A Hungarian man has set a new record for longest video game marathon by playing the rhythm-based music game Dance Dance Revolution for six days. Szabolcs Csépe, from Budapest, bopped to over 3000 songs and burned more than 22,000 calories in his quest to romp into the record books.

The 34-year-old, known as GrassHopper on his gaming channels, said that preparation for the marathon took six months and included physical training, focusing on his “legs and glutes”, as well a diet plan. “Playing DDR is always fun for me,” he said, “so this challenge was best described as tediously joyful”. His feat has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records.

Dance Dance Revolution is a video game series which was first released to arcades (游戏厅) in 1998. Players stand on a dance platform or mat and hit coloured arrows with their feet, to score points in time with visual cues and the music from a catalogue of songs. The series has spawned dozens of spin-offs in arcades and many more across home consoles. The games have also become popular as a way to keep fit, featuring in UK and US school exercise programmes. In 2004 the series was even recognised as an official sporting event in Norway. 

Mr Csépe said he was inspired to try the challenge after watching the attempt of previous holder Carrie Swidecki, who spent a little over 138 hours playing Just Dance in 2015. But the avid gamer, who works in IT engineering, had already broken several records before attempting this dancing feat. In 2021, he achieved the longest videogame marathon playing a Naruto game (28 hr 11 min 32 sec playing Narutimetto Akuseru 2) and the longest videogame marathon playing a puzzle game (32 hr 32 min 32 sec playing Tetris Effect). And in 2023, a 90-hour gaming session on Gran Turismo 7 earned him three more endurance-testing awards, including the longest videogame marathon playing a racing simulator game.

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1.1.What’s the main achievement of Szabolcs Csépe?

A Played 3000 songs.

B Burned 22,000 calories.

C Set DDR marathon record.

D Trained for six months.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。第一段核心信息是匈牙利男子Szabolcs Csépe通过连续六天玩《Dance Dance Revolution》创下最长电子游戏马拉松新纪录。A、B是创纪录过程中的具体表现，D是第二段提到的准备工作，均非核心成就。原文明确提到“set a new record for longest video game marathon by playing...Dance Dance Revolution”，C选项用“DDR marathon record”同义替换原文关键信息，是段落核心事件，为正确答案。故选C。

2.2.What did Csépe’s preparation include?

A Arcade work experience.

B Six-month game practice.

C Fast-food diet plan.

D Legs and glutes training.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。第二段明确提到他的准备工作包括“physical training, focusing on his ‘legs and glutes’ as well as a diet plan”。B选项“六个月游戏练习”错误，原文是“六个月准备”而非单纯游戏练习；C选项“快餐饮食计划”与“diet plan”（合理饮食计划）相悖；A选项“游戏厅工作经历”原文未提及。D选项“腿部和臀部训练”直接对应原文训练重点，是准备工作的核心内容，符合题意。故选D。

3.3.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A The invention of DDR.

B The rules of DDR.

C The impacts of DDR.

D The creator of DDR.

解析：选C。C段落大意题。第三段重点讨论了DDR的游戏历史、玩法、作为健身工具和官方体育事件等广泛影响，因此“DDR’s impacts”概括了段落主旨。其他选项如“history”或“rules”只是部分内容，不全面；“popularity”虽涉及但不涵盖所有重点。故选C。

4.4.What does the underlined part “the avid gamer” refer to?

A Szabolcs Csépe.

B Carrie Swidecki.

C GrassHopper.

D Naruto.

解析：选A。A词意指代题。“the avid gamer”指代的是第三段中描述的主角Szabolcs Csépe，他是一名狂热的游戏玩家。GrassHopper是他的游戏别名，但问题问的是指代对象，因此A正确；B是前记录持有者，C是别名，D是游戏角色，均不准确。故选A。