Question

A few weeks ago, Yuan Chaojun quit his well-paid job with a trading company in Shanghai and started teaching people how to “escape from rooms”.

Room escape is a real-life adventure game, during which “imprisoned” players are required to escape from “dungeons”, “prisons” and mysterious cells by solving puzzles and connecting clues in a fixed period of time. Stress relief is one of the major reasons why these games are so popular. Mixed with excitement, challenges and fear of the unknown, the game allows people to play different roles and experience another life for a short time.

Room escape has become popular in China, attracting people from all walks of life. The games often require group thinking, making it a good alternative for company team-building activities.

Ye Kai works for a film production company. He and colleagues recently took on a room escape game called “Assassin”, and only made it out “with the help of everyone”.

“The game gave me a strong sense of involvement and teamwork,” Ye said. “I will definitely come back and try other themes.”

In Shanghai alone, more than 200 locations offer these adventures. Across the country thousands of such escape rooms with various themes have sprung up.

But escape games are not without their critics. According to a report, a venue (场馆) opened in a basement in a residential area in Shanghai’s Jingan district recently, attracting a large number of devotees (热爱者) to the area. As the door to the community is now constantly open, some residents have been left annoyed. “How can our safety be guaranteed if they allow these random strangers into our community freely?” one of the residents complained.

“We are thinking about employing security guards at the entrance to check on our customers,” the game developer said. “We want people to have fun. It was never our intention to disturb the neighborhood.”

1.Room escape games are popular mainly because they       .

A. help release pressure    B. are exciting and challenging

C. require teamwork    D. must be finished in a fixed time

2.To win the game, people are required to       .

A. cooperate with each other

B. manage it independently

C. solve puzzles and find clues alone

D. have a strong sense of direction

3.We can infer from Paragraph 7 that some residents       .

A. are also fond of the games

B. have left the community

C. are concerned about the safety of their community

D. have great conflicts with the devotees

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Experience another life

B. How to escape from reality

C. An alternative team-building activity

D. Games offer an escape from stress

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了人们玩游戏，可以缓解压力。

1.细节理解题。根据Stress relief is one of the major reasons why these games are so popular.可知密室逃脱游戏很受欢迎是因为他们能帮助释放压力，所以选A。

2.细节理解题。根据The games often require group thinking, making it a good alternative for company team-building activities.可知为了赢得游戏，人们被要求彼此合作，所以选A。

3.推理判断题。根据As the door to the community is now constantly open, some residents have been left annoyed. “How can our safety be guaranteed if they allow these random strangers into our community freely?” one of the residents complained.可推断出一些居民关心他们社区的安全，所以选C。

4.主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲了人们玩游戏，可以缓解压力，所以选D。