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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.
【小题1】Peyo’s real name was .
A.Pierre | B.Franquin |
C.Morris | D.Johan |
A.as a dentist’s assistant | B.the one in a cartoon studio |
C.as a full-time comic artist | D.as a newsagent |
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 |
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. |
阅读理解
We spent a few days in Paris last week. We visit the famous city quite regularly. After all, it only takes three hours from London to Pairs. It’s always a pleasure visiting places we really like, exploring areas we’ve never been.
The only unlucky thing this time was the weather. As soon as we got there the temperature reached almost 35 degrees C (which lasted until we left). It was so hot that Matthew just couldn’t stand it — for him, it wasn’t the most enjoyable trip. I felt sorry for him because every time we go there he has to put up with (忍受) my endless shopping spree (狂欢) …
Because of the heat, we ended up just having lots of ice-cream and drinks most of the time, although we managed to pay a few visits to the new Herme shop on rue de Vaugirard at least. It’s not as busy as the shop on rue Bonaparte so you can choose whatever you like without worrying about a queue behind you! I really enjoyed his bread this time as well as the cakes. And I must say that his Croissant aux Amandes and Bostock were simply the best I’ve ever had.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?
A.It was the first time for the writer to go to Paris. |
B.It was a long way from London to Paris. |
C.The writer lives in London. |
D.The writer only likes to go to places she has never been to. |
2. The underlined word “stand” in the second paragraph means ____.
A.享受 |
B.忍受 |
C.站立 |
D.位于 |
3. What can you know about Matthew from the second paragraph?
A.He doesn’t like shopping. |
B.He doesn’t like travelling. |
C.He is one of the writer’s relatives. |
D.He isn’t a good husband. |
4. The shops on rue Bonaparte ____.
A.has no bread that the writer likes |
B.is often crowded with customers |
C.don’t have anything the writer likes |
D.is not very busy all the time |
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.An unpleasant trip |
B.A great city |
C.A shopping centre |
D.A trip to Paris |