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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 (《猎人》)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(掳获)the people who killed his tribe(部落).

    Shi has read all the comic books and is a big fan of the animated series(动画片)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

【小题1】A

【小题2】C

【小题3】D

【小题4】B

解析:

【小题1】 通读全文可知本文是重点介绍上星期在北京举办的观众喜爱的动画人物模仿秀，其中一位特别引人注目，她是扮演Curarpikt的15岁女孩Shi Jia，所以选A。动画片的角色很多，Curarpikt只是孩子们喜欢的角色之一，所以可以排除B；cosplay文中已有该单词的注解，意为"角色扮演"，显然C项错误。被模仿的角色是动画片中的人物，文章所介绍的模仿秀是在舞台上进行表演，不是在动画片中扮演角色，故也排除D项。

【小题2】 根据本文第三段Shi Jia之所以扮演Curarpikt是因为she likes him and is attracted by his courage and personality,从文章的第三段她说的话可以证实。

【小题3】 根据Shi Jia在最后一段中所说的话"I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby..."可以推测distract意为"分散注意力"；get rid of：摆脱；keep out of: 不让某人进入，让某人避开某物；give courage to：鼓励。

【小题4】 据第二段第二句话可以知道A项正确；从第一段观众对Shi Jia出现在台上的热烈反应可知表演很成功，也由此可知teenagers十分喜欢动画片人物，因此排除C、D两项；从最后一段I don’t want to upset them, that’s my secret hobby.可知Shi Jia的 父母不支持她。