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.
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. 
小題1:From the first paragraph we can see that Sparky was        in high school.
A．a(chǎn) loserB．a(chǎn) talented boyC．a(chǎn) good playerD．a(chǎn) bad boy
小題2:Sparky never asked a girl for dating because he was afraid of       .
A．making mistakesB．making friends
C．being refusedD．talking to girls
小題3:What does the underlined word “He” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．His cartoon character CharlieB．Snoopy
C．Charles SchulzD．Walt Disney
小題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 StudiosD．his golf match in high school

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了查理布朗和史努比這兩個卡通人物的創(chuàng)作者,司八吉的成長歷史.
小題1:根據(jù)短文第一段描述,可知司八吉在學校內,無論是在學業(yè)上還是體育上都是個失敗者.故選A.
小題2:根據(jù)第二段Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.描述,可知選C.
小題3:聯(lián)系前一句He created his childhood self – a little-boy loser: Charlie.描述,可知選A.
小題4:根據(jù)短文最后一段He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.描述,可知選A.
點評：本文中長句較多，一時很難讀懂句子含義，注意多讀幾遍，不要強求非得理解一詞一句的含義，能把握文章大意就行。然后帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結出正確答案。
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