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(約會). Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.

He was a loser(失敗者), 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(遞交) some cartoons for his high school yearbook, but they were rejected.(拒絕)

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(自傳) 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

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文給我們介紹的是著名的漫畫大師Sparky的故事。Sparky在學校的時候學習成績非常的差，他也不擅長運動，他是一個失敗者。他生活中唯一重要的事情就是畫畫，他的畫在屢次遭到拒絕后，他覺得給自己寫一部自傳。他以自己的親身經(jīng)歷為原型，創(chuàng)造出了著名的卡通人物。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段的描述可知，Sparky在學校里的表現(xiàn)非常的不好，他的各科成績都很差，尤其是物理。他也不擅長運動，所以我們可以知道Sparky在學校是一個失敗者。B選項的意思是一個有天賦的人；Ｃ是一個好的球員；D選項是一個壞孩子。這些都與文章的表述不符。故選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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從來沒有和那個女孩子約會，因為他害怕被拒絕，turn down 是拒絕的意思。故選C。

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文的最后一段可知，Sparky在被迪斯尼拒絕之后，決定寫一篇自傳。他根據(jù)自己童年的故事創(chuàng)造出了一個卡通人物 Charlie。這里的he 指的就是Sparky所創(chuàng)造出來的這個卡通人物Charlie。故選A。

4.推理判斷題。題目中問到的是文章中提到的Sparky的成功之處是什么，B、C和D都是Sparky的失敗之處。在短文的最后一段提到了他的成功，他為自己寫了一部自傳，創(chuàng)造出了著名的卡通人物。故選A。

考點：人物類短文閱讀。