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专题08 完形填空 (新题速递+同步话题)
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Cartoonist Charles Schulz, the man who brought us Charlie Brown, Snoopy (史努比) and the whole Peanuts gang (花生漫画) and happiness, would be turning 10 on Nov, 26, 2022.
But the____1____he created and developed over the course of five decades still exist in the form of reruns (重播),____2____ TV specials, a movie and a museum dedicated to Schulz’s work. So does the____3____they provide.
Schulz’s widow, Jeannie Schulz and the director of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, Gina Huntsinger, spoke to Morning Edition about Schulz’s life and____4____, which Huntsinger calls “pervasive” (无处不在). Huntsinger says Schulz has had a(n)____5____influence, from____6____the term “security blanket” to inspiring Peanuts fans from around the world to visit the ____7____. The most common____8____she gets from its website is that people feel comforted by revisiting something nostalgic (怀旧的) that still makes them____9____.
Jeannie Schulz offers another_____10_____for the comic’s lasting and widespread_____11_____. “He wrote about _____12_____ emotions that kids are feeling, and it’s always_____13_____with a little bit of humor,” she says. “Anybody can read that comic strip in four seconds and get comfort from it, because it talks about humanity.”
Aesthetically (美学上地), Schulz’s lines were simple, using only what was necessary to tell the story. And _____14_____, Huntsinger says, he was a_____15_____.
1.A.characters B.hobbies C.technologies D.programs
2.A.confirmed B.original C.beloved D.bearable
3.A.trust B.interest C.duty D.comfort
4.A.education B.legacy C.courage D.family
5.A.indirect B.slight C.global D.competitive
6.A.popularizing B.replacing C.inviting D.accepting
7.A.movie B.city C.man D.museum
8.A.issue B.comment C.courage D.faith
9.A.confident B.weep C.laugh D.awkward
10.A.vehicle B.explanation C.means D.direction
11.A.guide B.appeal C.help D.service
12.A.real B.shallow C.silent D.terrible
13.A.registered B.sold C.moved D.delivered
14.A.occasionally B.conscio