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（拒绝）once again. Another loss for the loser.

So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography（自传）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（连环漫画）and little cartoon character – Charlie Brown.

1.We can know that Sparky was ________ from the first paragraph.

2.Sparky never asked a classmate to go out because he ______.

3.What’s Sparky’s success according to the passage?

按要求改写句子，每空一词。（7分）
1. Is he from Beijing ?（同义句转换） ____________ he _________ from Beijing ?
2. He does his homework every evening (改为否定句)
He __________ _________ his homework every evening .
3. They read newspapers in the reading room. （对划线部分提问）
____________ they read newspapers?
4. There are some apples in his locker. （改为否定句）
There                            in his locker.
5. You can’t bring your dog here.（改为祈使句）
_______         ____your dog here.
6. My father is a teacher .My mother is a teacher，too. （改为同义句）
My         _____are          teachers.
7. He usually goes home on foot. (改为同义句)  He usually _______  _   ___ .

---___ he ___ his lessons?

 ---No, he isn’t.

 A. Is; study   B. Does; study  C. Is; studying D. Is; to study

句型转换(10分)

1.He didn’t see anything in her room. (同义句)

He ________ ________ in her room.

2.Let’s visit my math teacher.  (同义句)

________ ________ visiting my math teacher?

3.She showed me her scarf.  (同义句)

She ________ her scarf ________ ________.

4.He doesn’t mind Sports News.  (就划线部分提问)

________ ________ he ________ ________ Sports News？

5.He put his books there this morning. (一般疑问句)

________ he ________ his books there this morning? 

He _________ his homework at school.