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

【小题2】Peyo tried many different jobs except      .

A．as a dentist’s assistant	B．the one in a cartoon studio
C．as a full-time comic artist	D．as a newsagent

【小题3】The Smurfs       .

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

【小题4】The last paragraph tells us       .

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.

— Must we get to the theater at 7:00?

— No, you _______. The movie begins at 8:00.

A. can’t        B. must’t        C. needn’t      D. shouldn’t

 

 

用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.How much ___ (be) the pants?

2.We want two good          (music) for our rock band.

3. December is the _________ (twelve) month of the year.

4. Nancy wants ________ (see) the movie on weekends.

5. Let’s ________ (learn) about Chinese history.

6. Can you help kids with ________ (swim)?

7.I like        (play) with my dog.

8. Please tell ______ (I) about your morning.

9. Nick ______ (watch) TV on Sunday.

10.What a funny time ______ (eat) breakfast!

 

 

【小题1】This hat is too _________ / bIg/. Do you have a smaller one?

A．big

B．bag

C．boy

D．pig

【小题2】What ___________ / dei / is it today?  It’s Friday.
A date            B day              C dear           D dad
【小题3】How many people are there in your family?  There are ________. / f? : /
A for              B food            C four            D fun
【小题4】I don’t ________ / θi?k / the movie “ Flying Swords of Dragon Gate” is good.
A thank            B thin             C then           D think
【小题5】The teacher tells us an interesting _____________ / ig'za:mp?l / before class.
A excuse          B excite            C example        D every

根据句意，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. I hoped you ___    _____ ( bring) it here the following day.
2. While Kitty  ____________ (watch)TV, Tom ran into the room.
3. The football match ___          _____(cover) live on CCTV-5 at 9:00 next Sunday.
4. After the earthquake, many                 (home) people live in the tents.  
5. It is silly of you                        (not forgive) others for their faults.
6.What do you think of the movie Avatar(阿凡达)               （direct）by James Cameron ?
7. I’m strong enough ______  __     _____(carry)the big stone.
8. He                  (live) in Suqian for ten years before he came here.