Question

Tomorrow is Garfield’s birthday. He first appeared 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 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：本文敘述了Jim Davis的生平事跡，他是加菲貓的創(chuàng)造者，他從小在農場長大，喂養(yǎng)著25只貓，大學畢業(yè)后，他在一家廣告公司工作，他發(fā)現社會上有很少關于貓的連壞畫，于是就有了創(chuàng)造連環(huán)畫的想法。他畫的連環(huán)畫很受人們歡迎，被翻譯成26種不同的語言，后來Jim Davis獲得了四次艾美獎和其他的獎項。

1.計算題。根據Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana. He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978可知他33歲的時候，故選A。

2.2】細節(jié)理解題。根據Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters 可知這里敘述的是Garfield的情況，所以下文的it指的是它，故選D。

3.3】細節(jié)理解題。根據Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats.可知Jim有很少關于貓的連環(huán)畫，故選D。

4.4】細節(jié)理解題。根據這篇短文主要敘述了Jim Davis 的生平事跡，故選C。

考點：人物類短文閱讀。