Disneyland is the name of the theme parks around the world. There are Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, Disney Orlando in Florida, Disneyland Paris in France, Tokyo Disneyland in Japan, and Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong. But do you know its history? OK! Let me tell you.
Walt Disney was born in 1901. The Mickey Mouse created in 1927 made him very famous. He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters.
Later in his life, Mr. Disney had a dream, that is, to build a new kind of amusement park. It would be clean and beautiful. There would be rides for children and nice hotels for adults. It would be fun for people of all ages. Mr. Disney drew a plan for this park. It was called Disneyland. The engineer told him it was an impossible dream. His family and friends thought he was mad. But Mr. Disney did not give up his idea. In 1955, (90)Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA. Walt Disney’s dream came true.
The Walt Disney Company confirmed that Disney had been talking to the government in Shanghai about opening a park that would open by 2014.
任务一：根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. When did Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse?
__________________________________________________________________
2. What was Walt Disney’s dream?
__________________________________________________________________
3. Whom would the amusement park be fun for?
__________________________________________________________________
4. Where is the first Disneyland?
__________________________________________________________________
任务二：将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. __________________________________________________________________

 

Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris was set up as Euro Disney in 1992. The company changed the name in 1995. Like Tokyo Disney, it has two separate parks. The main park has live different lands -Adventure-land, Fantasyland, Discovery land, Frontierland and Main Street USA. The second park, Walt Disney Studios Park, revolves(环绕) around a movie theme and offers surprising and special shows. Disneyland Paris also contains seven Disney hotels and a pair of golf (高尔夫) courses: one for adults and one for children.      Telephone: 011-33-1-60-30-60-30   Website: http//www.disneylandparis.com

Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong Disneyland debuted(首次亮相) in 2005 and still contains just one theme park. It holds four theme lands like other Disneyland parks - Main Street, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Tomorrowland - with three more lands scheduled(预定的) for opening between 2011 and 2014. Besides the theme park, Disney also runs a pair of official hotels and builds a man-made lake. Telephone: 011-852-1-830-830 Website: http//www.park.hongkongdisneyland.com

1. If Jim goes to Disneyland Paris, he can't ___________.

A. see films                                                B. play golf

C. live in a Disney hotel                 D. go boating on the lake

2.There will be ___________lands in Hong Kong Disneyland in 2015.

A. six                                      B. seven

C. eight                                            D. four

3.We can know the ___________about the two parks according to the passsage.

a. telephone numbers                            b. websites

c. addresses                                  d. ticket price

A. a & b                                                                       B. a & d

C. a & c                                                              D. c & d    

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Tokyo Disney has two separate parks.

B. All the Disney parks have two separate parks.

C. Disneyland Paris is the best one in the world.

D. Hong Kong Disneyland has five different lands nowadays.

5.The writer wrote the passage to ___________.

A. tell us the best time to visit Disneyland

B. tell us Hong Kong Disneyland is better than anyone else

C. ask us to visit the Disneyland

D. introduce these two Disneylands

 

Disneyland is the name of the theme parks around the world. There are Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, Disney Orlando in Florida, Disneyland Paris in France, Tokyo Disneyland in Japan, and Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong. But do you know its history? OK! Let me tell you.

Walt Disney was born in 1901. The Mickey Mouse created in 1927 made him very famous. He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters.

Later in his life, Mr. Disney had a dream, that is, to build a new kind of amusement park. It would be clean and beautiful. There would be rides for children and nice hotels for adults. It would be fun for people of all ages. Mr. Disney drew a plan for this park. It was called Disneyland. The engineer told him it was an impossible dream. His family and friends thought he was mad. But Mr. Disney did not give up his idea. In 1955, (90)Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA. Walt Disney’s dream came true.

The Walt Disney Company confirmed that Disney had been talking to the government in Shanghai about opening a park that would open by 2014.

任务一：根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1. When did Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse?

__________________________________________________________________

2. What was Walt Disney’s dream?

__________________________________________________________________

3. Whom would the amusement park be fun for?

    __________________________________________________________________

4. Where is the first Disneyland?

    __________________________________________________________________

任务二：将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。

5.  __________________________________________________________________

 

Disneyland is one of the world’s most popular places．Disneyland Park is in Anaheim，CA and was opened on July l7，1955．Since（A）it opened，the park has had over 500 million visitors．

      Before they built Disneyland，Walt Disney and his younger brother Roy were already the heads of one of the most successful Hollywood studios（电影制片厂）．Walt Disney wanted to build such a park because he realized that there were no parks that（B）孩子和父母都感兴趣的．The idea of a theme park（主题公园），which would have many of the famous Disney characters，came after many Disney fans wrote letters to Walt．In their letter，they asked him to allow them to（C）meet some of their favourite Disney characters at the studio．At the very beginning，Walt was going to open a small park near his Burbank studios，and it was to be called“ Mickey Mouse Park'’．The park was planned fur people who wanted to see and take pictures of Disney characters．

His theme park’s idea developed from a small idea into a（D）huge idea that finally became Disneyland．The idea for the park was also inspired（使产生灵感）by other famous them parks of the time，such as the Children’s Fairyland in Oakland，CA，Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen，Denmark and Greenfield Village in Dearborn，MI．

      Disneyland quickly became famous and （E）millions of people still visit it today．

1．句中画线部分（A）在文中所指代的是：________________

2．将画线部分（B）译成英语：______________________

3．写出画线部分（C）和（D）的同义或近义词语：________________；_______________

4．将画线部分（E）改写为：it _______still________ by millions of people today

5．写出能说明本文大意的短语或句子：__________________________