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unit4 cartoon and comic strips一.语法知识填空（根据语法和文章的上下文意思填入所缺单词） walt disney began to make cartoon movies when he was young. he didnt have much money_1_ he didnt always have enough food _2_ (eat).one day a mouse（老鼠）ran near his desk _3_ he worked in his small room.would you like _4_ (be) my pet(宠物) ? disney decided to make a cartoon about it. i am making a cartoon about a mouse named mortimer, he told his wife.“mortimer mouse? i think mickey mouse would be a _5_ (good) name,” she said.you are right. it would,” disney agreed and made many mickey mouse cartoons.people all over the world saw mickey and loved _6_. mickey mouse made disney _7_ (famous). then came donald duck and goofy dog and others. disney began to make full length (长的) cartoons. millions of children watched the shows every week.in 1955, disney opened _8_ wonderful land of make-believe (仿照) in california (加利福尼亚). real boats castles(城堡), trams, mountains, rivers, in on beautiful park. then more people came to disneyland.he died in 1966, _9_ the world will not forget him quickly. mickey mouse and all his all his cartoons will help us _10_ (remember) him.答案：1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _二.完形填空in my life, nothing is _1_ than the book the creation of the world. it was a gift _2_ my uncle. it is a comic book (连环画). _3_ it is not just a normal comic book. it is very thick and heavy. this book tells about the _4_ of life. lifes evolution(进化) is very long and difficult. and the life is rich and varied (多变的). this book also teaches us to be kind to _5_ living things. our life is very beautiful and inspiring. its not easy for all living things to live on earth. you have to _6_ that, every life is noble (高尚的).a famous quote reads: “books are the stepping stones to human progress.” so i like this book and i enjoy _7_. it makes me _8_ a lot of things. this book is also very _9_ for me, because it is _10 _of my uncles love.i will cherish this special book and my uncles love forever.1. better2. from3. but4 evolution5. other6. believe7. reading8. understand9 important10 full( ) 1. a. better b. good c. worse ( ) 2. a. to b. from c. for ( ) 3. a. but b. and c. so ( ) 4. a. change b. develop c. evolution ( ) 5. a. other b. the other c. others ( ) 6. a. believe b. refuse c. disagree( ) 7. a. reading b. to read c. read( ) 8. a. understand b. to understand c. understood( ) 9. a. hard b. important c. useless( ) 10. a. lots b. fill c. full三、阅读理解 aany of you have watched a superman cartoon or movie. but did you know he first appeared in comics? want to learn more about popular comic books around the world? take a look! do you find reading boring? have a read of some comic books. you will learn to love their colorful pictures and simple language. comic books usually tell stories through cartoons . the us and japan have some great comic books. but they are not the same. their names are different. people say “comic books” in the us but “manga” in japan. american comics are often about superheroes characters like superman and spider man. japanese manga like to tell stories of ordinary people. luffy in one piece (海贼王) is such an example. american comics make peolpe excited with super powers, while japanese manga comfort (安慰) people with heartwarming stories. natsumes book of friends is about a teenage boy. he can see spirits (精灵). he is confused at first but later he makes friends with spirits. if you are not interested in these two kinds, *why not try some from china? xia da, 32, is a great comic book artist from china. some of her comics are about school life. others show the beauty of chinese culture. ( )1. this article tell us that reading cartoon comic books is usually _ _interesting than reading book? a.as well as b.more c. less ( )2. we can find that american comics are often about _ _characters from above article?a. superheroes b. ordinary people c. man d. women( )3. which sentence is not true about american comics and japanese manga?_ _a. japanese manga like to tell stories of ordinary people b. american comics are often about ordinary people c. american comics make peolpe excited with super powers d. japanese manga comfort (安慰) people with heartwarming stories( )4. which sentence is true about natsumes book of friends? _b_a. its a american comics b. its a japanese comicsc. natsumes book of friends is about a adult man.d. natsumes book of friends is about a adult woman.( )5. which characters is often described in japanese manga_ _a. superman b. spider man c. ordinary people d. hero bif you are a fan of cartoons and animation, the 7th china international cartoon & animation festival (cicaf) might interest you.from april 28 to may 3, more than 2 million people from all over the world visited the festival, which was held in hangzhou, zhejiang. they read the classic comic books, watched animated videos and took part in a number of activities such as a cosplay show. visitors also had a chance to win the monkey king award by showing their own artwork. they could also have a face-to-face talk with many famous cartoonists from china and abroad, like xu han from shandong, zhu deyong from taiwan and michel ocelot from france.wang ruoqi, 13, of zhejiang, was surprised when she saw so many of her favorite comic books. “it was fantastic! the festival was really a happy place for cartoon lovers. it showed me lots of great comics,” wang said. “i am looking forward to the new cartoon videos,” wang said. “i cant wait to watch them.”zhang haoqi, 14, of zhejiang, thinks that the cosplay show was the most exciting part. she saw many people dressed as her favorite comic characters.“those people sang, danced and performed the scenes (场景) from the stories. they also talked with us and took photos with us,” zhang said. “i used to think that not many people like comics. but now, after i visited the festival, i believe comics are popular all over the world!”( )6. this article tell us that the 7th china international cartoon & animation festival (cicaf) will be held in _ _a. shandong b.taiwan c. hangzhou d .france( )7. we can find that so many visitors take part in cicaf from over the world, which place is not mentioned in this passage. a. shandong b.taiwan c. hangzhou d .beijing ( )8. which sentence is not true about cosplay ? a. people dressed as comic characters b. those people sang, danced and performed the scenes (场景) from the storiesc. those people can talked with audience d. those people cant be taken photos with audience( )9. which sentence is true about zhang haoqis feeling of cosplay _ _a. she thinks that the cosplay show was the most exciting partb. she saw many people dressed as her favorite comic characters.c. she has seen the new cartoon videos in cicaf cshlander is a man from space. he thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. he is now writing a letter to his friend at home. here is part of his letter. read it and answer the questions.now i am in a strange world. it is very nice. there are many new things here. there are many earth monsters here， too. the earth monsters look very funny. they have just one head， two arms and two legs. they have thin black strings on their heads. some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. the earth monsters have a hole in their face. every day， they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. they put water into the hole， too. the earth monsters do not walk very fast. they move from place to pace in tin boxes.at night,the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. this box has very small earth monsters in it.( ) 10. shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very _. a. strange b. nice c. different d. beautiful( ) 11. shlander thinks man on the earth is _. a. a monkey b. a earth monster c. a tin box d. a strange world( ) 12. the earth monster doesnt have _. a. heads, arms and legs b. brown or yellow strings on its head c. a hole on its face d. a swing on its body( ) 13. the earth monsters dont put _ on their holes. a. nice things b. balls c. fire d. water( ) 14. the square window box is _. a. a car or a bus b. a very small earth monster c. a tv set d. a radiodby 2050futurologists（未来学家）predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.tv channels（频道）will have disappeared. instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television. today, we can use the world wide web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away. by 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers, and books will come to us by computer.cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast. cars will have computers to control the speed and there wont be any accidents. today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. by 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. space planes will take people halfway around the world in 2 hours. today, the united states space shuttle can go into space and land on earth again. by 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from los angeles to tokyo in just 2 hours.robots will have replaced people in factories. many factories already use robots. big computers prefer robotsthey dont ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. by 2050, we will see robots everywherein factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.medical technology will have conquered many diseases. today, there are devices（设备）that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. by 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and hear again.scientist will have discovered how to control genes（基因）. scientists have already produced clones（克隆）of animals. by 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people, and decide how they look, how they behave and how clever they are. scientists will be able to do these things, but should they? ( ) 15.according to the passage,