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strongly B.skills C.farms D.appearance AB.successful AC.kill AD.digital BC.refused BD.appeared |
Jim Davis,who created Garfield the Cat,was born on July 28,1945,in Marion,and was brought up on a small cow farm with his parents and brother.Like most(31)
many stray cats(流浪猫) used to stay on their farm.There were about 25at one time,by Jim's estimation.Jim thinks he probably would have become a farmer if he hadn't been ill as a child.Forced indoors,and away from work,he had to (32)
time drawing pictures for a long time.After college,he spent two years working for a local advertising company.Before long he began his strips.When he tried to sell his strips to a newspaper,he was (33)
.Later,Jim studied the comic pages closely and noticed there were a lot of (34)
strips about dogs,but none about cats!He used his cleverness and the art (35)
he had since childhood and GARFIELD,a fat,lazy,cynical (愤世嫉俗的)cat was born.The strip (36)
on June 19,1978in 41US newspapers.
Several months after its (37)
,the Chicago Sun Times cancelled GARFIELD,but over 1300angry readers (38)
demanded that Garfield should return.