Question

THIS is a story about a boy called Sparky. For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He got a zero in physics. It made him the worst physics student in the school’s history. He didn’t do much better in sports. He made the school golf team, but lost the only important match of the season.
    He didn’t have friends, either. Other kids didn’t care about him. If a classmate said “hello” to Sparky outside of school, he would feel very surprised. There’s no way to tell how he might have done at dating(约会). Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.  

    He was a loser(失败者), and he and his classmates knew it. But, somehow, he decided to keep trying. The only thing important in his life was drawing. He was proud of his ability even though no one else appreciated it. He submitted(递交) some cartoons for his high school yearbook, but they were rejected.(拒绝)

After completing high school he wrote a letter to the Walt Disney Studios. He was told to submit some samples. He spent a great deal of time on the drawings. They were rejected. Another loss for the loser.  

So Sparky decided to write his own auto biography(自传) in cartoons. He created his childhood self – a little-boy loser: Charlie. He never succeeded in kicking a football and never got a date with the little red-haired girl. Sparky, the boy who had such a lack of success in school and whose work was rejected again and again, was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy. 

1.From the first paragraph we can see that Sparky was       in high school.

A. a loser       B. a talented boy     C. a good player    D. a bad boy  

2.Sparky never asked a girl for dating because he was afraid of       . 

A. making mistakes                 B. making friends     

C. being refused                    D. talking to girls   

3.What does the underlined word “He” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. His cartoon character Charlie        B. Snoopy  

C. Charles Schulz                    D. Walt Disney

4.His only success mentioned in this passage is           .

A. his autobiography in cartoons              

B. his artwork submitted to the Yearbook 

C. his cartoons submitted to Walt Disney Studios 

D. his golf match in high school 

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们介绍的是著名的漫画大师Sparky的故事。Sparky在学校的时候学习成绩非常的差，他也不擅长运动，他是一个失败者。他生活中唯一重要的事情就是画画，他的画在屡次遭到拒绝后，他觉得给自己写一部自传。他以自己的亲身经历为原型，创造出了著名的卡通人物。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段的描述可知，Sparky在学校里的表现非常的不好，他的各科成绩都很差，尤其是物理。他也不擅长运动，所以我们可以知道Sparky在学校是一个失败者。B选项的意思是一个有天赋的人；Ｃ是一个好的球员；D选项是一个坏孩子。这些都与文章的表述不符。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据短文的第二段Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.可知，Sparky从来没有和那个女孩子约会，因为他害怕被拒绝，turn down 是拒绝的意思。故选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据短文的最后一段可知，Sparky在被迪斯尼拒绝之后，决定写一篇自传。他根据自己童年的故事创造出了一个卡通人物 Charlie。这里的he 指的就是Sparky所创造出来的这个卡通人物Charlie。故选A。

4.推理判断题。题目中问到的是文章中提到的Sparky的成功之处是什么，B、C和D都是Sparky的失败之处。在短文的最后一段提到了他的成功，他为自己写了一部自传，创造出了著名的卡通人物。故选A。

考点：人物类短文阅读。