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His sister left home in 1998, and _______since.

A.had not been heard of

B.has not been heard of

C.had not heard of

D.has not heard of

答案

答案:B

C、D是主动语态,hear of表示“听说”,后面应该有宾语。前句意思是“他妹妹1998年离开的家”,说明1998年前有音信,由此可判断下句意思是“她妹妹从1998年到现在以来才没有音信的(被听说过)”,因此是现在完成时态。

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For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school, getting a grade of zero. Sparky also flunked Latin, algebra and English. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he did manage to make the school's golf team, he promptly lost the only important match of the season. There was a consolation(安慰) match; he lost that, too.

Throughout his youth Sparky was awkward socially. He was not actually disliked by the other students; no one cared that much. He was astonished if a classmate ever said hello to him outside of school hours. There's no way to tell how he might have done at dating. Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.

Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. So he rolled with it. Sparky had made up his mind early in life that if things were meant to work out, they would. Otherwise he would content himself with what appeared to be his inevitable mediocrity(平凡).

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 submitted some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down., Sparky was so convinced of 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 o it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected once again. Anther 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 chronic underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had such a lack of success in school and whose work was rejected again and again, was Charles Schultz. He created the Peanuts comic strip(连环漫画) and the little cartoon character whose kite would never fly and who never succeeded in kicking a football--Charlie Brown.

68.From the first paragraph we can see that Sparky was       in high school.

A.a failure   B.an artist    C.a good player   D.a top student

69.Sparky never asked a classmate to go out with him because he was afraid of     .

A.making mistakes      B.making friends

C.being refused          D.being invited

70.In his senior year, Sparky felt confident that he had ability to         .

A.play golf  B.draw cartoons   C.learn English    D.write novels

71.His only success mentioned in this passage is       .

A.his golf match in high school  B.his artwork sent to the Yearbook

C.his subjects in the senior year  D.his autobiography in cartoons

72.From the passage we can infer that Sparky is a         person.

A.weak B.proud       C.disabled    D.determined