Beijing (Xinhua): When she appeared on stage, singing a Japanese song, hundreds of excited agers crowded around shouting, 'Curarpikt (酷拉皮卡)！It’s Curarpikt!'
At the Beijing Comic and Animation Expo last week, that’s exactly who Shi Jia was. The Senior 1 girl was cosplaying (角色扮演) 'Curarpikt', a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter (《猎人》)by Yoshihiro Togashi.
'I cosplay Curarpikt because I like him,' said the pretty 15yearold girl. 'I’m moved by his sad story and I’m attracted by his courage and personality.'
In the adventure comic story, Curarpikt, a handsome and kindhearted boy, struggles to become a hunter so he can capture(掳获)the people who killed his tribe(部落).
Shi has read all the comic books and is a big fan of the animated series(动画片)of Hunter X Hunter. Then last year she saw a real 'Curarpikt'in a cosplay show.
'I had watched cosplay shows before but only for fun,' she explained. 'It’s really exciting to see young people wearing the makeup and costumes of characters that you’ve read about and are familiar with.'
'But that time I just fell in love with cosplaying, probably because I like Curarpikt so much. I thought I could play the character better, so I decided to have a go.'
Shi bought some cloth and asked a tailor to make a Curarpikt costume for her. She was delighted to find out there was a cosplay show in Beijing in October.
'It’s a great way to spend the national holiday. Posing on the stage for all the comic book fans, I knew I was doing something I had always wanted to do,' she said.
But she never talks about her hobby with her parents.
'They think it will distract me from my studies. I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby,' she said. 'It’s also why I don’t dye my hair for cosplaying like all the others.'
小题1:What’s cosplay according to the passage?A．When cosplaying, comic fans wear costumes and pretend to be their favourite comic characters.B．Cosplay is a kind of performance in which you play a Curarpikt.C．Cosplay is a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi.D．When cosplaying, some funny agers play some characters in the animated series.小题2: Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt ______.A．in order to attract her fansB．because she liked animated seriesC．because she was greatly attracted by that role D．because it’s her secret hobby小题3:The underlined word 'distract' means_____.A．get rid ofB．keep out ofC．give courage toD．draw away attention of小题4:Which of the following is wrong?A．Curarpikt was created by a Japanese cartoonist.B．Shi Jia’s parents were in favor of her performance.C．Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt successfully.D．Cosplay is popular with some agers.