Among various programmes, 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 the Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as they can be. For example, the show takes the ever-mon 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 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.
pared 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 viewers are middleclass 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’s exploitation.
【小题1】pared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ____.

Among various programmes, 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 the Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as they can be. For example, the show takes the ever-mon 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 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.

pared 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 viewers are middleclass 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’s exploitation.

1.pared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ____.

A. more interesting                 B. more formal  

C. more detailed                    D. unusually popular

2. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

A. Family ine planning.                       B. Nation hatred.

C. A new type of robot.                     D. Street accident.

3.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_____.

A. have bee the only ones of its kind

B. attract different people

C. appear at different times of the day

D.exploit the weaknesses in human nature

Among various programmes, 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 the Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as they can be. For example, the show takes the ever-mon 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 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.

pared 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 viewers are middleclass 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’s exploitation.

pared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ____.

A. more interesting                 B. more formal  

C. more detailed                    D. unusually popular

Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

A. Family ine planning.               B. Nation hatred.

C. A new type of robot.                D. Street accident.

We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_____.

A. have bee the only ones of its kind

B. attract different people

C. appear at different times of the day

D.exploit the weaknesses in human nature

Bird Feeder

“Don’t Move!” I said to my husband in whisper. He   1  . We were sitting in our backyard   2   a warm summer day. He was reading, as always.

He asked me what was wrong. I told him to slowly look at his right   3  . His response was   4  . “Is it a bee?” He hates bees. “No!” I whispered. “It’s a chickadee.” The next few   5   were breathtaking for us both!

The little wild bird   6   walked down my husband’s arm to his hand. My husband was

  7   a small bowl of peanuts. He loves to eat peanuts. But, now it looked like he was going to have to   8  his treat. The chickadee looked back at him, as if to say, “  9   I have one, or two, please?” When my husband did not make any   10  , the chickadee carefully reached into the bowl and picked out a peanut. When he   11   away with his booty(战利品), I laughed out loud. I was   12   to have witnessed this adventure! Three or four more times that afternoon the little Chickadee   13   to my husband’s shoulder and made his way to the bowl of peanuts, his temporary bird feeder. This little   14   has been a topic of conversation in our family ever since.

I have been feeding the birds in our backyard for many years.   15   he has never been as crazy about bird watching as I have been, my husband   16   me by carrying the heavy bags of seed in from the car. He patiently moved the feeder poles   17   until I was satisfied with the

  18   of a new feeder. But, after his   19   with the little chickadee on his shoulder, he was devoted! He now   20   why backyard bird feeding is such an interesting thing and also addictive hobby.

1．A．quitted                  B．shook                  C．froze                   D．ignored

3．A．foot                      B．leg                      C．shoulder              D．hand

4．A．positive                 B．favorable             C．casual                 D．immediate

5．A．minutes                 B．hours                  C．days                   D．months

6．A．beautifully             B．patiently              C．comfortably         D．carefully

7．A．carrying                B．seizing                 C．holding                D．passing

8．A．serve                    B．share                   C．show                  D．afford

9．A．Need                    B．Should                C．Must                   D．May

10．A．movement           B．arrangement         C．argument             D．announcement

11．A．flew                    B．flowed                C．jumped                D．walked

12．A．satisfied              B．delighted              C．inspired               D．secured

13．A．turned                 B．returned              C．advanced             D．walked

14．A．event                  B．activity                C．phenomenon        D．performance

15．A．Once                  B．Because               C．Although             D．Until

16．A．comforted           B．supported            C．guided                 D．encouraged

17．A．forward              B．around                C．out                     D．up

18．A．shape                  B．style                    C．situation              D．position

19．A．experience           B．work                   C．adventure            D．fight

20．A．doubted    B．obtained    C．understood       D．recognized

A woman suffering from cancer during pregnancy can pass the disease on to her unborn child, scientists have shown in a study that solves a puzzle that has confused doctors for a century.

The rare occurrence of a mother and child appearing to share the same cancer---of which there have been about 30 known cases---is a result of genetic mutation (基因突变) that allows the cancer to pass to the baby unnoticed.

There was previously no genetic evidence to explain why a child’s immune system would not recognize and destroy any invasive cancer cells that were of maternal---and therefore, foreign origin.

The new study, led by Mel Greaves, of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used advanced genetic fingerprinting to prove that infant’s leukaemic cells (白血病细胞) were unquestionably of maternal origin.

The case, involving a Japanese mother aged 28 and her daughter, showed that both patients’ leulaemic cells carried the identical transformed cancer gene BCR-ABL even though the infant had not inherited (遗传的) this gene.

This meant that the child, who had cancer diagnosed at 11 months, old, could not have developed this type of leukaemia in isolation.

To investigate how the cells could have crossed the placental barrier (胎盘膜) and survived in the offspring (后代), the scientists looked for evidence of some form of immunological (免疫学的) acceptance of tolerance of the foreign cells by the foetus (胎儿).

Professor Greaves, who worked with colleagues in Japan with funding from Leukaemia Reasearch, said that it had bee assumed that cancer spread was impossible because of the placenta’s role in preserving materno-foetal (母体-胎儿) health.

61.  What is the main idea of the passage?

A. An Unborn child can be infected by the mother with cancer.

B. Scientists have solved a confusing puzzle for a century.

C. A genetic mutation leads to the cancer of the unborn child.

D. Women can’t be cured during pregnancy.

62.  Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. There are many cases of a genetic mutation causing cancer.

B. No genetic evidence is known why the unborn child was infected.

C. Mel Greaves’s study indicates the infant’s leukaemic cells were of maternal origin.

D. Based on Mel Greaves’s study, mothers may know cancer’s transportation.

63.  What was used to prove the infant’s leukeaemic cells were from the mother?

A. genetic mutation      B. placental barrier 

C. immune system       D. genetic fingerprinting

64.  What does the underlined phrase “in isolation” mean in the 6 paragraph?

A. in a hurry    B. in no way    C. on purpose    D. on its own

65. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. The placental barrier doesn’t prevent any disease.

   B. Earlier theories supposed cancer couldn’t go across placenta.

   C. Scientists have got evidence for some diseases.

   D. Professor Greaves gets money from the government.