---Do you think I can pass the test?
---________, I’m afraid.
A．You can B．Of course C．Not a chance D．A little bit
Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.
Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector（放映机）.
In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.
A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.
Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.
But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional（专业人士）. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly on to an empty film and then run the film through a projector.
1.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A．Animal world B．Movie camera C．Cartoon making D．Movement
2.According to the passage, Felix the Cat ______ .
A．was created by the American cartoonist Felix
B．was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century
C．was unable to do what natural cats could not do
D．was created in the United States in the nineteenth century
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier that Pat Sullivan’s
B．only professionals can create cartoon characters
C．Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists
D．the animation industry started in the United States
4.Which of the following statements best describes the author’s attitude towards cartoon making?
A．Cartoon making is not a difficult job. Anyone can do it.
B．Only trained people can be employed in cartoon making industry.
C．Anyone can make cartoons under the instructions of professionals.
D．Cartoon making is no easy job. You have to spend much time drawing onto the empty film.
A man found the cocoon (茧) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could 1 the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small 2 appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to 3 the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 4 as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and 5 the remaining bit of the cocoon. The 6 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 7 to be able to support the 8 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life 9 around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was 10 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness didn’t 11 was that the small cocoon and the 12 of the moth to get through the 13 opening was a way to push fluid (液体) 14 the body of moth 15 its wings so that it would be ready to fly 16 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 17 would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to 18 our lives without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as 19 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for 20 .
1. A．help B．protect C．watch D．see
2. A．opening B．line C．moth D．butterfly
3. A．pull B．draw C．make D．force
4. A．got B．done C．tried D．climbed
5. A．cut up B．cut off C．cut out D．cut in
6. A．moth B．butterfly C．cocoon D．worm
7. A．lessen B．widen C．expand D．shorten
8. A．standing B．flight C．wings D．body
9. A．flying B．crawling C．walking D．lying
10. A．already B．certainly C．never D．ever
11. A．do B．think C．want D．understand
12. A．crawling B．struggle C．fight D．force
13. A．tiny B．beginning C．right D．above
14. A．in B．on C．by D．from
15. A．into B．to C．in D．onto
16. A．after B．once C．before D．until
17. A．courage B．happiness C．flight D．survival
18. A．stand by B．get on C．go through D．live in
19. A．great B．determined C．brave D．strong
20. A．regrets B．death C．failure D．wishes
— Have you played DotA before? We need one more team member.
— ________. But I like online games, so I believe it will be fun to learn DotA.
A. You must be crazy B. Not really C. Never mind D. That’s cool
The old king decided to retire and the heavy load of responsibility to his three daughters.
A．give out B．hand over C．take over D．block out
The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see___________ the next year.
A．carry out B．carrying out C．carried out D．to carry out
