Millions of people love Disney films and TV programs. Some Disney characters are popular among them. Disney has some different characters (人物) such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White and Peter Pan. Millions of people 1 Disney Parks every year. These things are about Walt Disney. Do you want to know more about Walt Disney?

Walt Disney was born in Chicago. Then his family moved to Missouri. He 2 on a farm there. He loved painting very much. At the age of 16, Disney began to study 3 in Chicago. Four years later, he 4 the Kansas City Film Ad Company and became a member of the 5 .

In 1923, Walt Disney moved to Hollywood. He wanted to be a film producer (制片人) or director. He was unlucky and he didn’t find a job. Then he decided to make cartoons. Disney drew some 6 . He loved the pictures and decided to bring them to life.

Disney 7 his first company. In the beginning, he had to work hard for a living. 8 he didn’t make much money, he didn’t give up his job. He 9 his job. He believed that cartoons could be popular. Later on, his 10 proved (证明) that he was right. Mickey Mouse was one of Disney’s famous characters.

1. A. travel B. visit C. arrive D. get

2. A. grew up B. set up C. looked up D. gave up

3. A. music B. art C. history D. computers

4. A. joined B. went C. left D. forgot

5. A. club B. school C. company D. theater

6. A. songs B. cartoons C. movies D. pictures

7. A. closed B. opened C. took D. brought

8. A. Because B. If C. Although D. But

9. A. hated B. loved C. minded D. stood

10. A. failure B. interest C. hobby D. success

II. 任务型阅读

The character of Superman, disguised (伪装) as a newspaper reporter called Clark Kent, came from the planet Krypton. His mission was to fight for “truth, justice and the American way”. Clark Kent worked at the Daily Planet newspaper with two other reporters, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. It was very important that Clark Kent kept his identity (身份) a secret. No one could find out his secret. But Superman was not perfect. He had a weakness. His only weakness was an element called Kryptonite.

The first Superman comics (连环漫画) were published in 1938. It was very successful. Later on, 17 Superman cartoon films were made. The films were so popular that a television series was produced in black and white.

The first actor to play Superman was called Kirk Alyn, but he didn’t think he was paid enough money, so he gave up the job. The next actor, George Reeves, took the part. George had gone to Hollywood to try to make his fortune and to become famous. He was 185cm tall and looked very strong. He made a lot of money from the Superman programmes. In 1957, the Superman series was canceled (取消). After that, George was unable to get any more work because everyone thought he was Superman!

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

1. What was Clark Kent’s weakness?

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2. When were the first Superman comics published?

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3. Why did Kirk Alyn give up the job of playing Superman?

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4. Did George Reeves make a lot of money from the Superman programmes?

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5. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

答案全解全析

Module 5 Unit 2第2课时检测卷

测试时间：30分钟

I. [语篇解读] 本文介绍了迪士尼的创始人华特·迪士尼。

1. B 每年都有数百万人“游览”迪士尼乐园，所缺的词是visit。

2. A grow up长大；set up成立；look up查阅；give up放弃。此处是说他在那里的一个农场“长大”，故grew up符合题意。

3. B 根据上文中的“He loved painting very much.”可知，他很喜欢画画，由此可推断，他学的是“美术”，故选B。

4. A 四年后，他“加入”了那家公司，成了其中的一员，故选joined。

5. C 他成了那家“公司”的一员，所缺的词是company。

6. D 根据设空处后的“他喜欢那些画”可推断，所缺的词是pictures。

7. B 根据下文的描述可知，他“开了”他的第一家公司，所缺的词是opened。

8. C “尽管”他没有赚很多钱，但他仍然没有放弃他的工作，所缺的词是Although。

9. B 根据上下文的描述可推断，他“热爱”他的工作，所缺的词是loved。

10. D failure失败；interest兴趣；hobby爱好；success成功。根据上下文的描述可知，后来他的“成功”证明了他是对的，所缺的词是success。

II. [语篇解读] 本文介绍了超人这个角色，还介绍了曾经扮演过超人的两位演员。

1. It was an element called Kryptonite. 根据第一段中的“His only weakness was an element called Kryptonite.”可知答案。

2. In 1938. 根据第二段中的“The first Superman comics was published in 1938.”可知，第一部超人连环漫画是在1938年出版的。

3. Because he didn’t think he was paid enough money. 根据第三段中的“…he didn’t think he was paid enough money, so he gave up the job”可知，他放弃了扮演超人的工作，是因为他觉得没有付给他足够的钱。

4. Yes, he did. 根据第三段中的“He made a lot of money from the Superman programmes.”可知，本题要用肯定回答。

5. The two actors who once played (the role of) Superman./ Kirk Alyn and George Reeves. 最后一段讲的是曾经扮演过超人的两位演员。本题答案符合题意即可。