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【題目】If he’d survived his sudden illness in 1990, Jim Henson might be turning 79 years old on September 24, 2015. He would probably still be at work. We can only guess where his imagination would have taken him — and us — in the 25 years we missed. There’s no doubt that he would have broken new ground, for Henson was a neverstopping innovator (創(chuàng)新者)．

His long career began far back in 1955, when he created Sam and Friends for a Washington D．C. television station. The programmes were just five minutes long and scheduled in the noman’sland between afternoon and evening programming. Yet the show won an Emmy for best local entertainment programme in 1958.

When it ended in 1961, Henson struggled to find work. He could only get brief appearances on other programmes like The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live. Only in 1976 did a British producer finally give Henson the green light to start a fullscale television show. The Muppet Show was produced and broadcast in Great Britain before finally arriving on prime time (黃金時間) US television. The network continued to identify it as a children’s programme, though the programme won a wide following of adult viewers.

One reason for its appeal to grownups was the obvious skill in catching the imagination. Henson’s talent was so great that it’s difficult to think of Kermit or Miss Piggy as nothing more than piles of cloth when they aren’t being operated. But Henson himself never forgot how much work went into creating his characters.

Way back in his early days, Henson created Kermit the Frog. His body was made from a green coat his mother had thrown away and his eyes were two halves of a pingpong ball. Over the years, his shape became more expressive. “Kermit is the character through whose eyes the audience is viewing the show. He’s a nice guy，” Henson said.

【1】Which of the following programmes marked the start of Jim Henson’s career?

A. The Tonight Show. B. Sam and Friends.

C. Saturday Night Live. D. The Muppet Show.

【2】It can be inferred from the passage that Miss Piggy was ________.

A. a character Jim Henson created

B. Jim Henson’s close friend

C. a television programme

D. Kermit’s girlfriend

【3】From the passage, we can infer that ________.

A. it was easy for Jim to create his characters

B. Jim Henson died of illness at the age of 54

C. the Muppet Show was broadcast in the US first

D. the programme Sam and Friends was not popular locally

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇人物傳記。美國木偶大師Jim Henson一生努力創(chuàng)作，給人們留下了很多著名的兒童電視節(jié)目。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的第一句His long career began far back in 1955, when he created Sam and Friends---可知Sam and Friends是他創(chuàng)造的第一個電視節(jié)目，也正是它開啟了他的表演生涯。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的Henson created Kermit the Frog.和Kermit is the character---，可知Kermit和Henson所創(chuàng)作的卡通木偶形象。再根據(jù)第四段中Kermit和Miss Piggy同伴也是Henson所創(chuàng)作的一個卡通木偶形象。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。文章第一句就假設(shè)說，如果他能從1990年的突發(fā)疾病中存活下來，那么2015年9月24日Jim Henson就79歲了。從中可以推斷出他死于疾病，當(dāng)時只有54歲。故B項正確。

事實詢問題，這類試題通常以疑問詞what/who/when/where/why/how引起的特殊問句，就文章中某一詞語、某一句子、某一段落或某一具體細節(jié)和事實進行提問。解答此類試題首先要弄清題目和每一個選項的含義，然后按題目要求尋找與之相關(guān)的細節(jié)，正確估計答案來源。同時要注意題目和文章中的暗示作用，特別注意辨別各種信息，確認(rèn)各種信息。本文第1小題，根據(jù)第二段的第一句His long career began far back in 1955, when he created Sam and Friends---可知Sam and Friends是他創(chuàng)造的第一個電視節(jié)目，也正是它開啟了他的表演生涯。