...ran in American newspapers for 28 years before it was eventually 14 into books, films, and musical comedies.
答案：(A) adapted
adapted into books, films, and musical comedies（被改編成書籍、電影和音樂喜劇）表示這部漫畫最終被改編成其他形式的作品；admitted／advanced／advised 均不符合此處語意。
adapt 這個字，你的印象大概只有「適應」（adapt to a new environment），所以看到 adapted 會覺得它跟漫畫沒關係。四個選項 adapted、admitted、advanced、advised 都是 ad- 開頭的過去分詞，長得很像，形態上一個也刷不掉。
四個選項都是過去分詞、都接在 was 後面成為被動，可見這一格考的是字義，而定案的線索是空格後面的 into books, films, and musical comedies。into 表示「變成另一種形式」，四個動詞裡只有 adapt 走這個搭配：adapt A into B 是「把 A 改編成 B」，被動就是 be adapted into B。整句還原：這部漫畫在美國報紙上連載二十八年，最後被改編成書籍、電影與音樂喜劇。順便把 adapt 與 adopt 分清楚，這兩個字只差一個字母卻常混在一起：adapt 是「使適應、改編」，adopt 是「採用、領養」。鑑別度 55，分的是有沒有拿 into 當線索，而不是只憑對這四個字的模糊印象挑一個。
admitted 的 admit 是「承認」或「准許進入」（admit sb into a school），把一部漫畫「承認成書籍與電影」語意不成立。advanced 的 advance 是「推進、提前」，advance into 指的是軍隊推進到某地，漫畫不會推進成電影。advised 的 advise 走的是 advise sb to V 與 advise sb on sth，根本不接 into。
adapt A into B（把 A 改編成 B）、be adapted from（改編自）、adapt to（適應）、adopt（採用、領養，與 adapt 只差一個字母）、run in newspapers（在報紙上連載）、be published in（刊登於）
"Keeping up with the Joneses" is a catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. Just like "keeping up appearances," it refers to the 11 to one's neighbors as a standard for social status or the accumulation of material goods. Generally speaking, the more luxuries people have, the higher their value or social status—or 12 they believe. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is thus perceived as revealing socio-economic inferiority or, as the Chinese would put it, a great loss of face.
The 13 was popularized when a comic strip of the same name was created by cartoonist Arthur R. "Pop" Momand. The strip was first published in 1916 in the New York World, and ran in American newspapers for 28 years before it was eventually 14 into books, films, and musical comedies. The "Joneses" of the title were rich neighbors of the strip's main characters and, interestingly, they were merely 15 but never actually seen in person in the comic strip.