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Why do most Disney characters wear gloves? Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, and most Disney characters all have one accessory in common—gloves. Although there are many surprising facts about Disney’s most famous characters, putting gloves on animation characters is actually a pretty logical move.

The short answer as to why so many characters wear gloves is that animation is an intensive process. In the age of black and white cartoons, separating characters’ round-edge hands from their black bodies was hard. Gloves were an easy way to make their hands stand out. In fact, Walt Disney might have been the first to put gloves on his characters in The Opry House, starring Mickey Mouse. Once animation moved away from black and white, Mickey and his pals kept their signature white gloves.

Besides keeping the animation simple, Walt Disney told his biographer, Bob Thomas, that the gloves exist for another reason: to humanize the mouse. “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human,” Disney told Thomas in 1957, according to the New York Times. “So we gave him gloves. Five fingers seemed like too many on such a little figure, so we took away one. That was just one less finger to animate.”

1.What do the most Disney characters have in common?

A They have gloves.

B They have rings.

C They have earrings.

D They have necklaces.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, and most Disney characters all have one accessory in common—gloves.可知米奇、米妮、唐老鸭、皮诺曹以及大多数的迪士尼形象都有一个共同的配饰——手套，故选A。

2.Which of the following is TRUE about animation?

A Animation is an intensive process.

B Animation is an easy process.

C Animation is a boring process.

D It isn’t mentioned in the passage.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句... animation is an intensive process.可知对于这个问题，最简单的回答是，动画制作是一个高强度的过程，故选A。

3.Why does Mickey have four fingers?

A Four fingers show Mickey is special.

B Mickey has only four fingers.

C Five fingers seem like strange for animals.

D Five fingers seem like too many on such a little figure.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段Five fingers seemed like too many on such a little figure, so we took away one.可知，在这么小的一个人物身上，五个手指看起来太多了，所以减掉了一个，故选D。

4.How many reasons why many Disney characters wear gloves are mentioned in the passage?

A One.

B Two.

C Three.

D Four.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据全文可知，文章中提到了两个理由：一是在黑白动画时代，让手和身体形成鲜明对比；二是使动物拟人化，故选B。