Question

Tomorrow is Garfield’s birthday. He first appeared(出現(xiàn)) in a comic strip on June 19, 1978. Garfield is well known all over the world. Lots of Garfield books have been turned into 26 languages. Garfield products are sold in 69 countries.

Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana. He grew up on a farm where his dad raised （飼養(yǎng)）cows. Jim and his brother Dave helped with the farm work. They had 25 cats. Their room always made sure there was plenty of food for the cats.

As a boy, Jim was in poor health. When he had to spend time resting, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them funny.

After college Jim worked a few years at an advertising company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats. He thought that was strange since the world is full of cat lovers.

He remembered the 25 farm cats he grew up with. They gave him ideas for a cat comic strip. In the comic strip. Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.

Jim Davis has received many awards for his work. Twice he was given the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award. He has won four Emmys(艾美獎）and other honors.

 

1. How old was Jim when Garfield first appeared in a comic strip?

A. 33. B. 26. C. 25. D. 24.

2. Who does the underlined word “He” refer to in the fifth paragraph?

A. Jim. B. Jon. C. Dave. D. Garfield.

3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Jim Davis created Garfield with the help of his brother.

B. Garfield products are available in all countries of the world.

C. The cats his family raised made no contributions to his creation.

D. There were few comic strips about cats until Jim crated Garfield.

4.The writer’s main purpose of writing the passage is _________.

A. to tell us to watch more comic strips

B. to show us how to become a cartoonist

C. to introduce some information about Jim Davis

D. to prove Garfield the most popular cartoon character

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要介紹了加菲貓的創(chuàng)造者吉姆戴維斯，他的作品獲得過許多獎項，他兩次被授予年度最佳幽默帶漫畫家。他已獲得四項艾美獎（艾美獎）等榮譽。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據短文He first appeared(出現(xiàn)) in a comic strip on June 19, 1978.和文章Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana.可知Jim是33歲，故選A。

2.詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系上下文可知he在這里指代的是加菲貓。可知應選D。

3.細節(jié)理解題。通讀整篇文章可知只有D是正確的直到Jim創(chuàng)造了加菲貓，有很少的關于貓的漫畫，。故選D。

4.主旨大意題。通讀整篇文章作者寫這篇文章的主旨是介紹一些關于Jim Davis的信息。故選C。

考點：人物類短文閱讀。