Question

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案)

We all like watching TV about Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. They are very interesting. Do you know who___________ the cartoons firstly? It was Walt Disney. I’ll ___________ you something about him. Walt Disney loved to draw pictures when he was young. But his father had much _____________ to do and often stopped him from drawing. He had to _________ his father with it. When he grew up, he began to make cartoon films. But he didn’t have much money and was always _________. Once, he caught a mouse and kept it_________ a pet (宠 物). A few years later, Walt _____________ the mouse and decided to make a cartoon about it. And then Walt Disney named the mouse Mickey Mouse. ___________, people all over the world saw Mickey and loved him. Mickey made Walt Disney ___________ soon. Then Walt made Donald Duck and others for television. In 1956, he ______________a wonderful land in California. There were real boats, castles, trains, rivers and all kinds of birds in one beautiful park. Many people went there. Disney died in 1966, but the world will never forget him.

1.A.drew B.found C.knew

2.A.speak B.talk C.tell

3.A.work B.job C.picture

4.A.seem B.help C.try

5.A.hungry B.full C.quiet

6.A.for B.as C.from

7.A.thought B.remembered C.created

8.A.At least B.At last C.At first

9.A.tired B.amazed C.famous

10.A.opened B.sold C.chose

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

本文主要是对卡通制作人Walt Disney的介绍。他从小喜欢绘画，他给自己的老鼠起名为米老鼠而闻名于世界，后来还创建了迪斯尼乐园。

1.句意：你知道谁是第一个画卡通动画的人吗？

考查动词辨析。drew描绘；found创办；knew知道。由“the cartoons”可知，与之搭配的动词应该是drew，此处是指第一个卡通动画是谁画的。故选A。

2.句意：我会告诉你一些关于他的事。

考查动词辨析。speak说话，其后的宾语为某种语言；talk一般用作不及物动词，常与介词to或with连用，表示“与……交谈”；tell讲述、告诉。此处是tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某事。故选C。

3.句意：但他父亲有很多工作要做，经常阻止他画画。

考查名词辨析。work工作，不可数名词；job 职业，可数名词；picture图画，可数名词。此处空格前面用much修饰，故是不可数名词，意为他的父亲有很多工作要做，非常忙。故选A。

4.句意：他不得不帮助他父亲。

考查动词辨析。seem看来好像；help帮助；try尝试。根据“He had to 4 his father with it.”他不得不 _______ 他父亲。可知，选择help帮助；此处是help sb. with sth. 意为“帮助某人做某事”。故选B。

5.句意：但他没有多少钱，总是很饿。

考查形容词辨析。hungry饥饿的；full满的，饱的；quiet安静的。根据“But he didn’t have much money”但他没有多少钱。可知，此处是指他吃不饱饭, 总是很饿。故选A。

6.句意：有一次，他抓住一只老鼠，把它当作宠物养着。

考查介词。for为了；as作为；from从……开始。结合语境可知，有一次，他抓住一只老鼠并把它作为宠物养。此处表示作为宠物。因此用介词as作为。故选B。

7.句意：几年后，沃尔特想起了那只老鼠，决定画关于它的卡通。

考查动词辨析。thought思考；remembered想起；created创造。结合后文“decided to make a cartoon about it”决定做一个关于它的漫画，可知是想起了这个老鼠。故选B。

8.句意：最后，全世界的人都看到了米老鼠并爱它。

考查副词短语。At least至少；At last最后，终于；At first起初。根据“ 8 , people all over the world saw Mickey and loved him. _______，”全世界的人都看到了米老鼠并爱它。可知，应该选择At last最后，终于，表示经过画这个过程，卡通最终和人们见面了；符合语境。故选B。

9.句意：米老鼠使沃尔特·迪斯尼很快成名。

考查形容词辨析。tired劳累的；amazed惊奇的；famous出名的。根据“people all over the world saw Mickey and loved him.”全世界的人都看到了米老鼠并爱它。可知，沃尔特·迪斯尼也因此而很快成名。故选C。

10.句意：1956年，他在加利福尼亚开辟了一片神奇的土地。

考查动词辨析。opened开辟，开设；sold出售；chose选择。结合后文“There were real boats, castles, trains, rivers and all kinds of birds in one beautiful park.”在一个美丽的公园里有真正的船、城堡、火车、河流和各种各样的鸟。可知他是在加利福尼亚开辟了一个神奇的乐土，这个地方就是第一个迪士尼乐园。故选A。