I was still sleeping when the fire ___________, and then it spread quickly.
A．broke out B．put out C．came out D．got out
It is reported that the United States uses ______ energy as the whole of Europe.
A．as twice B．twice much C．twice much as D．twice as much
I thought him nice and honest ______ I met her.
A．first time B．for the first time C．the first time D．by the first time
It is not who is right but what is right ______ is of importance.
A．which B．it C．that D．this
Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality(名人) in the US, she is also a woman who has encouraged millions. For those people, her life and her success are a good example. She has struggled with many of the challenges（挑战）that we all face, and she has changed her life. Her message is powerful: I did it, and so can you.
Oprah Winfrey is a black woman whose becoming famous is an encouraging story. She was born on January 29, 1954 in a small village in America. Her patents were very poor. For her family, life seemed to hold no promise.
But there was nothing that could stop Oprah. She was an extremely bright girl at school. She asked her kindergarten teacher to let her go to school sooner and she also skipped (跳级)the second grade of primary school（小学）. Her life from the age of six till about fourteen was very hard. For many women such difficulty would be too heavy to bear（忍受）. But not for Oprah. When she was fourteen, Oprah went to live with her father. Her father showed her how hard work and discipline（自律） could lead to self-improvement. Oprah listened to her father, and a few years later she won a college scholarship that allowed her to go to university.
Two years later, after graduation, she started working for television. For more than ten years she worked for different TV stations across the country. In 1984, she moved to Chicago, where she became the host of a talk show called "AM Chicago". When Oprah started, "AM Chicago" had few listeners. By September of the next year, the show was so successful that it was given a new name: 'The Oprah Winfrey Show".
Oprah Winfrey's story encourages many people to believe that success and happiness in life are within reach for everyone.
1.What does Oprah Winfrey mean by saying “I did it”?
A．I managed to over come (战胜)the challenges.
B．I encouraged many people who want to succeed.
C．I created many chances to help people.
D．I was respected as a source of strength.(力量源泉)
2.When Oprah Winfrey was a child, her parents were so poor that _____.
A．life seemed hopeless. B．her family never promised anything.
C．her family could hardly keep any promise. D．nobody trusted her family
3.From the third paragraph we can infer________.
A．Oprah was older than most of her schoolmates when she finished primary school.
B．Oprah was younger than most of schoolmates when she finished primary school.
C．Oprah couldn’t finish primary school because her family was very poor.
D．Oprah stopped her study when she was in the second grade of primary school.
4.Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?
A．Oprah’s father had a great effect（影响） on her.
B．AM Chicago was a local newspaper in Chicago.
C．Oprah worked for different TV stations in the US.
D．Oprah suffered a lot when she was young.
5.The best title of the passage may be _____.
A．Oprah Winfrey’s TV show B．A popular TV show in America
C．Oprah Winfrey D．How to become a successful host
To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone’s life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot（情节） and the greatest interests be so exciting or dramatic? I’m not sure about it.
Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more carefully, we discover them in our everyday life too—in the rhythm(节拍) of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
It is well said, “Through music a child enters into a world of beauty, express himself from his heart, feel the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”
1.From the text, we learn that many people______.
A．don’t realize the importance of music
B．get along quite well without music
C．go to the concert instead of enjoying music
D．think music would be less exciting than films
2.What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?
A．flying B．singing C．looking D．living
3.From the last paragraph, we learn that music_____.
A．can make our life exciting and dramatic B．is very necessary for our daily life
C．is very important, especially for children D．can enter into another beautiful world
4.What’s the meaning for those who work on playing or writing music?
A．They treat music as their life. B．They treat music as part of their life.
C．They don’t think music is important. D．They think it’s only their job.
5.What does the writer say more about in the text?
A．The importance of music B．Life without music
C．Life full of music D．The development of music
