the human body.
C．They are more accurate than modern methods.
D．They still apply to contemporary scientific research.
答案：D
解析：本题为细节理解题。由题干中的“Renaissance men”定位到文章最后一段。由句子“And this wonderful book is a reminder, in a time of increasingly narrow specialization and focus, that the methods of Renaissance men like da Vinci are as relevant as ever.这本精彩的书提醒我们，在一个专业化和关注日益狭窄的时代，像达芬奇这样的文艺复兴时期的人的方法和以往一样重要。”可知，艾萨克森认为文艺复兴时期人们的研究方法同样适用于现在。
172．The underlined word “render”in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by “______”
A．express B．mix C．confirm D．associate
答案：A
解析：本题为词义猜测题。划线词的前句和后句均提到“was able to use”和“also used”。结合划线词所在句子“and render it in art more accurately and finely than anyone else of his time”可知，划线词与“使用”意思相近或相同。这里指（达芬奇）将观察到的东西“运用”到艺术中，比他那个时代的任何人都更精确、更精细。
Passage 3
文章话题：500米口径球面望远镜
China has just officially opened its FAST radio telescope to international scientists. Scientists across the world can submit proposals for astronomical observations using the telescope.
FAST is short for Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (球面射电望远镜) and it is also believed to be the world's largest radio telescope and the most sensitive single-dish radio telescope. The receiving surface area of FAST is 250,000 square meters, about the size of 30 standard football fields. Its construction was completed in September 2016 and it officially began operating in January 2020.
The major scientific task of the telescope is the observation of pulsars (脉冲星) – the rotating neutron stars. The study of pulsars can help to confirm the existence of gravitational radiation and black holes, and help solve many other major questions in physics. Another scientific goal of FAST is to search for outer space civilization.
The telescope is located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The first advantage of the selected site is the altitude. The average altitude of Guizhou is about 1,100 meters, which maximizes the effectiveness of the observation equipment. Secondly, the radio telescope needs to have a “big pan” to receive better signal. The huge natural depression could reduce the amount of excavation (挖掘) and difficulty of construction. Moreover, the selected site in Guizhou is far away from cities, and has a small population, which reduces the interference (干扰) caused by wireless devices such as TVs, mobile phones and radios from human activities.
FAST has identified over 300 pulsars. Experts predict that the number could reach 1,000 in five years and that the telescope could locate and identify the first pulsar outside the galaxy. With the opening-up to international scientists, China's FAST is expected to make more contribution to astronomical research in the future.
1．What do we know about FAST
A．It is opened to global scientists.
B．It is a project under construction.
C．It has provided service since 2016.
D．It has found a pulsar outside the galaxy.
答案：A
解析：本题为细节理解题。根据文章“Scientists across the world can submit proposals for astronomical observations using the telescope.（世界各地的科学家可以提交使用望远镜进行天文观测的建议。）”可知，FAST向全世界的科学家开放。
2．What is the main task of FAST
A．To study black holes.
B．To observe the pulsars.
C．To explore the sun.
D．To seek space civilization.
答案：B
解析：本题为细节理解题。根据文章“The major scientific task of the telescope is the observation of pulsars（望远镜的主要科学任务是观测脉冲星）”可知，FAST的主要任务就是观察脉冲星。
3．What's special about the selected site
A．It's close to urban areas.
B．It reduces engineering amount.
C．It possesses a shallow depression.
D．It's at the highest altitude in China.
答案：B
本题为推理判断题。根据文章“ Secondly, the radio telescope needs to have a “big pan” to receive better signal. The huge natural depression could reduce the amount of excavation (挖掘) and difficulty of construction.（其次，射电望远镜需要有一个“大盘”来接收更好的信号。巨大的自然洼地可以减少挖掘量和施工难度）”可推知，选择地点的特别之处在于减少了工程量。
4．Which can be the best title for the text
A．Major Scientific Tasks of FAST
B．Ways to Select the Site for FAST
C．Contributions FAST Has Made
D．Facts about FAST Radio Telescope
答案D
解析：本题为主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了500米口径球面望远镜，包括它的主要任务，选址，建成时间等方面。D项“关于500米口径球面望远镜的实际情况”符合本文标题。
Passage 4
文章话题：电子竞技的产生与发展
Esports (electronic sports) are organized competitions where players — often referred to as “athletes” — face off against each other in video games. They are not just games in a sense. Actually, they are a sport that can improve the players’ thinking ability, hand-eye coordination, willpower and team spirit.
The esports industry has experienced significant growth in recent years around the world, though it’s still in the nascent stage, which means it has huge growth potential going forward.
While the assumption is that esports are only a recent phenomenon, in reality the first esports-like event was held back in 1972, when some Stanford University students competed against one another in the game Spacewar. The prize A year-long subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.
The ’80s saw the first true videogame tournament, with over 10,000 players gathering for the Space Invaders Championship. However, most of the period saw that players focused on beating each other’s highest scores rather than competing in organized tournaments.
As gaming became more popular, the ’90s became the first decade when esports (a term which wasn’t yet coined) began to really take off, with companies such as Nintendo and Sega holding professional gaming tournaments. This is also when we began to see money becoming a factor in professional gaming. But it is the 1997 Red Annihilation Quake tournament that is considered the world’s first real esports event. Only a few weeks later, the Cyberathlete Professional League was formed — an organization which is considered a pioneer of esports.
Due to the normalization of gaming and the Internet (along with technological advances), the real surge ( 激增 ) of esports came in the recent decade. It was then that we began seeing what we now know to be modern-day esports. As streaming platforms such as YouTube took off, people began to show interest in not only playing videogames but watching them too. Popular tournaments now sell out stadiums and professional players can earn millions from prize money, advertising and salaries.
1．What does the underlined word “nascent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A．Beginning. B．Peak.
C．Mature. D．Final.
答案：A
解析：本题为词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“which means it has huge growth potential going forward”（这意味着它未来有巨大的增长潜力）可知，它还在初期阶段。所以nascent意为“开始的”。
2．How does the text mainly develop
A．By providing examples. B．By making comparisons.
C．By following the order of time. D．By following the order of importance.
答案：C
解析：本题为推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“The esports industry has experienced significant growth in recent years around the world”（近年来，电竞行业在全球范围内经历了显著的增长），第三段第一句“While the assumption is that esports are only a recent phenomenon, in reality the first esports-like event was held back in 1972, when some Stanford University students competed against one another in the game Spacewar. ”（虽然人们认为电子竞技只是最近才出现的现象，但事实上，第一个类似电子竞技的赛事要追溯到1972年，当时斯坦福大学的一些学生在游戏《Spacewar》中相互竞争。），第四段第一句“The ’80s saw the first true videogame tournament, with over 10,000 players gathering for the Space Invaders Championship. ”（80年代出现了第一场真正的电子游戏锦标赛，超过1万名玩家聚集在一起参加太空入侵者锦标赛。），第五段第一句“As gaming became more popular, the ’90s became the first decade when esports (a term which wasn’t yet coined) began to really take off, with companies such as Nintendo and Sega holding professional gaming tournaments.”（随着游戏变得越来越流行，90年代成为电子竞技（这是一个尚未被创造出来的术语）开始真正腾飞的第一个十年，任天堂和世嘉等公司举办了职业游戏锦标赛。）和最后一段第一句“Due to the normalization of gaming and the Internet (along with technological advances), the real surge ( 激增 ) of esports came in the recent decade.”（由于游戏和互联网的正常化(以及技术的进步)，电子竞技真正的激增是在近十年。）可知，文章是按照时间顺序来组织的。
3．What can be learned about esports
A．They spread worldwide overnight.
B．Prize money appeared in the 1990s.
C．The first real esports event was held in 1972.
D．The athletes in esports are programmers.
答案：B
解析：本题为细节理解题。根据第五段第一句和第二句“As gaming became more popular, the ’90s became the first decade when esports (a term which wasn’t yet coined) began to really take off, with companies such as Nintendo and Sega holding professional gaming tournaments. This is also when we began to see money becoming a factor in professional gaming. ”（随着游戏变得越来越流行，90年代成为电子竞技（这是一个尚未被创造出来的术语）开始真正腾飞的第一个十年，任天堂和世嘉等公司举办了职业游戏锦标赛。这也是我们开始看到金钱成为职业游戏的一个因素。）可知，电子竞技奖金出现在20世纪90年代。
4．What seems to be the author’s viewpoint on modern-day esports
A．They are getting popular.
B．They become too commercialized.
C．They boost the normalization of the Internet.
D．Their development relies on advertising.
答案：A
本题为推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句“Due to the normalization of gaming and the Internet (along with technological advances), the real surge ( 激增 ) of esports came in the recent decade.”（由于游戏和互联网的正常化(以及技术的进步)，电子竞技真正的激增是在近十年。）可知，作者对现代电子竞技的观点是它们越来越流行了。2022高考英语百日冲刺精品阅读练习（1）学生版
试卷难度：偏难 体裁：说明文
Passage 1
文章话题：提升睡眠质量的可行性措施
Sleeping is important, but we all know that, right Many people have experienced strange sleeping patterns, unusual dreams and a feeling of restlessness and sleepiness during the coronavirus lockdown, despite a good night's sleep. So what sort of things can help you to improve your sleep
Wrong Habits
Many myths related to sleep can be quite damaging for our health. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously claimed that she only hit the sack for five hours a night. But according to experts this is harmful to health.
Likewise, falling asleep in front of the TV is another thing to avoid. The bright lights can prevent you from entering deep sleep.
Wrong Ways to Help Go to Sleep
From a young age we're told to count sheep to help us to nod off, with some choosing to stay in bed to battle with insomnia（失眠）.However, some experts advise getting up and doing something mindless, like folding socks, to help us get in the mood to catch forty winks.
Psychologist Seth J. Gillihan PhD recommends walking to help in the battle against insomnia. He talks about a sleep study published in the journal Sleep Health which suggests that those who walk slightly more will experience better quality and duration of sleep. Watching what you eat or drink can also improve the amount of REM, or rapid eye movement you experience.
Snoring Can be dangerous
If you're a snorer, you might also want to take note. While most breathing noisily is harmless, it could be a sign of sleep apnoea,（睡眠呼吸暂停）with people suffering from the condition more likely to have strokes or heart attacks, irregular heartbeats or high blood pressure.
A Short Sleep during the Day May Refresh You
Finally, a decent nap, or even a power nap, can help you to be more alert, calm and focused. So while there are some good tips like exercising or folding socks to help us get a good night's sleep, sometimes a good afternoon's sleep can help us deal with the day ahead.
1．Why do some people still feel tired and sleepy in spite of having a good night sleep according to the passage
A．They have slept for too long.
B．Their sleeping quality needs improving.
C．Their dream should be nice and happy.
D．Coronavirus lockdown makes them depressed.
2．Which fact is Not true
A．Hitting the sack is bad for health.
B．Five hours is not enough for people to keep fit.
C．The bright lights of TV will stop people sleep soundly.
D．Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher didn't have a healthy sleeping habit
3．Which is the mindless thing that can help go to sleep according to the passage
A．Counting sheep. B．Doing the cooking.
C．Moving eyes. D．Folding socks.
Passage 2
文章话题：达芬奇的伟大艺术成就以及天才成功的原因
The outstanding biography — from the same author who brought us Steve Jobs and Einstein — portrays the life of the complicated Renaissance (文艺复兴时期的) artist with details. We come to see da Vinci as not only an inventor of musical instruments and early flying machines, but also a notebook keeper and vegetarian (素食者), who had trouble finishing many of the projects and paintings he started.
Yet what is most thrilling is getting to know da Vinci the scientist. Isaacson explains how loving science and applying the scientific method to observing the world was really what made da Vinci a great artist and, Isaacson argues, a genius.
Da Vinci was fascinated with observing and understanding phenomena in nature, from the proportions of the human body to how the muscles of the lips moved. He wanted to know about everything around him, in minute detail, Isaacson writes. He wondered about questions “most people over the age of ten no longer puzzle about”— for instance, how the tongue of a woodpecker works.
To learn about the world, da Vinci combined his own observations with experimentation. Never formally schooled, “he preferred to induce from experiments rather than deduce from theoretical principles,” Isaacson explains. He recorded his observations, looked for patterns among them, and then tested those patterns through additional observation and experimentation.
“When he became fascinated with the idea that he could invent flying machines, three and a half centuries before the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, he observed various birds and filled notebooks with the function and speed at which their wings flapped. That’s why lsaacson calls da Vinci an exemplar of this scientific method.” He goes on: “Galileo, born 112 years after Leonardo, is usually credited with being the first to develop this kind of approach and is often regarded as the father of modern science,” the historian Fritjof Capra wrote. “There can be no doubt that this honor would have been bestowed (赐予) on Leonardo da Vinci had he published his scientific writings during his lifetime, or had his notebooks been widely studied soon after his death.”
Da Vinci’s emphasis on empirical observation also helped him improve his art. First, he was able to use what he learned from looking at nature to paint and draw. His studies of the body, animals, motion, shadow and light, perspective and proportion helped him better understand what he was seeing in front of him, and render it in art more accurately and finely than anyone else of his time. He also used his observations of nature to make connections among phenomena. A recorder (竖笛) was like a larynx (喉管) in the throat. Here’s Isaacson again: What Leonardo probably began as four distinct elements ended up woven together in a way that illustrates a fundamental theme in his art and science: the interconnectedness of nature, the unity of its patterns, and the similarity between the workings of the human body and those of the earth.
Most importantly, his curiosity-driven explorations, and ability to connect art and science, helped him innovate in his work. They helped him think differently, Isaacson argues. Da Vinci made surprisingly diverse series of discoveries, including conceptualizing the helicopter and solar power and advancing knowledge about everything from the reproductive organs to botany. This genius is also what drew lsaacson to Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs as subjects: They’re all innovators who were inspired by and drew connections between art and science.
“Leonardo da Vinci is the ultimate example of the main theme of my previous biographies: how the ability to make connections across disciplines — arts and sciences, humanities and technology — is a key to innovation, imagination, and genius,” Isaacson writes. And this wonderful book is a reminder, in a time of increasingly narrow specialization and focus, that the methods of Renaissance men like da Vinci are as relevant as ever.
1．What made da Vinci’s thinking different from others
A．He was used to skipping school.
B．He kept his childhood’s sense of curiosity.
C．He was filled with ambition to become an artist and inventor.
D．He developed a fascination with historical novels.
2．What does Isaacson think of the methods of Renaissance men
A．They are too complicated to understand.
B．They focus on the workings of the human body.
C．They are more accurate than modern methods.
D．They still apply to contemporary scientific research.
3．The underlined word “render”in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by “______”
A．express B．mix C．confirm D．associate
Passage 3
文章话题：500米口径球面望远镜
China has just officially opened its FAST radio telescope to international scientists. Scientists across the world can submit proposals for astronomical observations using the telescope.
FAST is short for Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (球面射电望远镜) and it is also believed to be the world's largest radio telescope and the most sensitive single-dish radio telescope. The receiving surface area of FAST is 250,000 square meters, about the size of 30 standard football fields. Its construction was completed in September 2016 and it officially began operating in January 2020.
The major scientific task of the telescope is the observation of pulsars (脉冲星) – the rotating neutron stars. The study of pulsars can help to confirm the existence of gravitational radiation and black holes, and help solve many other major questions in physics. Another scientific goal of FAST is to search for outer space civilization.
The telescope is located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The first advantage of the selected site is the altitude. The average altitude of Guizhou is about 1,100 meters, which maximizes the effectiveness of the observation equipment. Secondly, the radio telescope needs to have a “big pan” to receive better signal. The huge natural depression could reduce the amount of excavation (挖掘) and difficulty of construction. Moreover, the selected site in Guizhou is far away from cities, and has a small population, which reduces the interference (干扰) caused by wireless devices such as TVs, mobile phones and radios from human activities.
FAST has identified over 300 pulsars. Experts predict that the number could reach 1,000 in five years and that the telescope could locate and identify the first pulsar outside the galaxy. With the opening-up to international scientists, China's FAST is expected to make more contribution to astronomical research in the future.
1．What do we know about FAST
A．It is opened to global scientists.
B．It is a project under construction.
C．It has provided service since 2016.
D．It has found a pulsar outside the galaxy.
2．What is the main task of FAST
A．To study black holes.
B．To observe the pulsars.
C．To explore the sun.
D．To seek space civilization.
3．What's special about the selected site
A．It's close to urban areas.
B．It reduces engineering amount.
C．It possesses a shallow depression.
D．It's at the highest altitude in China.
4．Which can be the best title for the text
A．Major Scientific Tasks of FAST
B．Ways to Select the Site for FAST
C．Contributions FAST Has Made
D．Facts about FAST Radio Telescope
Passage 4
文章话题：电子竞技的产生与发展
Esports (electronic sports) are organized competitions where players — often referred to as “athletes” — face off against each other in video games. They are not just games in a sense. Actually, they are a sport that can improve the players’ thinking ability, hand-eye coordination, willpower and team spirit.
The esports industry has experienced significant growth in recent years around the world, though it’s still in the nascent stage, which means it has huge growth potential going forward.
While the assumption is that esports are only a recent phenomenon, in reality the first esports-like event was held back in 1972, when some Stanford University students competed against one another in the game Spacewar. The prize A year-long subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.
The ’80s saw the first true videogame tournament, with over 10,000 players gathering for the Space Invaders Championship. However, most of the period saw that players focused on beating each other’s highest scores rather than competing in organized tournaments.
As gaming became more popular, the ’90s became the first decade when esports (a term which wasn’t yet coined) began to really take off, with companies such as Nintendo and Sega holding professional gaming tournaments. This is also when we began to see money becoming a factor in professional gaming. But it is the 1997 Red Annihilation Quake tournament that is considered the world’s first real esports event. Only a few weeks later, the Cyberathlete Professional League was formed — an organization which is considered a pioneer of esports.
Due to the normalization of gaming and the Internet (along with technological advances), the real surge ( 激增 ) of esports came in the recent decade. It was then that we began seeing what we now know to be modern-day esports. As streaming platforms such as YouTube took off, people began to show interest in not only playing videogames but watching them too. Popular tournaments now sell out stadiums and professional players can earn millions from prize money, advertising and salaries.
1．What does the underlined word “nascent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A．Beginning. B．Peak.
C．Mature. D．Final.
2．How does the text mainly develop
A．By providing examples. B．By making comparisons.
C．By following the order of time. D．By following the order of importance.
A．They spread worldwide overnight.
B．Prize money appeared in the 1990s.
C．The first real esports event was held in 1972.
D．The athletes in esports are programmers.
4．What seems to be the author’s viewpoint on modern-day esports
A．They are getting popular.
B．They become too commercialized.
C．They boost the normalization of the Internet.
D．Their development relies on advertising.
