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(huì)). 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.
1.From the first paragraph we can see that Sparky was in
high school.
A．a(chǎn) loser B．a(chǎn) talented
boy C．a(chǎn) good player D．a(chǎn) 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
Hello.
