【正文】 ced $ billion in domestic revenue. But SAGAFTRA says voice actors don39。t receive residuals (追加酬金) for their gaming work. Instead, they receive a fixed rate, which is typically about $825 for a standard fourhour vocal session. So the voice actors are pushing for the idea of secondary pensation—a performance bonus every time a game sells 2 million copies or downloads, or reaches 2 million subscribers, with a cap at 8 million. It39。s a very small number of games that would trigger this secondary pensation issue, said voice actor Crispin Freeman, who39。s a member of the union39。s negotiating mittee. This is an important aspect of what it means to be a freelance (從事自由職業(yè)的) performer, who isn39。t regularly enjoyed every single day working on projects. Another major plaint from the actors is the secrecy of the industry. I can39。t imagine if there39。s any other acting job in the world where you don39。t know what show you39。re in, when you39。re hired, says voice actor Keythe Farley, who chairs the SAGAFTRA negotiating mittee. And yet that happens every day in the video game world, Farley told reporters during a press conference Friday. I was a main character in Fallout 4, a character by the name of Kellogg, and I never knew that I was doing vocal recording for that game throughout the year and a half. Scott Witlin, the lawyer representing the video game panies, says voice actors represent less than one tenth of l percent of the work that goes into making a video game. So even though they39。re the top craftsmen in their field, Witlin says, if we pay them under a vastly different system than the people who do the percent of the work, that39。s going to create far more problems for the video game panies.（1）Why did SAGAFTRA declare a strike against some video game publishers? A.It had been cheated repeatedly in the 19 months of talks.B.The labor contract between them had been violated.C.The negotiations between them had broken down.D.Its appeal to renegotiate the contract had been rejected.（2）What do we learn from the passage about the video gaming industry? A.It has invested a lot in its domestic market.B.It has attracted many famous voice actors.C.It has bee more open and transparent.D.It has gained huge profits in recent years.（3）What are the voice actors demanding? A.Extra pay based on sales revenues.B.A nondiscriminatory contract.C.A limit on the maximum work hours.D.More regular employment.（4）What does Keythe Farley say about voice actors? A.They are not paid on a regular basis.B.They are kept in the dark about many details of their job.C.They are discriminated against in the gaming industry.D.They are not employed fulltime.（5）What is the argument of lawyer Scott Witlin? A.Changing the pay system would cause the industry more problems.B.Paying voice actors on an hourly basis is in fine with the law.C.Voice actors should have a pay raise if they prove to be top craftsmen.D.Voice actors are mere craftsmen, not professional performers.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B（5）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國演員工會針對配音演員酬勞協(xié)商無果的問題進(jìn)行了罷工。近年來美國游戲行業(yè)快速發(fā)展，游戲公司從中獲得巨大利潤，但配音演員的酬勞卻一直維持不變，故他們希望可以按照游戲銷售量獲得額外的報(bào)酬。但律師認(rèn)為如果改變聲音演員的報(bào)酬系統(tǒng)，游戲公司將會面臨更多的問題，因?yàn)樗麄冎蛔隽似渲猩僦稚俚墓ぷ鳌?（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”The strike es in light of an unsuccessful 19 months of negotiations after the existing labor contract known as the Interactive Media Agreement expired in late 2014.“可知，由于為期19個月的談判沒有成功，SAGAFTRA決定采取罷工來對抗一些游戲制作公司。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的”The video gaming industry has ballooned in recent years. In 2015, gaming produced $ billion in domestic revenue.“可知，近幾年游戲行業(yè)發(fā)展迅速，2015年游戲行業(yè)創(chuàng)造了235億美元的國內(nèi)總收入。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的”So the voice actors are pushing for the idea of secondary pensationa performance bonus every time a game sells 2 million copies or downloads, or reaches 2 million subscribers, with a cap at 8 million.“可知，配音演員要求得到額外的補(bǔ)償——每款游戲賣出200萬份拷貝或下載，或者擁有200萬訂閱者（最高800萬），配音演員可以得到一份表演獎金，即配音演員希望按游戲銷售量得到額外的報(bào)酬。故選A。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的“’I can39。t imagine if there39。s any other acting job in the world where you don39。t know what show you39。re in, when you39。re hired,‘ says voice actor”可知，Keythe Farley說配音演員在被雇傭時不知道自己在演什么角色，即她認(rèn)為他們在被雇傭時不知道和工作相關(guān)的信息。故選B。 （5）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“if we pay them under a vastly different system than the people who do the percent of the work, that39。s going to create far more problems for the video game panies”可知，Scott Witlin認(rèn)為，改變配音演員的酬勞體系會給游戲公司帶來更多的問題，%的工作。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇社會現(xiàn)象類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 When I was small, my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didn39。t always have access to a reliable car, walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships. Today, I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Cold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children39。s Library. My 18imonthold son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. Well, that is what many people don39。t understanda library is more than books。 it39。s a munity. Sure, the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Judy Blume novels. But it was also the place where I got my first address in 1997. At the library, friends and I learned how to research colleges and search for scholarships on the Internet. The library was the place where we sometimes giggled(咯咯笑)too loudly, and where the librarians knew us by name. Their knowing our names wasn39。t a bad thing. When I came home from my first term at Binghamton University, Mary LaRosa, the librarian at the Franklin Square library, offered me my first teaching job. I now teach reading at Nassau Community College. My students are often amazed that they can check out books via their smartphones and virtually(虛擬地)visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries, as well as th