Oprah Winfrey, born in 1954, is an American t...

Oprah Winfrey, born in 1954, is an American talk show host, best known for her multi-award-winning talk show. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. It's no surprise that her endorsement(认可)can bring overnight sales fortune that defeats most, if not all, marketing campaigns. The star features about 20 products each year on her “Favorite Things” show. There’s even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.

Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 year old, she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people’s stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world. She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first.

TIME magazine wrote, “People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey’s swift rise to host of the most popular talk show on TV. In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go, she is no match for Phil Donahue. What she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up for in plainspoken curiosity, rich humor and, above all understanding. Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah’s eye. They, in turn, often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone, much less a national TV audience.”

“I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to fall if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages, you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction” as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30, 2013.

1.The Oprah Effect refers to _______.

A. the effect on a business

B. the power of Oprah’s opinions

C. the impact on talkshows

D. the assessment of Oprah’s talk show

2.What can be inferred about Oprah’s television career?

A. She once gave up on her choice

B. Her swift success has been expected.

C. It lives up to her parents’ expectation.

D. She must have been challenged by white males.

3.The message from Oprah to graduates at Harvard is that _______.

A. failure is nothing to fear

B. success comes after failure

C. there is no need to set goals too high

D. pushing physical limits makes no sense

4.Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?

A. Dull and pushy.　　　　　　　　 B. Honest but tough.

C. Curious but weak.　　　　　　 D. Caring and determined.

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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?

2.What does the underlined sentence mean?

3.From Kevin Connolly, we know people like Oprah’s show for all the reasons EXCEPT ________．

4.According to the text, Oprah ________．

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Oprah Winfrey is ______black woman whose rise to fame is ______ inspiring story.

A. /; an         B. a; the           C. the; the           D. a; an

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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A．She had seven brothers.                  B．She felt herself a nobody.

C．She was too shy to go to school.            D．She did not have any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A．work for a school magazine                B．run away from her family

C．make a lot of friends                     D．develop her writing style

3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A．Her early years in college.                 B．Her training in the Workshop.

C．Her feeling of being different.              D．Her childhood experience.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A．It is quite popular among students.

B．It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C．It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.

D．It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had "seven fathers ", because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she hid herself into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the University's Writers' Workshop, however, she felt lonely—a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her "creative voice".

"It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn't think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalanced in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That's when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn't write about."

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street , when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children's book, and a shortstory collection.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A. She had seven brothers. 　　　 B. She felt herself a nobody.

C. She was too shy to go to school. 　　 D. She did not have any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to

A. make a lot of friends 　　　　 B. develop her writing style

C. run away from her family 　　　 D. work for a school magazine

3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A. Her early years in college. 　　　 B. Her childhood experience.

C. Her training in the Workshop. 　　 D. Her feeling of being different.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street ？

A. It is quite popular among students.

B. It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C. It wasn't a success as it was written in Spanish.

D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

5. According to the text, we know that________

A. she didn't enjoy reading

B. she met a Mexican American girl

C. her brothers treated her very kindly

D. she lived an uneasy life in her childhood

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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

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Hello! My name is Aurora Carlson. I was born in England, educated in both the French and American schooling systems, and lived most of my life in various places around the United States.

1.

This undying love for everything Chinese started when I was 16. On somewhat of a whim（奇想）, I decided to spend a year　 as an exchange　 student in Beijing,　 attending a　 local Chinese High School and living　 with　 a wonderful Chinese host family.2.After just one year, I became mad about everything in here.

3. I received a B.A. in Chinese and East Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and can speak and write Mandarin Chinese on a near-native level. Though I am fully aware of the land and have traveled quite a lot throughout the country, my curiosity in the studies of China never fades. 4.　 A place that once upon a time seemed such a faraway　　　 land now feels like a second home; a home with the most welcoming of neighbors.

In my free time, I love to do yoga and cook.5.I hope you join me in Rediscovering China, to explore this wonderful place from a unique foreign viewpoint.

A.I graduated from University of California, Berkeley.

B.I find it really hard to put down Chinese history books.

C.Unfortunately, I have not yet mastered Chinese cuisine.

D.I have landed at CCTV by way of a strong interest in China.

E.On the contrary, it seems that the more I learn, my interest grows even stronger.

F.Before this, I really had no knowledge or connection to this faraway land, just young curiosity.

G.Since then, my life has seemed to focus on gaining a better understanding of the country and its people.

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Charlie Chaplin, born in a poor family, showed an1.(astonish)talent2.a performer as soon as he could walk. Unfortunately, his father died early,3.(leave)his family even4.(badly ) off. In his teens, he could act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks, whom no one was5.(bore) watching. Later on, Charlie directed, produced and starred in6.series of funny movies,7.made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content 8.their lives. The little trap, who was a homeless man with a moustache, large trousers, worn-out shoes9.a small round black hat, was one of the most outstanding10.(part) he had ever played.

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The Foundation is holding a dinner at the Museum of American Art 　 the opening of their new show.

A. in honor of　　 B. in memory of　　 C. in response to　　 D. in reply to

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How do you find the programme AM Chicago hosted by Oprah?

_______________.

A. Specially                B. Wonderfully          C. Excited                   D. Lively

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