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How Did She Conquer the Americans?
African-American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazinE.___________ (46)
Winfrey,51,draws 30 million viewers weekly in the United States.Her talk show reaches 112 counties.She earned US$225 million over the past 12 months to rank second in celebrity riches.
The annual Forbes list gives most weight to annual earnings.___________ (47)'After 21 years,her exciting chat show still rules the airwaves.It created new celebrities and hundreds of millions of dollars in profits。'the magazine saiD.
Winfrey is most popular with her popular talk show' The Oprah Winfrey Show'.She can always attract the superstars and let them open up to her intimate interviewing stylE.
Last month,American actor Tom Cruise,42,surprised fans when he celebrated his new romance with 26-year-old actress Katie Holmes.He jumped up and down,shouting'I'm in lovE.'0nly a few years ago,Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman appeared separately on the same show telling the news of their divorcE.___________ (48)
Winfrey is approach appears to be simplE.She is in pursuit of self—improvement and self-empowerment(自强).This has proved to be just what people,especially women,want.
Winfrey often talks about her personal secrets on her show.That pulls in viewers. For example,she revealed that she had been sexually abused as a child,and has spoken freely of her struggle with her weight.
Winfrey was born to a poor family in Mississippi in 1954.___________ (49) At the age of l 9,she became the youngest person and the first African-American woman to anchor(主持)a news programme
Her success has not just been on the screen.Her media group includes a women's TV network and websites for women.Winfred's work has emended to social changE.___________ (50)She testified before the US Senate to establish a national database of dangerous child abusers.President Bill Clinton later signed 'Oprah Bill' in to law.
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B.In 1991 she did a lot of work for the National Child Protection Act.
C.She was not a very successful woman.
D.She began broadcasting while still at high school.
E.It placed Winfrey at the top of its annual ranking of the 100 people last week.
F.The couple had been tight-Hipped about their break-up.
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根据短文回答 51~65 题。The American FamilyIn the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are _______(1) enough, they take part as well.Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that 'children should be seen and not heard' is rarely _______(2), and children are often allowed to do _______(3) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him_______(4) Question, and children are encouraged to be _______(5) at an early agE.Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom _______(6) far. Others think that A strong father image would not _______(7) the American values of equality and independencE.Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to _______(8) their parental families by the time they have _______(9) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as A_______(10), A kind of weak dependencE.This pattern of independence often results in serious _______(11) for the aging parents of A small family. The average American is expected-to live_______(12) The age of 70. The job-retirement age is _______(13) 65. The children have left home, married, and _______(14) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. _______(15) The major problem of many elderly couples is not economiC.They feel useless and lonely with neither an Occupation nor A close family group.第 51 题 请选择(1)处的最佳答案。A.seniorB.juniorC.oldD.young
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