题目内容

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.

Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are ______.

A. more interesting              B. unusually poplar       C. more detailed           D. more formal

Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who

watch the shows ______.

 A. show disbelief in them                                       B. are ready to face up to them

 C. remain cold to them                                    D. are willing to get away from them

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.

【小题1】B

【小题2】B

【小题3】C


解析:

本文主要介绍美国两种不同的电视节目。

【小题1】推理判断题  根据文章的描述得知,这两种电视节目分别吸引着不同的人群。

【小题2】细节理解题  从第二段的最后一句话可以看出。

【小题3】细节理解题  根据第三段的最后一句话可推知。

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  阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

  I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.

  My friends told us that taking the “hard  36  ”to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to  37 . But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the

  38  , which was relatively modern and  39  . During the 14 - hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not  40  at all.

  It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much  41  . However, We had energy, First we tried to get teturn tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller  42  us that tickets would not be on  43  for another two days. We were a little worried about getting  44  , but we made up our minds to  45  for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way  46  the“ gypsy”taxi drivers that tried to  47  us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it  48  cost us thirty yuan to get  49  we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets.  50  the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we

  51  . The most important lesson about China I ever  52  , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much  53  . We were not able to get tickets, but the

  54  agents(代理)could.

While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very  55  . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place, There aren’t any words to describe it.

36.A. chair                       B. bed                         C. seat                         D. bench

37.A. provide                   B. expect                     C. happen                    D. think

38.A. plane                             B. bus                         C. ship                        D. train

39.A. quick                             B. clean                       C. simple                     D. long

40.A. bad                         B. good                       C. easy                        D. hard

41.A. trouble                    B. food                        C. sleep                       D. help

42.A. promised                 B. informed                 C. advised                    D. persuaded

43.A. time                        B. show                       C. duty                        D. sale

44.A. behind                    B. out                          C. through                   D. back

45.A. start                        B. ask                          C. look                        D. pay

46.A. towards                   B. into                         C. across                      D. past

47.A. offer                       B. charge                     C. bargain                    D. share

48.A. even                       B. still                         C. also                         D. only

49.A. what                       B. which                      C. where                      D. how

50.A. Somehow                B. However                 C. Therefore                D. Otherwise

51.A. wouldn't                  B. couldn't                   C. shouldn't                  D. needn't

52.A. learned                    B. taught                     C. offered                    D. heard

53.A. harder                     B. earlier                     C. later                        D. easier

54.A. business                  B. transport                  C. travel                             D. hotel

55.A. interesting                      B. crowded                  C. famous                    D. noisy

Find Which Direction Is South

Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way. 

It’s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted(委托)with the job of map-reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused load on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The shu is shining and it’s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient. 

①Find a straight sick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow. 

②Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直)as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line (铅锤线)with a piece of string and weight. You haven’t got any string? OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight. 

③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick. 

④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again. 

⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks. 

⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south. 

⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick. 

⑧That point is south of where you are. 

⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.

6To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because

A. it is not easy to find a proper stick     

B. it is not easy to position the stick

C. it takes hours to make the marks       

D. it takes about half an hour to make the marks

The passage would probably be most helpful to     

A. those who draw maps            B. those who get lost

C. those who make compasses       D. those who do experiments

Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?

The author presents this passage by      . 

A. telling an interesting story         B. describing an activity in a lively way

C. testing an idea by reasoning        D. introducing a practical method

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