阅读理解(2014•江苏盐城)(8分)TomorrowisGarfield'sbirthday.HefirstappearedinacomicstriponJune191978.Garfieldiswellknownallovertheworld.LotsofGarfieldbookshavebeenturnedinto26languages.Garfieldproductsar

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阅读理解 (2014 •江苏盐城) (8分)

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 mum 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 Humour Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award. He has won four Emmys (艾美奖) and other honours.

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 created 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解析：细节判断题。

Jim出生于1945年，当加菲猫1978年搬上 银幕时，Jim正好33岁。

2. D解析：细节判断题。此处用代词指代前面提到的加菲猫。

3. D解析：细节判断题。第四段提到…many comic strips about dogs but few about cats 有很多关于狗的漫画，却很少有关于猫的。选项D与此意思吻合。

4. C解析：主旨大意题。文章介绍了 Jim Davis的成长经历以及成就。