Oprah Winfrey，born in 1954，is all American talk show host，best known for her multiawardwinning talk show. She is also，according to some assessments，the most influential woman in theworld. It"s no surprise that her endorsement(认可)can bringovernight sales fortune that defeats most，if not all，marketingcampaigns .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 ruled by white males，she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go，she is no match for，say，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.
小题1:The Oprah Effect refers to ________.| A．the effect On a business | | B．the power of Oprah"s opinions | | C．the impact On talk shows | | D．the assessment of Oprah"s talk show |
小题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. |
小题3:．The message from Oprah to graduates at Harvard is that ________.| A．success comes after failure | | B．failure is nothing to fear | | C．there is no need to set goals too high | | D．pushing physical limits makes no sense |
小题4:Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?| A．Dull and pushy. | | B．Honest but tough. | | C．Caring and determined. | | D．Curious but weak. |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C |
文章大意：本文介绍了奥普拉，脱口秀女王，著名脱口秀节目主持人，一位取得了很大成就的黑人女性。
小题1:A 细节理解题。由第一段后三句话可知，奥普拉效应指的是她对商业的影响。
小题2:D 推理判断题。由第二段“People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey"s swift rise to host of The most popular talk show on TV .In a field ruled by white males，she is a black female of big size.”可知，她曾经被白人男士挑战过。
小题3:B 推理判断题。由第三段，特别是“Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction”可知，奥普拉演讲的主题是：不要害怕失败，做真实的自己。
小题4:C 推理判断题。由第二段倒数第二句话“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 .”可知，奥普拉很幽默、很理解人；由最后一段她的演讲可知，她非常有毅力，不怕失败。 |
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Last November, Nick heard a disorder at a party. A group of people had ____ outside, pointing at something floating in the Bay. As he ran to ____， he soon saw what was wrong: Two kids in a boat were caught in the ____ and being pulled out to sea.
Tim and Jack had climbed into a boat anchored nearby and had rowed out to ____ a football. Reaching beyond the calm waters, the ____ fitted to the boat caught the wind and pulled it into open water. They tried to row back. But they were no ____ for the wind and turned around in circles. Nick dashed to the farthest of land. The boat was already just a ____ on the sea. He knew that the ____ boat would soon be overtaken by the huge waves, and that it was 2 degrees. Nick jumped into the ____ cold water. Every 90 yards, he raised his head to assess his ____. At one point, he considered turning back before managing to yell to them, “Take down the umbrella！”
Tim battled with the ropes holding the umbrella. Finally he loosened the ropes and ____ the umbrella. Then Nick caught up, but soon waves crashed over the boat, which began to sink. Nick ____ it would be faster to pull them toward the nearest bank. They ____ wore life jackets , which Nick held in one hand, swimming ____.“Are we there？” they asked repeatedly. “Yes，” Nick ____ them each time. It was 30 minutes before they got to the bank and stayed as close as possible for ____. Worn out, Nick had hardly arrived when he ____.It was an hour later when he found himself in a hospital that he came to. Asked what it took him to make the ____ move, he replied:
It is ____ to step out of the comfort zone. Being an onlooker is a cautious existence, but ____ we should never be stuck in. Stand by or stand up.
| 小题1: | | A．played | B．gathered | | C．laughed | D．cried |
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| 小题2: | | A．investigate | B．find | | C．ask | D．join |
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| 小题3: | | A．sands | B．rain | | C．waves | D．sun |
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| 小题4: | | A．kick | B．borrow | | C．buy | D．recover |
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| 小题5: | | A．life jacket | B．umbrella | | C．rope | D．anchor |
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| 小题6: | | A．match | B．strength | | C．power | D．force |
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| 小题8: | | A．lost | B．delicate | | C．old | D．damaged |
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| 小题9: | | A．bitterly | B．absolutely | | C．fairly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题10: | | A．progress | B．weather | | C．strength | D．energy |
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| 小题11: | | A．threw | B．opened | | C．closed | D．freed |
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| 小题12: | | A．decided | B．said | | C．declared | D．recognized |
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| 小题13: | | A．awkwardly | B．carefully | | C．slowly | D．easily |
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| 小题14: | | A．hopefully | B．cautiously | | C．continuously | D．desperately |
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| 小题15: | | A．told | B．comforted | | C．discouraged | D．supported |
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| 小题16: | | A．food | B．pleasure | | C．warmth | D．help |
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| 小题17: | | A．passed out | B．passed away | | C．passed off | D．passed by |
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| 小题18: | | A．warm | B．generous | | C．proud | D．brave |
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| 小题19: | | A．easy | B．tough | | C．interesting | D．dull |
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The Great Barn Adventure
One morning when I was 11, I explored the town"s abandoned round grain barn(谷仓). I found a chained sliding door that was wide enough for me to pass through.
Inside, there was a heavy smell of dead mice in the dark. After my eyes adjusted, I noticed a shaft (升降机井) that rose all the way to the top of the barn. On one side was a oneman elevator with a long rope and roller.
I stepped onto the platform and gave the rope a drag and the elevator began sliding up the shaft, but stopped halfway. After a brief panic attack, I noticed holes in the wall at regular intervals, forming a ladder. For reasons known only to an 11yearold, I decided it would be better to go up than down. So, with shaking hands, I began climbing the wall.
After what seemed like forever, I reached the top of the shaft. I stood up, dusted myself off and found…absolutely nothing of interest. It was just an empty room with a ladder leading up to the roof. I climbed all the way up here for this? Then I noticed a fire extinguisher(灭火器)，which I"d always wanted to shoot off. So this was the chance of a lifetime. I tried it, and, much to my surprise, the thing worked! It shot out a thick cloud of powder that instantly filled the room. I couldn"t breathe. I was going to choke to death, and they"d probably never even find my body.
Luckily, I remembered the ladder to the roof. I climbed up, popped the straw roof and saw a bright blue sky.
I suddenly realized the dust and powder pouring out of the top could draw attention. So when the dust had settled, I climbed down and slipped out of the chained door. I"m not sure if I was more excited about being alive or about not being caught, but I ran all the way back home.
小题1:When the author got inside the barn, he ________.| A．noticed a man on the elevator | | B．opened the chained sliding door | | C．saw many dead mice in the dark | | D．found a shaft leading to the top |
小题2:Which of the following is the right order of the author"s adventure?
a. The elevator stopped halfway.
b. He entered the round grain barn.
c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.
d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.| A．b－a－c－d | B．a－c－b－d | | C．c－a－d－b | D．b－c－a－d |
小题3:After getting out of the chained door, the author might feel ________.| A．inspired | B．relieved | | C．surprised | D．disappointed |
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While the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance, they rarely result in driving out the residents. But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10squaremile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska, almost 230 years ago. Now thanks to a fiveyear effort by scientists, the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners ——birds!
Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands. The rats that arrived there in 1780, when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby, completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators. There isn"t any tree on the Island, which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground, giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks. As years passed, the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually, disappeared completely.
In 2007, the U．S. FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home. Given that there were an estimated 10,000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they reproduce rapidly, it was not an easy task. But by 2009, the Island was officially declared rat free!
Then slowly but surely, the birds began to return. Unfortunately, some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide, a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents. But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the Island is starting to increasingly look like its former self. Before the transformation, “Hawadax”， also known as “Rat Island”， was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones, snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便)．
Today, birds" singing and flying in and out is a common sight. Tufted puffins and song sparrows, which had long disappeared, are gradually making their way back. Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shorebirds. Though the Island is still not back to its full glory, the signs are encouraging and things can only get better, as time passes.
小题1:The underlined word “that”in Para.1 probably refers to ________.| A．the presence of rats | | B．birds" being driven out | | C．birds" returning to the island | | D．residents" worrying about rats |
小题2:Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because ________.| A．this island was treeless | | B．they nested randomly | | C．they reproduced too rapidly | | D．their chicks were extremely weak |
小题3:From the passage, we can know the plan of US FWS ______.| A．has helped the island fully recovered | | B．cost little but benefited greatly | | C．involved poisoning the rats on a large scale | | D．accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months |
小题4:Which would be the best title for the passage?| A．FWS Help Get Rare Birds Back to Alaska Island | | B．Japanese Changed a Bird Paradise into Rat Island | | C．FWS Plan to Drive Rats Out Of Rat Island | | D．Alaska"s Rat Island Returns to a Bird Paradise |
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My father and I disagreed about curfew (晚间在家的时间). He"d say I was to be in by 9：30 on weekdays, and 11：00 on weekends, no exceptions without my first asking. I told him it made me ____ like a juniorhigh kid. He explained that while a curfew ____ sound like a restriction, it"s really about people looking out for one another.
The very next Friday after that pretty heated ___， my dad and I had tickets to see our town"s professional football game. On that day he was ____ to a nearby city to meet with some major clients and ____ me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.
To make sure we could ____ off the moment he walked in, I got everything prepared. When a half hour had passed from the time he said he"d be home, I understood that he was a little ____. But then, nearly a whole hour passed. I was getting ____. We were going to miss the kickoff! And why hadn"t he ____ me and let me know he was going to be really late? As I anxiously ____ the floor, another half hour passed. That"s when I got really angry. How inconsiderate of my father! Now we were going to ____ the whole game! When yet another half hour passed, my anger turned to ____. What if something terrible had happened to my dad, like he had a heart attack or had been in an accident, or something? I began to really ____. I"d already called his cellphone about ten times, but no ____.
I was beside myself, assuming the worst had happened.
Finally, the phone rang, and my dad said ____， “Son, I"m so sorry about the game, but…there was a terrible accident…on the freeway coming home, and I ____ to help… and ended up going to the hospital. I ____ my cellphone in the car, so I couldn"t call until now.”
I was so relieved to hear from my father and to ____ that he was safe that I actually cried. That was ____ I “got” the importance of a curfew: Checking in! It"s about knowing that someone you love is ____. It was one more proof of my father"s loving me as much as he does.
| 小题2: | | A．might | B．must | | C．needed | D．should |
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| 小题3: | | A．speech | B．match | | C．description | D．exchange |
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小题4:．| A．cycling | B．driving | | C．flying | D．walking |
| 小题5: | | A．allowed | B．advised | | C．informed | D．ordered |
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| 小题7: | | A．late | B．lazy | | C．forgetful | D．careless |
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| 小题8: | | A．upset | B．sorry | | C．rude | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．warned | B．signalled | | C．phoned | D．showed |
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| 小题10: | | A．hit | B．paced | | C．cleared | D．measured |
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| 小题11: | | A．play | B．watch | | C．miss | D．start |
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| 小题12: | | A．sadness | B．surprise | | C．doubt | D．fear |
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小题13:．| A．envy | B．worry | | C．regret | D．cry |
| 小题14: | | A．excuse | B．way | | C．time | D．answer |
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| 小题15: | | A．strangely | B．casually | | C．breathlessly | D．angrily |
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| 小题16: | | A．stopped | B．forgot | | C．failed | D．refused |
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| 小题18: | | A．wonder | B．guess | | C．expect | D．learn |
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| 小题19: | | A．what | B．when | | C．whether | D．why |
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| 小题20: | | A．confident | B．great | | C．safe | D．honest |
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The stars have come together for the 2014 QUT Classic fun run on Sunday, May 4! This year"s fun run around central Brisbane not only promises a fantastic family day out--it also happens to be International Star Wars Day.
Hundreds of serious一and not so serious一participants will contest a choice of scenic l km , 5km or l0km routes around QUT (Queensland University of Technology), South Bank and the CBD on Sunday, May 4.
May 4 has become Star Wars Day for fans around the globe一the date being chosen as a play on "May the Force (fourth) be with you"
To celebrate, Yoda will make a special guest appearance at the QUT Classic at 7:20am to help kids warm up for the l km event while the Indie Chamber Orchestra does a live performance of the Star Wars theme. The special visit has been organized by Healthstream QUT, who operate the university"s pools and gyms.
Classic organizer Cheryl Goodwin from QUT Student Engagement said the second annual event would also be combined with a buskers(街头艺人)festival, ensuring plenty of entertainment around Gardens Point and along the route.
"The Classic Buskers Festival is being organized by the QUT Music Society and will Feature some of Brisbane’s best buskers and bands as well as QUT talent．There"s going to be a mix of music，dance，circus and comedy．"she said．
The QUT Classic will also raise funds for QUT’s Learning Potential Fund，which provides scholarships for low income students．About 1200 people registered for last year’s event and organizers are hoping for a similar--if not bigger-turnout in 2014．
The race will begin and end at QUT Gardens Point，where breakfast will be available for purchase．Both the 5km and 1 0km events will begin at 8：00 am，with the l km event starting at 7：30 am．
QUT Classic registration costs$25 for the l km event，$30 for 5km and$35 for 10km．
People can register as individuals or in teams．One of the biggest teams is expected to be the Learning Potential Fund team，which is open to QUT staff ,students and the general public．
Participants who register before 30 April will receive a race pack．The first 1 000 participants will also receive a free 1imited edition QUT Classic T-shirt．
QUT Running is offering all registrants free training sessions in the six weeks leading up to this event．
For more information on the QUT Classic，contact Cheryl Goodwin on 07 3138 9447 orc.goodwin@qut.edu.au．
Media contact：Mechelle McMahon，QUT media，media@qut.edu.au
小题1:The purpose of the passage is to introduce______.| A．a fun run around central Brisbane | | B．an international Star Wars Day | | C．a buskers festival in QUT | | D．QUT’s learning Potential Fund |
小题2:According to the 3rd paragraph，May 4_____.| A．plays an important part in Star Wars Day | | B．can be understood in different ways when read | | C．used to be a festival for fans around the world | | D．means the same as“May the Force be with you” |
小题3:Which of the following will be free for all the participants?| A．Breakfast． | B．A race pack． | C．T-shirt． | D．Training session． |
小题4:If you want to know more about QUT Classic，you can contact .| A．Healthstream QUT | B．Cheryl Goodwin | | C．QUT Music Society | D．Mechelle |
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