Simon was a tallthin boy about fourteen   1   oldLike most boys in their teenshe was either very happy or extremely  2  ; he either talked too much or he didn't talk at allOne day he would do everything right and on another day he would do  3  rightSimon had trouble with his  4  tooNo matter what he didhis parents were never pleased with himThey argued with him about the way he dressedthe way he  5  the way he forgot to do thingsThey argued  6  everythingThey were always telling him   7   to do and when to do itThey reminded him to put on his coattake off his coathang up his coatThey didn't understand that he was a young man now and not  8  They said when he was able to do things without  9  several timesthey would believe he wasn't a child any longerThey told him when he  10  thinking about himself and began thinking about helping other peoplethen they would know he was a young man

Simon was usually glad to be out of the house where no one could disturb  11  One Saturday morninghe told his parents he was going out for a walk before breakfastand they gave him  12   to get milk at the storeA few minutes after he left the househe couldn't remember what he should buyIf he went home  13   ithis family would have something else to argue with him about! As he went down the  14  thinking about what he should dohe saw an old man on the comerThe man looked very  15 Simon decided to help him

What happened nextcan you guess?

1Ayear                 Byears               Cmonth             Dmonths

2Aunhappy              Bexcited              Cbored                   Dsatisfied

3Asomething            Banything             Ceverything         Dnothing

4Afriends               Bpets                Cfamily             Dclassmates

5Asaid                       Btold                 Ctalked                   Dcried

6Aabout                Bwith                Con                Din

7Ahow                 Bwhere              Cwhy               Dwhat

8Aan adult              Ba child              Ca woman          Dan old man

9Areminding             Breminded            Cbeing reminded      Dto be reminded

10Abegan              Bstopped             Cenjoyed            Dstarted

11Ahim                 Bher                 Cus                Dthem

12Apaper              Bfood                Cclothes            Dmoney

13Awith                    Babout               Cfor              Dwithout

14Ahouse              Bstore               Cstreet               Droom

15Ahealthy             Bsick                Cenergetic         Deasy-going

Who is the best-known host for talk show in the USA? Oprah Gail Winfrey, of course! So when she said she would stop hosting the talk show in the new yearother talk show hosts are mad with joy!

Oprah Gail Winfrey is a black womanShe was born in a small village in America on January 291954Her parents were very poorFor her familylife seemed to hold no promiseBeing black and a woman made life even more difficult in America at that timeBut there was nothing that could stop OprahShe was a bright girl at schoolIn 1971while still in high schoolshe began working part-time on a radio programAfter graduation at the age of 19she started working for television and began hosting the local evening newsA few years latershe won a college scholarship 奖学金 that allowed her to go to universityIn 1984she moved to ChicagoThere she became the hostess of talk show

Oprah is quick-mindedMany famous people appear in her talk showincluding Michael Jacksonwho never accepted such interview before 1993Her talk show has become the best programme of its kind in historyViewers like her programme because she does her work in a natural way and she is just like a close friendsharing with them everything she knowsfrom the diet to the outside world

Oprah has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century and beyondthe greatest black philanthropist(慈善家)in American historyand was once the world’s only black woman billionaire(亿万富翁)。She is als0according to some surveythe most influential woman in the world

1What programme does Oprah Winfrey host?

ATalk show        BGame show       CDocumentary     DNews

2Which of the following did NOT make life difficult for Oprah in her early life?

AShe was born in a poor family              BShe was black

CShe was born in a small village              DShe was a woman

3When did Oprah start working for television?

AIn 1954          BIn 1971          CIn 1973          DIn 1984

4Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?

AOprah has never interviewed Michael Jackson

BOprah doesn't like doing charities

COprah is the only black woman billionaire in the world now

DOprah is a black woman of great achievements

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