Tom and Jerry Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world.In the short cartoons，Tom is always trying to catch Jerry，（A）_____he never has any success.（B） Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him.The stories are full of fun and have a long history.
    William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s.Their boss told them to make funny cartoons.（C） Together they came up with the idea of a cat and a mouse.They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.
    The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940.（D）它非常成功。Over the next 17 years，they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons.Most of them are （E） around seven minutes long.
    In total，Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons.The cartoons were（F）_____ good that they won a number of awards.The famous cat and mouse remain popular today，as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.

（1）在文中（A）和（F）的空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~：

but

but

；

so

so

（2）寫出文中畫線部分（B）和（E）處的同義詞或近義詞：

Nearly

Nearly

；

about

about

（3）將文中畫線部分（C）改寫為：
Together they

thought

thought

of

of

the idea of a cat and a mouse.
（4）將文中畫線部分（D）譯成英語：

It was a great success.

It was a great success.

（5）從文中找出這個動畫片的兩個創(chuàng)作者的名字：

William Hanna

William Hanna

Joseph Barbera

Joseph Barbera