Oprah Winfrey, the queen of American daytime talk TV, is considered one of the most powerful women in the world．Now, after 25 years’ hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, the star has announced she is calling it quits．
According to the Los Angeles Times, the move “signals the beginning of the decline for the daytime talk show．” More women are working full-time jobs, and people are turning to cable (有线电视) and pre-recorded shows for their entertainment．
It may be that Oprah isn’t quitting so much as moving on．She has created the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and will most likely move her show to the network．If audiences around the world need Oprah, they well know where to look．
Oprah Winfrey was born to a single teenage mother in a small town in rural Mississippi, US．As a child, she lived with poverty and abuse．But she got a job at a local radio station, where her honesty, emotional style won her many fans．She quickly rose through the ranks of radio and television before launching her own production company and starting her own show．
Oprah’s talk show was not the first of its kind, but it quickly became the best and most popular．It made talk shows popular, and others jumped in to start similar shows．But while other talk shows turned ugly, featuring guests who argued and attacked each other with chairs, Oprah rose above the mess．
“Part of her power lies in the fact that her life story resonates (产生共鸣) with her audience, as a kind of version of the American dream,” writes Kevin Connolly, a reporter with the BBC．
She became a star because of the way she opened up about her problems to her audience．She shared her own struggles with relationships and weight．She focused on self-help．Connolly believes “something in her honesty and her sometimes painfully emotional directness struck home with a certain type of American”．
1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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A．The stop of Oprah’s show reflects the decrease of audience． |
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B．Oprah hosted her show for about 25 years． |
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C．American talk show was pioneered by Oprah． |
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D．Oprah used to be a radio presenter． |
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
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A．Oprah could deal with the guests fighting very well． |
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B．Oprah’s show stood out with her unique style． |
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C．Oprah turned a deaf ear to other people’s quarrel． |
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D．Oprah’s fame rose because lots of people watch her show． |
3.From Kevin Connolly, we know people like Oprah’s show for all the reasons EXCEPT ________．
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A．Oprah always shares people’s life stories in her show |
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B．the audiences are touched by Oprah’s honesty and frankness |
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C．Oprah’s life story reflects the truth of American dream |
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D．some audiences are inspired by Oprah’s show |
4.According to the text, Oprah ________．
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A．always volunteers to help those who need help |
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B．has practiced presentational skills since she was young |
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C．believes that one should rely on himself to solve problems |
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D．calls on women to work full-time jobs |
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me．Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other．
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with．She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior．I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn’t want her around him．No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn’t believe me．Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared．
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble．I felt like I was getting nowhere．I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend．
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience．It had been so frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship，but I didn’t．I put the power of friendship to the final test．We’d been friends for far too long．I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself．I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything．
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend．I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face．It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life．Never had I been so proud of a friend．
1.In the writer’s opinion, her friend ________．
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A．was a girl with no self-respect |
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B．could find a better boyfriend |
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C．was brave enough to stick to her own choice |
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D．didn’t value the writer’s suggestion |
2.What did the writer worry about?
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A．She would lose the friendship with her． |
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B．Her friend’s parents would be worried about their daughter． |
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C．Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy． |
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D．Her friend’s boyfriend would be in great trouble． |
3.We may leam from Paragraph 3 that the writer ________．
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A．didn’t want to go anywhere else |
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B．hated her friend’s hanging with her boyfriend |
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C．couldn’t believe that her friend’s choice was acceptable |
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D．doubted that she could in any way help her friend |
4.What can be concluded from the passage?
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A．Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable． |
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B．Friendship is a cure for any injury in life． |
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C．Friendship should be everlasting once begun． |
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D．Friendship can have magical power in life． |
If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it 36 to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows 37 ．
I do not 38 hearing the words from my father when I was growing up． 39 , I could not recall(回忆) when I had 40 said those words to him either．
One day, I decided to 41 the ice and make the first 42 ．So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my 43 and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”
There was a 44 at the other end and he awkwardly 45 , “Well, same back at ya!”
I was unexpectedly 46 and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say．”
Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 47 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad 48 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you．” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “ 49 ” the love．As I sat there in tears I realized that this 50 moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new 51 ．Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly 52 death following heart surgery（外科手术）．Many times 53 , I have 54 if I had not taken the first step and Dad not 55 the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love．
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She was accused ____ cheating in the exam and was to ____.
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The man ____ of killing his family members was reported to have been taken to the police station
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B．suscpecting |
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____ happened to be no one in that house when the typhoon hit the area.
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