外研（新标准）版八年级下册Module 5 课后小练习

—It's a(机灵的) character in a cartoon.

    What's your favourite cartoon? It may be difficult for you(decide). But for the pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the(good) one.

    When Lang Lang was two years old, he(see) Tom play the piano. It was the first time that he enjoyed(west) music and this experience encouraged him to learn to playpiano.

    His talent for playing the piano(take) him from Shenyang to the world. Lang Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.

    Lang Lang's performances are energetic. He is well-known for making facial（面部的）expressions and moving around while(play) the piano.

    The waysuccess has never been easy. Lang Lang's father quit（放弃）his job to look after him,his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang Lang thinkslucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.

    Many of us have ever loved the two toy bears-a brown Teddy bear and a yellow Winnie-the-Pooh bear. The two toy bears come froth real stories in life.

    In 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA, went on hunting. The hunting dogs found an old bear in the forest near Washington D. C. and the guide asked the president to shoot（射杀）it. But President Roosevelt disagreed. A cartoonist（漫画家）drew a cartoon showing that the president refused to shoot the bear. Soon, the bear began to appear in other newspapers. People named the bear Teddy which was Theodore's nickname（昵称）.

    In 1913, a captain named Harry Colebourn paid 20dollars for a black bear which was born in the Canadian countryside. The captain's hometown, Winnipeg, was the origin（起源）of the bear's name. In Winnipeg, Winnie served as the mascot（吉祥物）. When World War I began, the captain went to France. Winnie was sent to London Zoo which many kids often visited. Because of its lovely look, the bear became popular with children.

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    Teddy bears are one of the most popular toys all over the world. The first teddy bear came from a(n) 1 about America's 26th president, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.

    President Roosevelt was a great hunter (猎手). One day, he traveled in Mississippi. Some people took him to go 2^. Things were not going well and President Roosevelt hunted 3^. Someone had an idea. He caught a bear and tied it to the tree for President Roosevelt to 4. The bear looked very 5 and tired, so Roosevelt refused to shoot it.

    The next day, a cartoon artist drew a picture about the scene. The Washington Post published the picture 6 November 16, 1902. Most Americans 7 the newspaper and knew the story, including Morris and Rose. Morris and Rose had a toy store and they decided to make a toy bear to 8 the president's actions. They called 9 "Teddy Bear". It 10 sweet and harmless (无恶意的). It became popular soon.

    In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work on Disney's cartoon (动画片) film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said “Stop! That's our duck!”

    The duck was the now famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat (水上住家) and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year, he became a star after an eight­-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy (贪婪的), and because he lost his temper (发脾气) very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews (侄子). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-­goody like Mickey.

    In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966, Donald Duck and his voice disappeared — there were no more new cartoons.

    Clarence Nash died in February, 1985.But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.