阅读理解TsaiChinChungisoneofTaiwan’smost

阅读理解Tsai Chin Chung is one of Taiwan’s most famous cartoonists, and his cartoons are enjoyed by people in many different countries in Asia. His books of cartoons have now bee best sellers in Singapore, Malaysia, and even Japan. As soon as he could hold a pencil, Tsai Chin Chung lived only for drawing. Every day he practised drawing people and things around him and from his favorite stories. When he was only 15 years old, he left home to work for a publisher in Taipei. He worked hard to draw pictures for books. Two years later, he left his job and started to work on drawing cartoon series, which he liked better. He made up his mind to succeed as a cartoonist. Now Tsai Chin Chung has achieved something unusual for a modern cartoonist. He has bee extremely successful at changing Chinese literature (文学) and philosophy (哲学) into humorous ic stories. In this way, he has made the Chinese classics (古典文学) known to thousands of people. Because of his great achievement, several years ago Tsai Chin Chung was given a prize as one of the 10 Outstanding Young People of Taiwan. Since then, he has won many prizes, and his cartoons have bee popular throughout Asia, America and Europe. So far, he has published more than 20 ic books. Ten of these are about ancient Chinese philosophers based on Chinese historical and literary classics.   Many of Tsai Chin Chung’s books of cartoons and ics have now been published in English in countries like Singapore. His books have also been translated into several other languages, including Japanese, Korean and Thai. Even publishers in France and Indonesia have recently signed agreements for permission to publish his cartoon series.1.Tsai Chin Chung first worked as ________.A.a book sellerB.a cartoonistC.a writer of Chinese storiesD.an artist drawing pictures for books2.Tsai Chin Chung left his first job because he ________.A.preferred drawing cartoonsB.wanted to go back to schoolC.enjoyed drawing pictures for booksD.wanted to be famous3.Tsai Chin Chung first became interested in drawing when he _______.A.left schoolB.was a very small childC.was 15D.started to be a cartoonist4.Half of the books he has published are related to _______.A.Chinese and foreign icsB.countries in Asia, America and EuropeC.foreign languages learningD.Chinese history and literature5.Because of his great achievements, Tsai Chin Chung _______.A.travelled a lot in Asia and EuropeB.went to live in SingaporeC.won an important prize in TaiwanD.has bee famous in Africa.