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?
A.The stop of Oprah’s show reflects the decrease of audience. |
B.Oprah hosted her show for about 25 years. |
C.American talk show was pioneered by Oprah. |
D.Oprah used to be a radio presenter. |
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.Oprah could deal with the guests fighting very well. |
B.Oprah’s show stood out with her unique style. |
C.Oprah turned a deaf ear to other people’s quarrel. |
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 ________.
A.Oprah always shares people’s life stories in her show |
B.the audiences are touched by Oprah’s honesty and frankness |
C.Oprah’s life story reflects the truth of American dream |
D.some audiences are inspired by Oprah’s show |
4.According to the text, Oprah ________.
A.always volunteers to help those who need help |
B.has practiced presentational skills since she was young |
C.believes that one should rely on himself to solve problems |
D.calls on women to work full-time jobs |
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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?
A.The stop of Oprah’s show reflects the decrease of audience. |
B.Oprah hosted her show for about 25 years. |
C.American talk show was pioneered by Oprah. |
D.Oprah used to be a radio presenter. |
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.Oprah could deal with the guests fighting very well. |
B.Oprah’s show stood out with her unique style. |
C.Oprah turned a deaf ear to other people’s quarrel. |
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 ________.
A.Oprah always shares people’s life stories in her show |
B.the audiences are touched by Oprah’s honesty and frankness |
C.Oprah’s life story reflects the truth of American dream |
D.some audiences are inspired by Oprah’s show |
4.According to the text, Oprah ________.
A.always volunteers to help those who need help |
B.has practiced presentational skills since she was young |
C.believes that one should rely on himself to solve problems |
D.calls on women to work full-time jobs |
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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 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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Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The topics on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation.
1.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are ______.
A. more interesting B. more detailed
C. more formal D. unusually poplar
2.Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ______.
A. are ready to face up to them
B. show disbelief in them
C. remain cold to them
D. are willing to get away from them
3.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A new type of robot. B. National hatred.
C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.
4.What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?
A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.
B. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show.
C. The show pours poisonous waste into society.
D. Jerry talks about the improvement of society.
5.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ____.
A. have become the only ones of its kind
B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature
C. appear at different times of the day
D. attract different people
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Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content(内容), while at the same time standing out(突出) above the others, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Although it is clean, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass(中产阶级) Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life’s tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show.
1.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are __ _.
A. more interesting B. more popular
C. more detailed(详细的) D. more formal
2.Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the
shows_______.
A. are interested in them.
B. have to accept them.
C. are cold to them.
D. are willing to get away from them.
3.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A murder B. Nation hatred(憎恨)
C. Family income planning D. Street accidents.
4.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_____.
A. have become the only ones of its kind.
B. talks about the weaknesses in human nature.
C. appear at different times of the day.
D. attract different people.
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Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?
Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads and streets in the city. So there aren’t any cars and buses. There are many canals(运河)in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.
But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040Venice will be under water, The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人)love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.
1.From this short article we know Venice is ________.
A.a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea. |
B.the most important woman in Italy. |
C.a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic Sea. |
D.the most important city in Italy. |
2.People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because________.
A.there are 177 canals in the city. |
B.it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea. |
C.there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals. |
D.it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities. |
3.The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends________.
A.by bus. | B.by bike. | C.in cars. | D.in boats. |
4.Year by year the Adriatic Sea________and Venice________.
A.is rising…is sinking. | B.is going down…is going up |
C.has risen… has sunk | D.will go up…will go down |
5. Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians________.
A.have to leave Venice in 2040. |
B.will try to do something to save their city. |
C.want to stay there until the water covers the city |
D.do not love the city any longer |
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Here below we will talk about the American expressions using the word “Dutch”. Many of the “Dutch” expressions heard in American English were first used in England in the seventeenth century. Britain used to be called “empire on which the sun never sets”,which gained its supreme(至高无上的) power mostly by its naval(海军的 )military forces. The period of the Anglo-Dutch Wars was a time of fierce naval competition between England and the Netherlands. At that time, the British used “Dutch” as a word for something bad, or false, or mistaken.
A “Dutch agreement” was one made between men who had drunk too much alcohol. “Dutch courage” was the false courage produced by the effects of drinking alcohol. And “Dutch leave” was what a solider took when he left his base(基地)without permission.
Some of these old expressions are still used today with a little different meaning. “Dutch treat” is one example. Long ago, a Dutch treat was a dinner at which the invited guests were expected to pay for their own share of the food and drink. Now, Dutch treat means that when friends go out to have fun, each person pays his own share.
Another common expression heard a few years ago was “in Dutch”, which simply referred to the country then. Nowadays, if someone says to you, you are in Dutch, they are telling you that you were in trouble. An important person, a parent or teacher perhaps, is angry with you.
Some of the Dutch expressions heard in American English have nothing to do with the Dutch people at all. In the 1700s, Germans who moved to the United States often were called Dutch. This happened because of mistakes in understanding and saying the word “Deutsch”, the German word for German. Families of these German people still live in the eastern United States, many in the state of Pennsylvania. They are known as the Pennsylvania Dutch.
During the American Civil War, supporters of the northern side in the central state of Missouri were called Dutch, because many of them were German settlers. In California, during the Gold Rush, the term Dutch was used to describe Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians as well as people from the Netherlands.
President Theodore Roosevelt once noted that anything foreign and non-English was called Dutch.One expression still in use, “to talk to someone like a Dutch uncle”, did come from the Dutch.The Dutch were known for the firm way they raise their children. So if someone speaks to you like a Dutch uncle, he is speaking in a very severe way. And you should listen to him carefully.
1.According to paragraph 1, the British used “Dutch” as a word for something bad and mistaken because ___________.
A.it was the long-lasting habit of the British language. |
B.the Netherlands was the closest rival(竞争对手) for naval supremacy then. |
C.there was a close connection between “Dutch” and “Deutsch”. |
D.anything foreign and non-English was called “Dutch”. |
2.Most probably, a man with Dutch courage would _________.
A.invite his friends to dinner. |
B.beat a strange passer-by without any reason. |
C.speak to a Dutch uncle. |
D.become angry with the teacher. |
3.Which one of the following has nothing to do with the Dutch?
A.The expression “to talk to someone like a Dutch uncle”. |
B.When friends go out to have fun, they choose Dutch treat. |
C.Germans who moved to the United States were called Dutch. |
D.A solider took “Dutch leave” during wars. |
4.What is mainly talked about in the passage?
A.Language causes of the Anglo-Dutch Wars |
B.Language of the Netherlands |
C.Deutsch VS Dutch |
D.Dutch expressions in American English |
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Cable TV began in 1948 in the USA, but it took 50 years ________ 66 percent of American households
had it.
A.before | B.when | C.after | D.until |
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Cable TV began in 1948 in the USA, but it took 50 years________ 66 percent of American households had it.
A. before B. after C unless D. since
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Cable TV began in 1948 in the USA, but it took 50 years ________ 66 percent of American households had it.
A.before B.when
C.after D.until
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