Scott Langteau has this message for kids：spend less time playing video games.
It’s a message that many a mom and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster (and some not­so­youngsters) who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand.
But the 40­year­old Langteau isn’t a parent.He’s a veteran (老手) of the video game industry—one who played producer on three “Medal of Honor” games and cofounded his own game development company.
Langteau has just published a children’s books called Sofa Boy，which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the couch with controller clutched in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow.
It’s a fairy tale plucked straight from Langteau’s own experiences as a lad with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction.But first，Langteau would like to make one thing clear，“I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games.I think video games are great.I think they do great things for kids.”Instead，Langteau says his book is all about a little something called moderation (克制)．
“It’s about being well rounded，” he says.“Just like with anything else，we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do.”
Video gamers can be rather bad­tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment.And understandably so.After all，most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders—people who don’t play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment.
But Langteau and Sofa Boy seem to be in a  unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game masses might actually listen to.After all，this is a man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games.His early experience has taught him a lesson.
小題1:Scott Langteau published Sofa Boy to________.
A．share his great skills on games
B．warn kids against game addiction
C．tell about his fairy tale as a kid
D．deliver a message for video games
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE about Sofa Boy?
A．The book implies the writer’s own story.
B．The book describes a veteran of games.
C．The boy in the book wins a medal in games.
D．The boy in the book is not a video game addict.
小題3:We can learn from the passage that________.
A．Langteau advises the young to play games within limits
B．Langteau advises the young not to play games
C．playing video games ruins the future of kids
D．playing video games doesn’t benefit kids
小題4:By saying “It’s about being well rounded，...” (in Para.6)，Langteau means________.
A．games do great good to kids
B．gamers are usually fat and round
C．games should be viewed from all sides
D．gamers are to blame for their behaviors

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:　B
解析　推理判斷題。由文章第五段可知，朗托不反對孩子們玩游戲，而且認為游戲是一種健康的娛樂，但是他聲稱《沙發(fā)男孩》是有關“節(jié)制”的問題，也就是說這本書警告孩子們對游戲不要過于上癮。
小題2:　A
解析　細節(jié)理解題。文章第五段說明這本書取材于朗托自己的親身經(jīng)歷，也就是說這本書暗含作者自己的故事。
小題3:　A
解析　推理判斷題。文章第六段中朗托說我們要確保我們所做的事情是豐富多彩的，也就是說不要一直打游戲，玩游戲也要有一定的節(jié)制。
小題4:　C
解析　推理判斷題。本句原意為：“對這件事應該進行全面的考慮”，也就是說，應該從各個角度來看待玩游戲這件事情。
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A．Because it floats on the water.
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