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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題    Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartooncharacters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, anearlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928,with the seriesgoing strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walttake a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealedthat he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new con tract. Mintz owned Oswald and thoughthe had Disney over a barrelAngrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons hecontractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch.The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up newcharacter ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney.A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have onhis farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s originalname for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be.Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the WarnerBrothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.  
46 What does “the series” in the first paragraph refer to?
(A) The Mickey Mouse series.
(B) The Oswald series.
(C) The Iwerks series.
(D) The Mintz series.

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答案：B
難度：適中0.555556
統計：A(44),B(135),C(17),D(47),E(0)

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