Question

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(認可)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.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】

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1.…her endorsement(認可)can bring overnight sales fortune… marketing campaigns. The star features about 20 products …. There’s even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.”可知，，奧普拉效應指的是她對商業的影響。所以正確答案為A.

2.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. ”可知，人們對她開始是持懷疑態度的，在這個以白色人種且由男士占主導的行業里，她顯然不占優勢。所以，她一定曾經受到了男性白人的挑戰。故正確答案為D.

3.由最后一段，特別是“ there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction”可知，奧普拉演講的主題是：不要害怕失敗，做真實的自己。故正確答案為A.

4.推理判斷題。由第二段倒數第二句話“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，奧普拉很幽默、很理解人；由最后一段她的演講可知，她非常有毅力，不怕失敗。故正確答案為D.

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