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Beijing (Xinhua): When she appeared on stage, singing a Japanese song, hundreds of excited teenagers crowded around shouting, "Curarpikt (酷拉皮卡)！It’s Curarpikt!"

 At the Beijing Comic and Animation Expo last week, that’s exactly who Shi Jia was. The Senior 1 girl was cosplaying (角色扮演) "Curarpikt", a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter (《獵人》)by Yoshihiro Togashi.

    "I cosplay Curarpikt because I like him," said the pretty 15?year?old girl. "I’m moved by his sad story and I’m attracted by his courage and personality."

    In the adventure comic story, Curarpikt, a handsome and kind?hearted boy, struggles to become a hunter so he can capture(擄獲)the people who killed his tribe(部落).

    Shi has read all the comic books and is a big fan of the animated series(動畫片)of Hunter X Hunter. Then last year she saw a real "Curarpikt"in a cosplay show.

    "I had watched cosplay shows before but only for fun," she explained. "It’s really exciting to see young people wearing the make?up and costumes of characters that you’ve read about and are familiar with."

    "But that time I just fell in love with cosplaying, probably because I like Curarpikt so much. I thought I could play the character better, so I decided to have a go."

    Shi bought some cloth and asked a tailor to make a Curarpikt costume for her. She was delighted to find out there was a cosplay show in Beijing in October.

    "It’s a great way to spend the national holiday. Posing on the stage for all the comic book fans, I knew I was doing something I had always wanted to do," she said.

    But she never talks about her hobby with her parents.

    "They think it will distract me from my studies. I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby," she said. "It’s also why I don’t dye my hair for cosplaying like all the others."

What’s cosplay according to the passage?

A.When cosplaying, comic fans wear costumes and pretend to be their favourite comic characters.

B.Cosplay is a kind of performance in which you play a Curarpikt.

C. Cosplay is a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi.

D.When cosplaying, some funny teenagers play some characters in the animated series.

Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt ______.

A. in order to attract her fans        

B. because she liked animated series

C. because she was greatly attracted by that role

D. because it’s her secret hobby

The underlined word "distract" means_____.

A. get rid of              B. keep out of  

C. give courage to       D. draw away attention of

Which of the following is wrong?

A. Curarpikt was created by a Japanese cartoonist.

B. Shi Jia’s parents were in favor of her performance.

C. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt successfully.

D. Cosplay is popular with some teenagers.

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】C

【小題3】D

【小題4】B

解析:

【小題1】 通讀全文可知本文是重點介紹上星期在北京舉辦的觀眾喜愛的動畫人物模仿秀，其中一位特別引人注目，她是扮演Curarpikt的15歲女孩Shi Jia，所以選A。動畫片的角色很多，Curarpikt只是孩子們喜歡的角色之一，所以可以排除B；cosplay文中已有該單詞的注解，意為"角色扮演"，顯然C項錯誤。被模仿的角色是動畫片中的人物，文章所介紹的模仿秀是在舞臺上進行表演，不是在動畫片中扮演角色，故也排除D項。

【小題2】 根據本文第三段Shi Jia之所以扮演Curarpikt是因為she likes him and is attracted by his courage and personality,從文章的第三段她說的話可以證實。

【小題3】 根據Shi Jia在最后一段中所說的話"I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby..."可以推測distract意為"分散注意力"；get rid of：擺脫；keep out of: 不讓某人進入，讓某人避開某物；give courage to：鼓勵。

【小題4】 據第二段第二句話可以知道A項正確；從第一段觀眾對Shi Jia出現在臺上的熱烈反應可知表演很成功，也由此可知teenagers十分喜歡動畫片人物，因此排除C、D兩項；從最后一段I don’t want to upset them, that’s my secret hobby.可知Shi Jia的 父母不支持她。