奧普拉書友會發布第一百本推薦書

藍利霞

Its been a while since Oprah Winfrey started her famous book club in 1996， when her first pick of Jacquelyn Mitchards The Deep End of the Ocean led copies to fly off the bookshelves. Now， the powerful media businesswoman is making her 100th book selection Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.

Winfrey celebrated the vital moment on Instagram. “It was 26 years ago that I started Oprahs book club. Because I wanted to get the whole country reading and connecting over what I thought were great stories，” Winfrey said in a video. “I wasnt sure at the time that the idea would kind of work， but here we are.”

Winfrey said Nopolitanos book pays respect to Louisa May Alcotts Little Women as it follows a family of four sisters over three decades in a city significant to Winfrey， Chicago. She aired her talk show for 25 seasons in the Windy City. “Theres drama， love and sorrow. It is one of the best books Ive read in a very long time. So happy its the 100th selection，” Winfrey said of Hello Beautiful.

The 100th pick will follow a special six-week reading plan and April 13 discussion on the Oprah Daily website with Winfrey， Napolitano and several book club readers.

Napolitano is the best-selling author of 2020s Dear Edward. Her latest Hello Beautiful was published Tuesday by Dial Press.

Since 1996， Winfreys book choices have set her on a journey of extraordinary impact and success though sometimes they have caused dispute. It has endured through changes for both Winfrey and the publishing industry， through the rise of the internet and the end of Winfreys talk show， through absorptions in the classics and unexpected lessons in the reliability of accounts and the lack of diversity of book publishing.

（材料出自“USA TODAY”網站，有刪改）

1. What happened to “The Deep End of the Ocean” finally？

A. Many people purchased it.

B. It made Jacquelyn Mitchard famous.

C. Its bookshelves have been flown off.

D. Oprah Winfrey lent many copies to the media.

2. Why did Oprah Winfrey found the book club？

A. To make reading interesting.

B. To inspire people to read good stories.

C. To get the whole country watching her shows.

D. To help the authors in book club sell more books.

3. What does the underlined word “dispute” mean in the last paragraph？

A. Treat.? ? B. Respect.

C. Reminder.D. Argument.

4. Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey？

A. Mean.? ?B. Bored.

C. Devoted. ? ?D. Ambitious.

1. A。解析：細節理解題。根據材料第一段第一句“Its been a while since Oprah Winfrey started her famous book club in 1996， when her first pick of Jacquelyn Mitchards The Deep End of the Ocean led copies to fly off the bookshelves.”，我們可知，奧普拉向人們推薦了“The Deep End of the Ocean”后，這本書變成了搶手貨。故選A。

2. B。解析：細節理解題。根據材料第二段中的“Because I wanted to get the whole country reading and connecting over what I thought were great stories”，我們可知，奧普拉想讓全國的人都讀到她認為很棒的故事。故選B。

3. D。解析：詞義猜測題。根據材料最后一段第一句中的“Since 1996， Winfreys book choices have set her on a journey of extraordinary impact and success”，我們可知，選書這一舉動讓奧普拉有了很大的影響力和取得了巨大的成功，這是此舉給她帶來的好處；再根據“though”一詞，我們可推測后面的內容是她的選擇也有不好的地方，會引起“爭議”。故選D。

4. C。解析：推理判斷題。根據文章，我們可知奧普拉一直在為大眾推薦書，一直推薦到了第100本，這說明她是一個有奉獻精神的人。故選C。