Six-year-old Red’s story follows the adventures of Danger Sausage who must avoid getting caught by his enemy The Black Pudding. The comic (连环漫画) book was shared on social media after Red’s neighbour bought his book for one pound and posted pictures of it online. The comic was viewed more than 1.3 million times when it was posted on Sunday.
Red wrote, drew and stapled (用订书机订) together the comic before setting up a stall (摊位) with his sister Echo. He put up a sign saying “Comics”. Their neighbour Keri ended up buying one of the comics by putting a pound through the pair’s letterbox.
Keri then posted Red’s work on social media, which caught the attention of comic book artist Jamie Smart. Jamie said: “He absolutely knows how to make comics, how to tell stories and how to be funny with these characters. I think this is a comic-making superstar of the future.”
Jamie is best known for writing popular books such as Bunny Vs Monkey and Looshkin, which is about a blue cat causing trouble and features Danger Sausage — the character Red was inspired by. “There was a story in the third book, which we printed earlier this year, where Danger Sausage had more of a sort of James Bond kind of adventure... and I think this is where Red got the characters from,” he explained.
Red’s mum says he’s an aspiring comic book writer and hopes to work with Mr Smart in the future. “But I said he’s got to tidy his bedroom first and keep it tidy.” Red is also already planning a sequel. He said: “There’s a new bad character called Timmy Pork Chop.”
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1.What can be inferred from Para. 1?
A The comic book is very popular.
B The writer Red has many fans.
C The character Red is a bad person.
D The comic book is not expensive.
解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句的“The comic was viewed more than 1.3 million times”该连环漫画被观看了130多万次，可推知，该连环漫画非常受欢迎。故选A。
2.What did Red do with Echo?
A Buying books.
B Writing books.
C Selling books.
D Meeting Keri.
解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Red wrote, drew and stapled together the comic before setting up a stall with his sister Echo.”以及最后一句的“Their neighbour Keri ended up buying one of the comics”可知，雷德在和妹妹艾蔻一起摆摊之前，先把漫画写了、画了、钉在一起，他们的领居凯莉买了其中一本书。由此可知，雷德和艾蔻摆了个摊卖他自己创作的书。故选C。
3.What does Jamie think of Red’s book?
A He wasn’t satisfied.
B He had some doubts about it.
C He was not for its style.
D He praised it.
解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I think this is a comic-making superstar of the future.”可知，杰米对雷德的作品表示赞赏。故选D。
4.What does the underlined word “inspired” mean in Chinese?
A 打动.
B 启发.
C 坚持.
D 设置.
解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在段的最后一句“and I think this is where Red got the characters from”可知，Red从Bunny Vs Monkey一书中Danger Sausage这一角色得到灵感的，即受其启发。故选B。
5.What’s next for Red’s story?
A The ending is coming soon.
B It will not end quickly.
C The Black Pudding will die soon.
D Sausage will become a good character.
解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“There’s a new bad character called Timmy Pork Chop.”可知，接下来将会有新角色出现，由此推断，雷德创作的故事不会很快结束。故选B。
