单选题 Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
单选题 A. Trying to enlarge the male market. B. Trying to produce more female characters.
C. Trying to strengthen male characters. D. Trying to criticize some women's groups.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 30-32
The majority of computer games still sell to a mainly male market.Perhaps this is because the violent nature of many of the games appeals more to males or perhaps because many of the main characters in the games are male.(30)But game manufacturers have been looking to increase the number of female game players.Their attempts to produce more female characters have met with serious criticism from many women's groups.
Many believe that the character's unrealistic Barbie.1ike proportions are subconsciously setting unattainable standards in the minds of young women.(31)Perhaps a stronger criticism is that although many games now include female characters,their role is often secondary and they support the main,male,action characters within the games.
There are now,however,a number of websites springing up to help women deal with this issue.Heroines such as Lara Croft of the Tomb Raider game are seen as providing positive role models of strong women.
(32)Sites such as Game Girls,Game Gal offer game reviews,discussion forums and even employment opportunities for women interested in becoming part of the games industry. The games are reviewed by women from a very female perspective.
Many positive changes have been made to encourage more women to become enthusiastic about technology.Perhaps we may even find more male gamers moving away from the traditional violent and destructive games towards the more positive values,after all Tomb Raider is still one of the most popular computer games on the market,but perhaps that's too muach to ask.
Q: What have the game manufacturers been doing recently?

[答案详解] 说话者提到游戏制造商在力求增加女性游戏玩家的数量。故选B)项。
单选题 A. The characters look a lot like Barbie. B. The characters are extremely violent.
C. The characters are often secondary within the games. D. The characters do not support the main character.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析]
Q: Why are women critical of female characters in the games?

[答案详解] 或许一项更加强烈的批判是尽管现在许多游戏里有女性角色,但她们大多都是次要的、辅助主要的男性角色。故选C)项。
单选题 A. Promoting Lara Croft, heroine of the Tomb Raider.
B. Offering game reviews, discussion forums and jobs.
C. Providing positive role models of strong women.
D. Helping women deal with violent and destructive games.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析]
Q: What are sites such as Game Girls doing for women?

[答案详解] 像Game Girls这些网站提供游戏评论、讨论论坛,甚至为感兴趣的女性提供加入游戏产业的工作机会,故选B)项。