The fast development of technology has brought great changes to China’s media industry．It’s becoming difficult for Chinese TV entertainment programmes to get a high rating(收视率)easily as they did in the 1980s．
However，Zhejiang Satellite TV’s talent show The Voice of China became one of China’s hottest topics last year．The popular singing contest has helped turn some winners into hot stars，with a bright future ahead of them．Last year,I’m a Singer,another singing talent show of Hunan Satellite TV,had caught many people’s eyes，helping some once hot singers become popula again．
The Voice of China originares(起源)from The Voice of Holland.The show first started in Holland 4 years ago．Later the American television network NBC bought the copyrights(版权)to do a similar show in the U．S．Since then，the music talent show has become a hit in more than 50 countries around the world．I’m a Singer was one of the highest rating shows in South Korea in 2011．It was bought by Hunan Satellite TV from MBC，the South Korean television network later．
The success of The Voice of China and I’m a Singer has helped Chinese TV producers find that it’s a good way to buy the copyrights of some overseas TV shows and make them local programmes．Last year，they turned their eyes from singing to diving(跳水)．Stars in Danger-High Dive produced by Jiangsu Satellite TV in the Water Cube is a celebrity (名人) diving talent show originating from Germany．Zhejiang Satellite TV’s  Splash also comes from the TV show named Celebrity Splash in Holland.

Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.
I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.
At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!
The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1. 1.

   The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

   1. A.
      城堡
   2. B.
      胜地
   3. C.
      城垛
   4. D.
      楼阁
2. 2.

   “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

   1. A.
      younger than
   2. B.
      bigger than
   3. C.
      older than
   4. D.
      smaller than
3. 3.

    There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

   1. A.
      beautiful gardens
   2. B.
      one swimming pool inside
   3. C.
      one swimming pool outside
   4. D.
      all the above
4. 4.

    _____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

   1. A.
      A tour around Europe
   2. B.
      The paintings and castles in Europe
   3. C.
      His mother
   4. D.
      His dream
5. 5.

    Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

   1. A.
      Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.
   2. B.
      Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.
   3. C.
      Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.
   4. D.
      After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.

I can’t find the book about famous sportsmen ____ I borrowed from the library yesterday.

1. A.
   which
2. B.
   who
3. C.
   what
4. D.
   whom