B．gave up school due to poverty

　　C．wasn't popular with audience at first

　　D．looked at daily life in a humorous way

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第二段 "... remembering jokes he had heard in basement clubs." 可知A项错误；根据同段"Seeing a future in making people laugh, King left school ..." 可知B项错误；根据同段"The audience loved it ..." 可知C项错误；根据同段"He discovered a perfect way to make people laugh: shining a light on the humor in everyday life." 可知D项正确。

　　7．What do we know about King and his life in the show business?

　　A．He acted regularly after 1956.

　　B．His audience were mainly upper­class people.

　　C．He once hosted The Ed Sullivan Show.

　　D．He first became famous when he replaced a sick comic.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第三段"Since then, King became a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show, and was the guest host of The Tonight Show on several occasions." 可知A项正确，C项错误；根据同段"Not only the middle class, but everyone could relate to his humorous stories." 可知B项错误；根据同段"But it was his appearance as a first act 'closer' in 1956 that made King a star." 可知D项错误。

　　8．The underlined word "assassinated" means "________"．

　　A．chosen　　　　 　B．wounded

　　C．interviewed D．murdered

　　解析：选D　词义猜测题。根据第三段Kennedy's body可知assassinate是murder的意思。

　　Ⅳ.语法填空

　　From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy __1__ (they). Some watch TV __2__ go to the cinema. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways __3__ (spend) their spare time.

　　Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps to __4__ (make) model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, __5__ others don't cost anything at all. Some __6__ (collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.

I know __7__ man who has a coin collection worth D|S250. He was very happy about his purchase and __8__ (think) the price was reasonable. Besides, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are __9__ (extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him __10__ (happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collections.