A
Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is,but they certainly recognize his successor,Bugs Bunny.Oswald,Bugs,and hundreds of other characters were created by Walt Disney,perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history.
Born in Chicago in 1901,Walt Disney always wanted to be an artist.After returning from World War Ⅰ,in which he drove an ambulance,Disney worked as a commercial artist.He enjoyed drawing cartoons more than anything else,and decided to try his hand at a technology that was new at the time,moving pictures.
In the 1920’s,he produced several films where he made cartoon characters move as if by magic.The technique Disney used was painstaking.He made hundreds or even thousands of repeated drawings of the same character.In each drawing,the character was changed just a bit.A film was taken out of the series of drawings,and when it was shown,the characters appeared to move.The process,called animation,is still used today,although computers have made the process much easier.
In 1928,Disney created his most famous character,Mortimer Mouse,who we know today as Mickey.The mouse starred in a cartoon called SteamboatWillie,which was unusual because it involved the use of a sound track.Within the next few years,Disney invented many of his other characters.
The list of Disney’s animation successes is long and memorable.It includes Pinocchio,Dumbo,Bambi,Cinderella,and PeterPan.Perhaps his most remarkable animated film is SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarfs.Created in 1937,it was an immediate success.Today,more than seventy years later,it is still one of the most popular films for children.
21What is one of the chief differences between animation today and in Walt Disney’s early years?
A.More people like animated movies.
B.Fewer people like animated movies.
C.Computers have made the job easier.
D.Computers have made the job harder.
答案:C
解析:细节理解题。由第三段最后一句“Theprocess,calledanimation,isstillusedtoday,althoughcomputershavemadetheprocessmucheasier.”这一信息可知,C项正确。
22The author of this passage would probably agree that .
A.Oswald the Rabbit is well-known today
B.Walt Disney is a remarkable person
C.animation is an easy technique
D.cartoons move by magic
答案:B
解析:细节理解题。由最后一段“Today,morethanseventyyearslater,itisstilloneofthemostpopularfilmsforchildren.”这一信息可知,B项正确。
23What does the underlined word “painstaking” (in Paragraph 3) probably mean?
A.Something that hurts because it involves hard work.
B.Taking a long time and involving much hard work.
C.Requiring a lot of effort,like running a marathon.
D.Requiring many fine tools,such as pens and pencils.
答案:B
解析:词义猜测题。由后面“Hemadehundredsoreventhousandsofrepeateddrawingsofthesamecharacter.Ineachdrawing,thecharacterwaschangedjustabit...”这一信息可知“制作耗时费力”,故B项正确。
24The secret of animation is to .
A.make drawings that are exactly the same,and then film them
B.choose names for characters that make people remember them
C.combine music,voices,and sound effects with pictures
D.make a film of many drawings that change just a little
答案:D
解析:推理判断题。由第三段中的“Ineachdrawing,thecharacterwaschangedjustabit.Afilmwastakenoutoftheseriesofdrawings,andwhenitwasshown,thecharactersappearedtomove.Theprocess,calledanimation,...”这一信息可知,D项正确。
