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Walt Disney was born on December 5,1901 in Chicago Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother
Flora Call Disney. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl.
After Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to Marceline Missouri, Walt lived most of his childhood here.
Walt had very early interests in art, he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He
pursued his art career, by studying art and photography by going to McKinley High School in Chicago.
Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community (社区), which were a
large part of agrarian (农业的) living. Though his father could be quite stern (严格的), and often there was
little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy to pursue his talents.
During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist (入伍) for military service. Rejected because he was
under age, only sixteen years old at the time. Instead, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to
France, where he spent a year driving an ambulance (救护车) and chauffeuring (驾驶) Red Cross officials.
Once Walt returned from France, he began to pursue a career in commercial (商业的) art. He started a
small company called Laugh-O-Grams, which eventually fell bankrupt (破产). With his suitcase and twenty
dollars, Walt headed to Hollywood to start anew.
After making a success of his "Alice Comedies", Walt became a recognized Hollywood figure. OnJuly13,
1925, Walt married one of his first employees, Lillian Bounds, in Lewiston, Idaho. Later on they would be
blessed with two daughters, Diane and Sharon.
In 1932, the production entitled Flowers and Trees (the first color cartoon) won Walt the first of his
studio's Academy Awards. On December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length
animated (有生命的) musical feature, premiered (最初的) at the Cathay Theater in Los Angeles. The film
produced at the unheard cost of $1 499 000 during the depths of the Depression (不景气).
Walt Disney's dream of a clean, and organized amusement park, came true, as Disneyland Park opened
in 1955.Walt also became a television pioneer, Disney began television production in 1954,and was among
the first to present full-color programming with his Wonderful World of Color in 1961.
Walt Disney is a legend (传奇); a folk (民间的) hero of the 20th century. His worldwide popularity was
based upon the ideals (理想) which his name represents: imagination, optimism, creation, and self-made
success in the American tradition. He brought us closer to the future, while telling us of the past, it is certain,
that there will never be such as great a man, as Walt Disney.
make your career in the future, what experience can you learn from him?
In my view ___________________________________________________________________________
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In the doorway, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he’d be flying to France to 36 a different life. I wanted to 37 him some words. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 38 time I had had such moments.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked 39 the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. Ten years later, a similar 40 played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to give him 41 and confidence as he started his new life. Again, words 42 me.
Now before him, I thought of those 43 opportunities. How many times have I let such moments 44 , only not to tell him what he has 45 to me. Or what he might 46 to face in the years ahead.
What does it matter if a father never tells his son what he really thinks of him? 47 I knew it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always 48 never hearing him put his 49 into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, but finally I said, “Daniel, if I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world 51 , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but I couldn't hear, for tears misted my eyes. All I was 52 of was the stubble(短须) on his chin as his face pressed 53 mine. What I had said to Daniel was short and 54 . It was nothing to others. However, it was 55 to me.
36. A. experience B. spend C. enjoy D. shape
37. A. show B. give C. leave D. instruct
38. A. last B. first C. very D. next
39. A. upward B. into C. down D. up
40. A. sign B. scene C. scenery D. sight
41. A. interest B. instruction C. courage D. direction
42. A. failed B. discouraged C. struck D. troubled
43. A. future B. embarrassing C. obvious D. lost
44. A. last B. pass C. fly D. remain
45. A. counted B. mean C. valued D. earned
46. A. think B. want C. expect D. wish
47. A. But B. And C. Instead D. So
48. A. wondered B. regretted C. minded D. tried
49. A. views B. actions C. feelings D. attitudes
50. A. important B. strange C. hard D. great
51. A. disappeared B. changed C. progressed D. advanced
52. A. afraid B. proud C. aware D. tired
53. A. by B. against C. on D. with
54. A. simple B. gentle C. meaningful D. moving
55. A. none B. all C. anything D. everything
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leisured life of "gentleman". However, partly though bad luck and bad financial (财政的) advice, partly through
his own profligacy (荒废) in early youth-he was Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive (上
瘾的) gambler-he had been left with nothing to depend on but his brains and energy. He dreamed of writing a
great novel; but he realized that while he dreamed and wasted time. Writers whom he considered to be nobodies,
such as Bulwer-Lytton,were writing best sellers.
Writing had not been his first choice of profession. To please his mother he spent some months, studying
law,but his earliest wish was to be a painter. He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent
was too small for him to be anything but an amateur (业余的) painter, though he continued to draw
professionally, and illustrated (给…画插图) most of his own novels He then turned to journalism. In 1836,
while he was still struggling to make his way, he married penniless girl of eighteen, strongly against his mother's
will.
With considerable courage, Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from various
contributions to any newspapers and magazines that would take his work often he did not know where the next
five pounds was coming from Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters,the second of whom died as a
child, hut after the birth of the third, in 1840, she became incurably mad and had to be cared fat away from her
family for the rest of her long life-she outlived her husband by over thirty years.
This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray. It was, too, an extra financial load and for some years he was
forced to part with his daughters, who were brought up by his mother in France. While he struggled to make
a living in London, still chiefly by Journalism. His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry
Lynden, published serially in Fraser's Magazine in 1844 made so little impression oil the public that it was not
published in book form until twelve years later.
B. that he could not rely on
C. that was quite rich
D. that expected him to be a writer
B. Law
C. Writer
D. Journalism
B. drawing and illustrating his own novels
C. publishing a book which made him famous
D. writing for newspapers and magazines
B. drawing and illustrating his own novels
C. publishing a book which made him famous
D. writing for newspapers and magazines
Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers(哲人) of England, was born in London and educated at Cambridge University. When he was only 15, he went to France to work for the English ambassador (大使) . Two years later he went back to England to study law. At the age of twenty-three he was chosen to parliament (议会). His ideas about how scientists should study things in nature help to bring the modern way of thinking, called the scientific method.
One of the Bacon’s best-known books was his Essays. Each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying, conversation, friends and healthy living. In many of his books, Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they really existed in nature and then tried to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it was. Later, by doing experiments, the scientist could see that any one cause would always have the same result. This method, which is called inductive reasoning, is used by all the scientists today, but it was new in Bacon’s time.
5. According to the passage we know that ____.
A. Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England
B. Francis Bacon had good education
C. Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15
D. Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23
6. The underlined phrase “inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means____.
A. to discover general laws from particular facts or examples
B. to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case
C. to study things as they used to be
D. to study things in a particular way
7. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bacon was a learned man.
B. Bacon did a lot of philosophy.
C. The inductive reasoning was widely used both today and in Bacon’s time.
D. Bacon gave scientists much useful advice.
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