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was born in Brussels, on June 25th, 1928. His real name was Pierre Culliford. At first, he almost became a dentist’s assistant. Luckily, he got a job in a cartoon studio. There he met and worked with some of Europe’s most famous comic book artists such as Franquin and Morris. Unfortunately the studio closed down and Peyo decided to become a full-time comic artist. He found himself a pen name from his childhood nickname ‘Pe- yot’.
Peyo became successful as a comic (连环画) artist. He decided to draw what he really loved,
stories based in the Middle Ages. He created the character Johan and drew some Johan strips (漫画) for the Belgian daily newspaper ‘Le Soir’ and then for ‘Spirou’ magazine. Johan soon became a huge success and one of the magazine’s main characters.
For Johan’s ninth book of adventures, Peyo needed a group of imps (小精灵) to build a magic flute. At a meal with his friend Andre Franquin. he asked Franquin to pass him the salt. But he couldn’t remember the word so he said, “Pass me the … um… the smurf!”. Franquin handed it over and answered, “Here’s the smurf. Onee you’ve smurfed with it you can smurf it back to me!” And so the name and language of the little imps were invented. The readers soon fell in love with these little smurfs, who love having fun, live in mushroom-shaped houses and speak a strange and wonderful language.
The Smurfs films were first seen on Belgian television and then in France and the Netherlands. In 1981. The Smurfs was on the American NBC TV Channel for the first time, but the success didn’t stop there. The success of the Smurfs became planetary in the 80’s because of the cartoons. There are few regions left where people don’t know smurfs, but their name changes in every county; the Smurfs, die Schlümpfe, Los Pitufos, I Puffi. de Smurfen, les Schtroumpfs… and 蓝精灵 in Chinese.
In August 2011, the Smurfs make their return to the big screen again, this time in 3D! Peyo left us on December 24, 1992, but the Smurfs have continued their many adventures and are today looking forward to a bright and even more exciting future.
1.Peyo’s real name was________.
A. Pierre B. Franquin
C. Morris D. Johan
2.Peyo tried many different jobs except________.
A. as a dentist’s assistant B. the one in a cartoon studio
C. as a full-time comic artist D. as a newsagent
3.The Smurfs________.
A. are a group of blue imps from Peyo’s book
B. are serious and hate having fun
C. soon became one of the ‘Spirou’ magazine’s main characters
D. will be in the movie on December 24th, 2011
4.The last paragraph tells us________.
A. The Smurfs have come back to their big screen home.
B. Peyo has left for another country.
C. The Smurfs’ story stops after Peyo left us.
D. There might be more works about Smurfs in the future.
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The man was born ________1976.
A. in the 24th of June. B. on the 24th of June C. in June 24th D. for June 24th
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Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876, in America. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make a living when he was twelve. He worked very hard. Later Jack returned to school. He was strict with himself and worked hard at every subject, especially literature.In 1897, he went to Alaska to look for gold. Instead of getting gold, he found material(素材) for his books and stories. He returned home and started to write. His writings were so successful that he became rich and famous in his twenties. But Jack London was not a happy man. He took his own life in 1916 when he was only 40 years old.
1.Jack London was from ________.
A. Alaska B. London C. the USA D. France
2.He was a famous ________.
A. worker B. story-teller C. teacher D. writer
3.In Alaska, he________.
A. found gold B. found books and stories C. became rich D. learned a lot
4.He became famous for________ .
A. his writings B. his gold C. rich life D. both A and B
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Craig Keilburger was born on December 17th, 1982 and 1.(spend) his childhood there. In 1995, he read an2. ['a:tikl] about a twelve-year-old Pakistani boy, Iqbal in the newspaper. It changed his life. The boy started3. in a factory when he was only four. He knew children shouldn’t work in factories all day ,4.,they should go to school. He decided to fight5. the bosses. As a 6. , a bad man killed him. Craig was so7. [ 'æŋgri ] that he decided to help him. He gathered his friends and started a group8.(call)Free the Children.Now the group has 1009. [ 'θauzənd ] members in 35 countries who are helping children. In Kenya, there are poorly-built schools10. (with)any roofs or walls, so Free the Children is building new schools there to help them.
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Jay Chou was born on January 18th, 1979, in Taiwan, China. He grew up with his mother, and was a quiet and shy kid. He didn’t do well in study, so people thought he would never be successful in life.
As a small child, Jay took a great interest in music. His mother sent him to learn the piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practising. When he was in high school, he could play the piano quite well. At the same time, he showed his talent for writing songs.
Before Jay became a singer, he worked as a songwriter. For two years, he spent most of his time writing for singers. Some of them were very famous, like Coco Lee and Jacky Cheung. Jay released his first album in 2000 and soon he got quite popular.
Now Jay is one of the most famous singers in Asia. However, he is still shy and doesn’t speak clearly when he sings or talks, but he has a lot of fans. Most of his fans like him because he is good at music and has his own style（风格） of music. He never follows others!
1.When Jay was a small kid, .
A. he was quiet and clever B. he was good at studies
C. he was interested in music D. he lived with his parents
2.When did Jay become popular most probably?
A. In 1979. B. In 1982. C. In 1988. D. In 2000.
3.What job did Jay do before he became a singer?
A. He wrote songs for singers. B. He worked as a pianist.
C. He taught in a high school. D. He sold albums of singers.
4.What does the underlined word “follows” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. 遵守 B. 仿效 C. 倾听 D. 理解
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—___was Lily born, Lucy?—On June 13th.
A.HowB.Where C.When D.What
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Zhou Yang was born on June 9th, 1991. 1 she was four years old, she got a serious illness. Luckily, she got 2 soon, so her parents decided to make her play sports. They thought that playing sports could keep her 3 good health.
When she was eight years old, her father 4 her a pair of skates. She started to skate that year. She practiced skating 5 more than eight hours a day. One of 6 teammates said, “Zhou Yang always practices skating hardest.” In the same year, Zhou Yang 7 part in her school’s running competition. One teacher found that she had a great potential（潜力） for 8 . In 2010, she 9 a gold medal in the Olympic Winter Games. Chinese people are 10 proud of her.
1. A．And B．When C．If D．Because
2. A．good B．beautiful C．nice D．well
3. A．in B．at C．on D．with
4. A．began B．bought C．went D．held
5. A．of B．on C．for D．at
6. A．her B．she’s C．she D．hers
7. A．brought B．gave C．took D．joined
8. A．arts B．sports C．hobbies D．ideas
9. A．beat B．made C．found D．won
10. A．some B．every C．both D．all
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I was born ______ the morning ______ February 25th, 1997.
A. in; of B. on; in C. in; in D. on; of
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I was born ________ the morning ________ February 25th, 1998.
| A．in; of | B．on; in | C．in; in | D．on; of |
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---When was he born?
---He was born ________the morning________June 5.
A．in,of B．on,of C．in,on D．on,on
was born in Brussels, on June 25th, 1928. His real name was Pierre Culliford. At first, he almost became a dentist’s assistant. Luckily, he got a job in a cartoon studio. There he met and worked with some of Europe’s most famous comic book artists such as Franquin and Morris. Unfortunately the studio closed down and Peyo decided to become a full-time comic artist. He found himself a pen name from his childhood nickname ‘Pe- yot’.