单项选择题

Try to imagine a world without Walt Disney. Walt Disney (67) the entertainment industry into what we know today. He (68) the fields of animation (动画片). He was a creator; an imaginative and aesthetic (具有审美趣味的) person. Even 45 years after his death, we still remember him for everything he’s done for us.
Walt (69) out of high school at 17 to (70) in World War I. (71) because he was under age, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to France. (72) Walt returned from France, he wanted to (73) a career in commercial art, which soon bring (74) his experiments in animation. By 1922, he had (75) up his own shop in (76) with Ub Iwerks, whose drawing ability and technical inventiveness were (77) factors in Disney’s eventual success. The invention of (78) characters as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie and Goofy (79) with the daring and innovative use of music, sound and folk material (80) the Disney shorts of the 1930s a phenomenon of worldwide success. Walt Disney’s dream of a clean and organized amusement park (81) true as Disneyland Park opened in 1955 in Anaheim, California. By the (82) of its second quarter-century, it had (83) more than 200 million people, including presidents, kings and queens and royalty from all over the globe.
Walt Disney is a folk hero of the 20th century. His worldwide (84) was based upon the ideals which his name (85) : imagination, optimism, creation and self-made success in the American tradition. Through his work he brought joy, happiness and a universal means of communication to the people of every nation. (86) there will never be such a great man as Walt Disney.

A. acquire
B. maintain
C. address
D. pursue