The word “cartoon” came form Italian. It first referred to the picture before an actual(真实的）drawing on the wall. ____ Since the 1840s, it has also come to mean any drawing that is humorous, satirical（讽刺的）or showing an opinion. It usually appears in a newspaper and magazine, with or without a short test.
____ People of all ages, especially young children enjoy all kinds of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, or television and at the movies. Cartoons not only show their life, but help form it. _They have supplied ideas to plays, movies and television series and so on. Names or words form cartoon series have also come into modern languages.
Many cartoonists (漫画家）draw with special pens.___Surely, computers are especially effective for the making of animated cartoons. This helps us to enjoy more lively cartoons.
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A .They have set the style for clothing, food, manner and many other things.

B. In the mid-19th century, it came into English.

C. Some use the computer.

D. Today cartoons are a part of the daily lives of most people.

Form the passage, we know that ______________.

A．few young children like cartoons

B．the word “cartoon” came form English.

C．all cartoonists use pencils to draw cartoons nowadays.

D．people like cartoons because they show and help form the life.