-What about the concert last night?- I might as well have stayed at home and watched TV.A．It couldn’t have been any better.B．It couldn’t have been any worse.C．It was the best one.D．There was no 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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.

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

What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?

A. The show exposes the dark sides of society. B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.

C. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show. D. Jerry talks abou the improvement of society.

Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao

Paulo on Thursday, which was the city’s second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-know Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.

About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo's organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.

In December, Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar（铁撬棍）and car jack to force open one of the museum's steel doors. The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city. One of the suspects in that robbery — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody（监禁）.

What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

A．Two prints by Pablo Picasso

B．Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

C．Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

D．Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

A．Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

B．Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

C．Because they didn't have enough time.

D．Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

A．A lot. The museum was crowded.

B．Not too many. It was almost empty.

C．There were a lot of people outside the museum.

D．Only three of them.

According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

A．In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido

Portinari were stolen.

B．There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

C．Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

D．Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

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.

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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.

49. 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

50. What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?

A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.

B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.

C. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show.

D. Jerry talks abou the improvement of society.

Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao
Paulo on Thursday, which was the city’s second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-know Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.
The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.
About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo's organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.
In December, Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar（铁撬棍）and car jack to force open one of the museum's steel doors. The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city. One of the suspects in that robbery — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody（监禁）.
【小题1】What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

A．Two prints by Pablo Picasso

B．Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

C．Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

D．Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

【小题2】Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

A．Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

B．Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

C．Because they didn't have enough time.

D．Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

【小题3】How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

A．A lot. The museum was crowded.

B．Not too many. It was almost empty.

C．There were a lot of people outside the museum.

D．Only three of them.

【小题4】According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

A．In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido
Portinari were stolen.

B．There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

C．Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

D．Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

Beijing today, first published in May, 2001, is the capital’s only English weekly newspaper and is published with the help of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government and run by Beijing Youth Daily. Its readers include English-speaking foreigners living in Beijing and local Chinese who have great interest in English or take English as a working language.

The paper’s main content deals with metropolitan life, explaining the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western culture. Its culture and lifestyle part is regarded as a guide to metropolitan life in Beijing.

The paper has 24 pages in four main sections:

NEWS: Select stories that discuss cultural differences.

COMMUNITY: Reports on developments related to foreigners in the city and a platform(平台)by which they can communicate with a bigger audience.

CULTURE and LIFESTYLE: Highlights from international lifestyle and fashion trends in Beijing

STUDY: Cheerful and humorous pieces to help English-language students improve their skills

Beijing Today circulates 50,000 copies published every Friday. It is one of Beijing’s most authoritative(权威的) English media sources, and is sold at post newsstands and distributed in hotels, apartment complexes, etc.

Price: 2 yuan per issue

1.Which of the following sections would be the best choice to exchange thoughts with others？

A. NEWS B. COMMUNITY C. CULTURE and LIFESYLE D. STUDY

2.If you want to subscribe to Beijing Today for half a year, you need to pay ________.

A. 52 yuan B. 24 yuan C. 104 yuan D. 48 yuan

3.What CANNOT you read in Beijing Today?

A. News abou foreign cultural festivals

B. fashion trends in Paris.

C. Discussions with foreigners

D. Skills in improving English

A．It couldn’t have been any better.	B．It couldn’t have been any worse.
C．It was the best one.	D．There was no better one.

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