13.元宇宙：“另一个时空”照进现实-冲刺2023中考英语热点话题+重点题型提升练(通用版)

冲刺2023中考英语热点话题+重点题型提升练(通用版) 13.元宇宙：“另一个时空”照进现实 一、阅读理解 1 Have you ever imagined going inside of a video game? That dream may soon become real. It’s called the “metaverse (元宇宙)”. The metaverse is a shared virtual (虚拟的）3D world. The word is made up of “meta”, which means beyond, and “verse” which refers to “universe”. The word first appeared in a science fiction book called Snow Crash in 1992. In this story, people wear virtual reality (VR) headsets to see and join the metaverse. Now, what happens in the book is becoming a reality. Wearing a VR headset, you can meet other people wherever they are. You also can work and play with them. It will feel real because the technology can simulate (模拟）our senses: vision, hearing, touch and even smell. The metaverse is about creating another reality, another world, which is as rich as the real world. So, what can you do inside the metaverse? Your location will no longer matter, says VOA News. It means that in the metaverse, people will be connected at all times. You can meet friends from other countries and go on a virtual beach vacation together. You can go to the beach on the moon, or anywhere else you can imagine. Can’t find a friend to play basketball? Jump into the metaverse and find some friends to play with or go to a concert! Cathy Hack, an expert in metaverse technology, said her son’s first concert was inside a video game. “Although it happened in a video game, it didn’t make it less real for him,” she said. Perhaps the metaverse will change our idea of what is real. 1. What does Paragraph 2 tell us? A. How to join the metaverse. B. What happened in the book Snow Crash. C. Where the word “metaverse” comes from. D. When the book Snow Crush came out. 2. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to? A. VR headsets. B. Other people. C. Our senses. D. Video games. 3. According to VOA News, ________. A. the metaverse will take the place of real life B. scenes in the metaverse are all simulations of reali