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Forty years ago, a fat orange cat was born under the pen of Jim Davis. The cartoonist(漫画家) never expected it would be 1 so long. Today, if you tell the name “Garfield”, almost everybody will know you are talking about the 2.
Garfield became successful very quickly. It appeared in more than 40 newspapers 3 after it was born. By 1983, that 4 had risen to 1,000. Today, about 200 million people read Garfield’s story in 2,570 5 every day. There are also lots of Garfield books, TV plays, films and clothes.
Davis says he has 6 why Garfield could become so popular. “That’s because Garfield is just the cat next door,” the cartoonist says. “He eats a lot and sleeps a lot. He never likes 7 so he is fat. He doesn’t like Monday. We may say there is a Garfield deep in everybody’s 8.” All of us may have the same ideas like him.
At the age of 72, Davis still writes the Garfield books 9. He has never thought about putting down his pen. “Do something to make people 10 and feel happy,” Davis says, “That’s what I go for all the time.”
1. A. helpful B. popular C. pretty D. boring
2. A. cat B. monkey C. queen D. pie
3. A. clearly B. carelessly C. proudly D. immediately
4. A. temperature B. mark C. number D. price
5. A. newspapers B. films C. competitions D. plays
6. A. mixed up B. worried about C. found out D. waited for
7. A. joking B. exercising C. cooking D. reading
8. A. bag B. pocket C. stomach D. heart
9. A. herself B. itself C. myself D. himself
10. A. laugh B. fight C. appear D. move

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