Read the followingpassage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

There is possibly no one who has not heard of Walt Disney, one of the most famous cartoon producers in the twentieth century, and (21)______ most people know hardly anything about him.

(22)______ he is considered one of the most successful men in history, he left school at the age of sixteen and then studied arts for a short time. By the (23)______ years of this century, he had already started producing some cartoons with his brother, who never (24)______ to become as famous as Walt Disney.

Perhaps his most well-known cartoon character is Mickey Mouse, first appeared in a 1928 film called “Steamboat Willie”. One of the most (25)______ cartoons of all time is “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, which was the first full-length cartoon in the history of the cinema.

the twentieth century, and (21)______ most people know hardly anything about him.