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What accounts for the astounding popularity of Dr.Phil McGraw？Why have so many TV viewers and book buyers embraced this tough warrior of a psychologist who tells them to suck it up and deal with their own problems rather than complaining and blaming everyone else？Obviously，Oprah Winfrey has a lot to do with it.She made him famous with regular appearances on her show，and is co-producing the new “Dr.Phil”show that’s likely to be the hottest new daytime offering this fall.But we decided to put Dr.Phil on the cover not just because he’s a phenomenon.We think his success may reflect an interesting shift in the American spirit of time.Could it be that we’re finally getting tired of the culture of victimology？
This is a tricky subject，because there are very sad real victims among us.Men still abuse women in alarming numbers.Racism and discrimination persist in subtle and not-so-subtle forms.But these days，almost anyone can find a therapist or lawyer to assure them that their professional relationship or health problems aren’t their fault.As Marc Peyser tells us in his terrific profile of Dr.Phil，the TV suits were initially afraid audiences would be offended by his stern advice to “get real!”In fact，viewers thirsted for the tough talk.Privately，we all know we have to take responsibility for decisions we control.It may not be revolutionary advice （and may leave out important factors like unconscious impulses）.But it’s still an important message with clear echoing as，a year later，we contemplate the personal lessons of September 11.
Back at the ranch （livestock farm）—the one in Crawford，Texas—President Bush continued to issue mixed signals on Iraq.He finally promised to consult allies and Congress before going to war，and signaled an attack isn’t coming right now （“I’m a patient man”）.But so far there has been little consensus-building，even as the administration talks of “regime change”and positions troops in the gulf.Bush’s team also ridiculed the press for giving so much coverage to the Iraq issue.Defense Secretary Rumsfeld called it a “frenzy，”and Press Secretary Ari Fleischer dismissed it as “self-inflicted silliness.”But as Michael Hirsh notes in our lead story，much of the debate has been inside the Republican Party，where important voices of experience argue Bush needs to prepare domestic and world opinion and think through the global consequences before moving forward.With so much at stake，the media shouldn’t pay attention？Now who’s being silly？
Faced with diversified issues of injustice, Dr. Phil McGraw advised that people should（）.

A.strongly voice their condemnation of those responsible
B.directly probe the root of their victimization
C.carefully examine their own problems
D.sincerely express their sympathy for the victims

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With a series of questions at the end of the text, the author _____.［A］ feels uncertain of what his own opinion is［B］ differentiates two conflicting views［C］ criticizes the Bush Administration［D］ argues for the US policy on Iraq

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Text 4Pressure is mounting on Ahold’s embattled supervisory board following the Dutch grocery group’s decision to pay its new chief executive more than C= 10m to lead its recovery from a ruining accounting scandal.Anders Moberg’s pay package—and the timing of its disclosure at a shareholder meeting last week—has confronted Ahold with a new credibility crisis as it struggles to restore confidence after the C=970m ( $1 bn) scandal. The dispute-evident in a sea of critical media comment in the Netherlands at the weekend threatens to divert management from its recovery strategy, built on significant divestments and a likely rights issue to reduce C=11bn in net debt. Units deemed unable to attain first or second position in food retail within three to five years will immediately be put up for sale.The board’s position appears all the more delicate following comments made by Mr. Moberg to the Financial Times, in which he criticized non-executive directors for ignoring his advice to disclose his salary in May, when he agreed his contract.Instead Ahold waited more than four months to make the announcement, on the day share-holders were asked to approve Mr. Moberg’s appointment.“I was the one who said I liked transparency, and I had hoped ［the supervisory board］ had shown ［the salary package］ in May to avoid a situation like this,” Mr. Moberg told the FT.As the row prompted the left-leaning Dutch Daily to call for a boycott of Ahold’s Dutch Albert Heijn supermarket chain where only last week Ahold announced 440 redundancies—it was clear the supervisory board had badly misjudged the reaction.While Henny de Ruiter, supervisory board chairman, said the salary was a fair reflection of what a company in Ahold’s unfavorable circumstances had to pay to attract a top manager,furious investors accused it of pushing through the package regardless of investor opinion.Furthermore, Dutch media commentators noted that the scandal at Ahold had been the trigger for the Dutch government to appoint a commission to strengthen corporate governance.That commission has recommended a limit on executive bonuses, far below the potential two-and-a-half times annual salary that Mr. Moberg could earn.Meanwhile, Mr. Moberg is trying to distance himself from the row and focus on strategy. He told the FT that measures had already been taken to raise its stake in the ICA-Ahold joint venture in Scandinavia.Ahold had included in its forecasts an amount necessary to buy the shares of either of its joint venture partners, who should exercise a “put option” and sell their stake from April 2004.第36题：The decision on Anders Moberg’s pay package has _____.［A］ incurred much criticism from the shareholders［B］ helped restore public confidence in Ahold［C］ saved the supervisory board from another crisis［D］ put pressure on the new chief executive