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Hua Mulan is a famous Chinese folk heroine. Many students know her from the Chinese ancient poem called Mulan Ci. It tells a story of a brave girl named Hua Mulan who dressed herself up as a man to fight instead of her old father. In 1998, the Disney Picture made a cartoon film Mulan based on the story, and it became a hit all over the world. Since then, Mulan has become one of the most world-famous characters like Cinderella and Aladdin.
However, some Chinese cartoon workers are not satisfied with that. They want to produce an animation(动画片) about Mulan themselves. Recently, Jiang Tong Animation Co. Ltd. says that they are making a 52-episode(集) cartoon series named Hua Mulan.
The producer of the company says that their version is different from the Disney version. Disney’s Mulan focuses on the individual heroism(个人英雄主义), while the homemade one tries to stress on the grow-up story of Mulan against the Chinese
background. The aim of the Chinese version is to set up a brave and patriotic(爱国的) image for the Chinese young people.
The making of the new cartoon has already started, and the whole series is expected to be finished at the end of 2007. Will it be another hit? Let’s wait and see.
Choose the best answer according to the passage.
( )1. What does the underlined word “heroine” mean in Chinese?
A. 人物形象 B. 女主人公
C. 女英雄 D. 传奇人物
( )2. How was the cartoon film Mulan made by the Disney Picture?
A. It was boring. B. It was successful.
C. It was normal. D. It was expensive.
( )3. How many episodes will there be in the homemade Hua Mulan?
A. 50. B. 51. C. 52. D. 53.
( )4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Cinderella and Aladdin are also the most world-famous characters.
B. We still don’t know which company will make the homemade Hua Mulan.
C. The story of homemade Hua Mulan is similar to that of the Disney’s.
D. The aim of the homemade Hua Mulan is to make more money than the Disney’s.
( )5. Where do you expect to find the article?
A. In a storybook. B. On a website.
C. In a novel. D. In a dictionary.