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Disney decided to build his park in California, and in 1952 he began to buy land. This proved to be a difficult task, since the land he wanted was owned by no fewer than twenty families. In 1954, he sent four members of his staff around the United States looking for ideas at
establishing amusement parks. The only idea on which they found general agreement was that Disney was insane. Owners of other parks said it was impossible to succeed without dangerous rides or using methods that were at least a little dishonest. However, Disney went on with his plans for a clean, safe park, which he decided to call Disneyland.
At last Disneyland was built and opened to the public. Very quickly, it came to be regarded as one of the wonders of the modern world.
Disneyland was a personal satisfaction to Disney. It expressed his ideas of all that is true, good and beautiful in this world. He never tired of visiting the park himself, of expanding it or improving it. Even today, Disneyland is kept spotless (无污点的). Every night, every street and walkway is washed, and workers with knives get down on their hands and knees to scrape out (刮去) chewing gum dropped by visitors.
Disney himself didn't live long enough to visit his Florida park. Death came in December 1966. On the day of his death, this headline appeared in the New York Times：
Walt Disney, 65, dies on coast
Founded an empire (帝国) on a mouse
He was a dreamer who had worked hard to make his dreams come true, and he had brought joy to millions.
语篇解读：本文介绍了迪斯尼是怎样建立起自己的迪斯尼帝国的。
1．From the first paragraph, we can see ________.
A．Disney's hard effort proved to be useless
B．some people gave great support to Disney
C．the owners of some parks showed jealousy (嫉妒) to Disney
D．Disney was not influenced (影响) by others' disagreement at all
解析：选D 推理判断题。由第一段可知，别人都认为迪斯尼的做法是不会成功的，但他还是继续自己的计划。
2．In the first paragraph, the underlined word “insane” can be replaced by “________”．
A．excited B．mad
C．kind D．interested
解析：选B 词义猜测题。由下一句中的“impossible”可知，别人都认为这是不可能的。因此insane的含义应和B项mad (疯了)是一致的。
3．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．In 1954 Disney began to buy land to build his park in California.
B．From the investigation of four members of his staff, his idea was very acceptable.
C．Disney died after he built his Florida park.
D．Disney is a good example for those who like to dream and work hard to realize it.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据最后一段“He was a dreamer who had worked hard to make his dreams come true, and he had brought joy to millions.”可知，迪斯尼为那些有梦想，而且通过努力去实现梦想的人树立了榜样，故答案选D。
4．We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．Disney was crazy about building Disneyland
B．Disneyland brought a lot of profits to Disney
C．Disneyland was kept beautiful and clean because the visitors had a good manner
D．Disney lived a happy life in the empire of Mickey Mouse
解析：选B 推理判断题。由倒数第二段的《纽约时报》报道中的“an empire”可知迪斯尼乐园为迪斯尼带来了巨大收入。
