For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He didn’t do much better in sports. Although he played for the school’s golf team, he lost the only important match of the season.
Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates…everyone knew it. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being refused.
However, one thing was important to Sparky – drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course, no one else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down, Sparky was so confident about his ability that he decided to become an artist.
After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky spent a great deal of time on it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected（拒絕）once again. Another loss for the loser.
So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography（自傳）in cartoons. He described his childhood – a little boy loser and underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had little success in school and whose work was rejected again and again was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip（連環(huán)漫畫）and little cartoon character – Charlie Brown.
小題1:We can know that Sparky was ________ from the first paragraph.
A．a(chǎn) top studentB．a(chǎn)n artistC．a(chǎn) good playerD．a(chǎn) failure
小題2:Sparky never asked a classmate to go out because he ______.
A．had never been invited
B．didn’t like making friends
C．didn’t want to be refused
D．was afraid of making mistakes
小題3:What’s Sparky’s success according to the passage?
A．He was good at golf playing.
B．He wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios.
C．He drew some cartoons for the Yearbook.
D．His Peanuts comic strip became world famous.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
這是一個叫Sparky的男孩描繪未來的故事。他塑造了小時候的自己——一個失敗的小孩：Charlie Brown。他不擅長踢足球，但是Charlie Brown用心去畫畫，很快變成了世界范圍內(nèi)的著名人物。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二句可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第三句可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段倒數(shù)三行可知。
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