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(2019·河南中原名校统考)Robot Turtles is a board game designed to teach kids ages 3～8 about computer programming. It began as a project on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, where its founders raised over $600,000 when they were only attempting to raise $25,000. The original version(版本) was sold out, but ThinkFun, a top board game company, will be releasing a new version. Preorders are being taken now at thinkfun.com/robotturtles.com.
The game works like any other board games. It has a board, playing cards and game pieces. The programming concepts are integrated(统一) in such a slight way that kids may not even realise how much they’re learning.
The game is easy to explain to young kids. The game pieces and cards are also bright and easy to handle.
Your students won’t be writing codes or building web sites after playing a few games of Robot Turtles, but they will understand some of the basic concepts involved.
Robot Turtles would be an easy way for kids in kindergarten, first or second grade to dip a toe into the waters of computer programming.
语篇导读 本文主要介绍了一款教儿童电脑编程的游戏。
1．Where will you order in advance a new version of the game?
A．In the library． B．In the store.
C．On the Internet． D．On TV shopping.
解析 C 细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句可知，可以在网上预订这款游戏的新版本，故选C项。
2．What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A．What Robot Turtles is.
B．How Robot Turtles works.
C．How hard Robot Turtles is to use.
D．How to use Robot Turtles in the classroom.
解析 B 主旨大意题。根据第二段可知，这一段主要介绍了这款游戏是怎样操作的，故选B项。
3．How is the game to kids?
A．Easy． B．Cheap.
C．Difficult． D．Expensive.
解析 A 细节理解题。根据第三段、第四段和第五段中的Robot Turtles would be an easy way for kids in kindergarten可知，这款游戏对孩子们来说是很容易的，故选A项。
