7．Worst Game Ever？
E．T．the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game that came out for the Atari 2600game system in 1982．It was based on a very popular film of the same name．Star programmer Howard Warsaw created it with consultation from the film director Steven Spielberg．
It was July 27th，1982．Howard Warsaw was hot off the success of his most recent game，Raiders of the Lost Ark．He received a call from Atari C．E．O，Ray Kassar．Atari had bought the rights to make a video game version of Spielberg's Movie，E．T．，which had just been released（发行） in June．Kassar told Warsaw that Spielberg had specifically asked for Warsaw to make the game Warsaw was honored，but there was one huge problem．Atari needed the game finished by September 1st in order to start selling it during the Christmas season．
It had taken Warsaw six months to create Raiders of the Lost Ark．The game he made prior to that took him seven months．He was expected to create E．T．in around five weeks．Warsaw accepted the challenge anyway and production began．Spielberg wanted Warsaw to create a simple maze game similar to Pac-man，but V had a bigger vision．He wanted players to explore different environments in 3D world．Usually companies like Atari have people test games before releasing them，but they decided to skip testing due to time limitations．
The game was a hot holiday item at first．Unfortunately，Atari overestimated how many they would sell．They made 5million copies and they only sold 1.5million．Most people who played the game hated it．The graphics（画面）were bad．Game play was awkward．Players got stuck in holes that they couldn't escape．Some people who stuck with the game grew to like it，but it wasn't the mainstream success that Atari had hoped it would be．
Too many copies of the game sat on store shelves．One employee remembers the game being discounted five times，from 49.95tolessthanadollar．AnewspaperinNewMexicoreportedthatbetween10and20semitrailertruckloadsofAtariproductswerecrushedandburiedatlandfillinAlamogordo．Atarilostover100million on E．T..The game was so bad that it was said to have affected Atari's reputation．The video game industry soon fell into a deep depression，with a profit 3.2billionin1983tojustover100million in 1985，almost a 97% drop．E．T．the Extra-Terrestrial will long be remembered as one of the worst games ever made，if not one of the causes of the decline of entire video game industry．
59．What can we learn about Howard Warsaw from the passage？A
A．He was ambitious．
B．He was cautious．
C．He was unreliable．
D．He was inexperienced．
60．Why did E．T．end up one worst video game ever？A
A．It was produced in a hurry．
B．It was set in a 3D environment．
C．It was released at a wrong time．
D．It was based on a popular movie．
61．According to the passage，the failure of the game E．T．may haveC
A．destroyed the reputation of the film E．T．
B．given chances to other companies to rise
C．led to the fall of the video game industry
D．made people lose interest in 3D environment
62．In the passage the author describes Atari's failureD
A．in a disapproving way
B．with a supportive attitude
C．with a feeling of pity for the company
D．without expressing his/her own opinions．
分析 文章讲述了一个史上最差劲的游戏 E．T．the Extra-Terrestrial的产生及结局．
解答 59-62 AACD
59题答案是A．推理判断题．根据He was expected to create E．T．in around five weeks．Warsaw accepted the challenge anyway and production began他接受挑战，要在5周左右制作E．T．可知他是一个有雄心的人．故选A．
60题答案是A．细节理解题．根据He was expected to create E．T．in around five weeks和but they decided to skip testing due to time limitations．制作时间只有5周，又没有在发行前进行测试．可知是时间紧迫导致了游戏的失败．故选A．
61题答案是C．细节理解题．根据The video game industry soon fell into a deep depression可知E．T．游戏的失败导致了视频游戏产业陷入低迷．故选C．
62题答案是D．整篇文章都是在陈述一个客观存在的事实，作者没有发表自己的任何看法．故选D．
点评 本文是政治经济类类阅读理解．做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
