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Unit 4 Cartoons and comic strips 单元话题阅读理解练习 （2022春·广东深圳·八年级校考期中）Looney Tunes is an American cartoon produced by Warner Bros. Company in 1930 during the golden age of American cartoon. It is known for introducing famous cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig. From 1942 to 1964, Looney Tunes was the most popular cartoon in movie theatres. It became even more popular than the works of Disney and other popular competitors. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American cartoon created by Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The cartoon introduces the adventures of the main character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Many of the ideas of the cartoon came from an educational comic book named The Intertidal Zone, which was created in 1989. The author began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a cartoon in 1996. The cartoon has won many awards. The Simpsons is an American cartoon created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is based on the daily life of a middle class family the Simpsons, which includes Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The story is set in the town of Springfield. Since its first show on 17 December, 1989, 610 stories of The Simpsons have been created. The Simpsons Movie was put on in 2007, and gained over＄527 million. Time magazine even named it the 20th century’s best cartoon. Tom and Jerry is an American cartoon created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The cartoon is based on its two key characters Tom and Jerry, and many characters around them. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry stories for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. The first film based on the cartoon, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, was put on in 1992, and 12 direct-to-video films have been produced since 2002. 1．Which of the following cartoons is the oldest? A．Looney Tunes. B．SpongeBob SquarePants. C．The Simpsons. D．Tom and Jerry. 2．If you are interested in the life of a middl