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The Hollywood Reporter on Friday named Oprah Winfrey the most powerful woman in entertainment on its annual “Power 100 List”.

Winfrey, whose “Oprah” talk show began in national syndication 22 years ago, played a role in the victory of President-elect Barack Obama by praising him early in his run and by supporting him throughout the campaign.

Elizabeth Guider, editor of The Hollywood Reporter, remarked on Winfrey’s “great cultural influence” and said she could be “the most influential woman in America”.

Winfrey, 54, jumped from the No.6 spot on the entertainment trade paper’s 2007 list to No.1 this year. The Hollywood Reporter noted that a study by University of Maryland economists found Winfrey’s support for Obama won him more than l million votes nationwide.

Winfrey’s production company, Harpo Inc., made $ 345 million last year. She manages an empire that includes her TV show, a magazine and an online’ store.

Anne Sweeney, president of Disney-ABC Television Group, was given the No.2 spot on the list after coming in top a year ago. Sweeney manages her company’s news, entertainment and daytime divisions, along with its cable and publishing branches.

Amy Pascal, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, won the No.3 spot on the list.

Other women listed included actress Angelina Jolie, at No.24, who has strengthened her public image with charity efforts; comedian Tina Fey, No.51, in part for playing Sarah Palm, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, in wildly popular TV impersonations (扮演) during the election campaign; and 16-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus, who rounded out the list at No.100.

59. What did Elizabeth Guider think of Oprah Winfrey?

A. She played a great part in helping Obama winning the election.

B. She deserved to be the most powerful woman in politics.

C. She made a great contribution to American culture.

D. She managed her company’s news and entertainment programs very well.

60. Which of the following is true about Winfrey?

A. Her support for Obama helped him greatly in his winning the election.

B. She was once chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.

C. She rose to No. 2 on the entertainment trade paper’s 2007 list.

D. She was a Hollywood reporter 22 years ago.

61. What is Tina Fey famous for?

A. She supported pop star Miley Cyrus.

B; She played Sarah Palm in popular TV programs.

C. She made great efforts to help the needy.

D. She took over an empire that includes TV show, a magazine and an online store.

62. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A. The Hollywood Reporter chose its 100 most powerful women.

B. How Hollywood helped Obama and Sarah Palm.

C. Harpo Inc, made $ 345 million last year.

D. Oprah Winfrey, the most powerful woman in entertainment.

第二節(jié) 首字母填空

1. Students are s__________ to stand up when teachers come into the classroom.

2. Don’t go to the bus station alone! I will a__________ you there since it’s getting dark.

3. As everybody knows, hard work is f____________ to success. That’s why we say: “ No pains, no gains.”

4.The airline company lost your luggage?! Surely you will ask them for c________________ if they can’t find it back.

5. So you are late again. How can you justify your d_____ this time?

6. I can talk with you at any time during the week, for my working hours is f________.

7. Don’t hesitate about what you want to say to your English teacher. He is known to be a_______________ in our school. Very kindly he will help you.

8. That kind of music was so s__________ as to go beyond my understanding.

9. Nobody asked her to do the cleaning. She did it on her own i______.

10. Service is excellent here and tipping is at your d__________.

If you go to the souvenir shops in places of interest, sometimes you can’t help ________ into buying something fake.

   A. to persuade                B. persuading   

C. be persuaded              D. being persuaded

We’ll look into the case as soon as we can. Just be ________, please.

   A. slow                B. silent          C. comfortable      D. patient

    One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

    He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人體骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

    When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

56. Who wrote the story?

   A. Rupert’s teacher.         B. The neighbour’s teacher.

   C. A medical school teacher.    D. The teacher’s neighbour.

57. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

   A. He needed it for the summer term in London.

   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

58. What happened at the airport?

   A. The skeleton went missing .           B. The skeleton was stolen .

   C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.   D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .

59. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

   A. He is very angry .                     B. He thinks it rather funny .

   C. He feels helpless without Rupert.       D. He feels good without Rupert .

60. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

   A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

   B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

   C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

   D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

六、Reading comprehension.(閱讀理解)20分

A

Air is an odorless(that cannot be smelled;smelless),invisible(that cannot be seen)gas that surrounds the planet earth.It is everywhere on the planet.An “empty” drinking glass and an “empty” room,to give two examples,are not really empty.Each is filled with air.When the glass is filled with water,the water pushes the air out of the glass.

Air,as a gas,has no definite(fixed,particular)shape,but,because it is matter,it takes up space.It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space.Stuff a dry handkerchief into the bottom of a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside-down.Push the upside-down glass,hold it straight into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered.When the glass is taken out of water,the handkerchief will be dry.The air inside the glass took up space and kept the water from coming in.

1.“Stuff a dry handkerchief into…”.The underlined word means.

A.Press tightly     B.Take out          C.Put down      D.Turn fully

2.The writer tells us that _________.

A.the experiment was done in the laboratory

B.the experiment was done outside the room

C.the experiment is easily done

D.the experiment is carried out indoors

3.Which of the following pictures gives us the correct result?

(W—water;A—air;H—handkerchief)

基礎(chǔ)寫作 （共1題；滿分15分）

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

你校上周舉行了一場(chǎng)對(duì)寄宿生的調(diào)查，他們就“所有宿舍要晚上十點(diǎn)半熄燈”的校規(guī)發(fā)表意見。結(jié)果如下表：

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

［寫作內(nèi)容］

請(qǐng)寫一篇新聞報(bào)道, 報(bào)道本次調(diào)查的基本情況。

［寫作要求］

只能使用5個(gè)句子表達(dá)全部的內(nèi)容。報(bào)道的開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出。

詞匯提示：宿舍-dormitory，  寄宿生-boarding student

Last week there was a survey among boarding students on the school rules All Dormitories Should Turn off the Lights before Half past Ten PM, collecting students’ opinions.

                                                                               

                                                                              

                                                                              

                                                                              

                                                                               

                                                                              

                                                                              

                                                                               

                                                                              

                                                                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Yang Ming reports, from the Students’ Union.

［評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)］

句子結(jié)構(gòu)準(zhǔn)確，信息內(nèi)容完整、連貫。

Finally an agreement _________ after they had two-day discussion.

A.reached                                              B.was reached

C.signed                                            D.finished

         does he have to type the report on a computer，          he has to get the computer to translate it into sounds.

A．Not only；but also                       B．Either；or

C．Both；and                                     D．Not；but

完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21~30各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

         Today, many people are starving to death. Recently, a man who wanted to understand the conditions of such people _21_    an experiment. He only ate one meal a day for a month but continued to work as he normally did.

         During the first five days he was _22   _ at his regular mealtime, but after he had drunk a glass of water, his hunger 23_   . In the morning, when he ate his one meal, he ate quickly and had a_24   _ amount. During the next few days, he was not hungry during the day, but when he _25     a food stall (a place on which food is put to be sold), the smell of food caught his 26     . During the third and the fourth weeks, he had hunger pains and lacked physical strength. He looked forward to this one meal and ate it slowly, enjoying every bite. Without it, he knew he would he would have hardly enough 27      to work.

         This experiment changed his attitude about some things. Having a cup of tea was not 28    a pastime. It also gave him strength. He more frequently noticed overweight people and people who threw away leftover food. He  29     the importance of food hungry person. He could no longer easily pass by a hungry beggar on the street. But most 30     , he could now sympathize(同情) in a similar way with the hungry people of the world.

21.  A. took along           B. carried out        C. put on          D. brought in

22.  A. hungry                 B. angry                    C. happy             D. excited

23.  A. came about         B. broke out             C. set off              D. went away

24.  A. small                B. ordinary              C. large           D. common

25.  A. noticed              B. watched             C. recognized        D. glanced

26.  A. interest             B. eyes                 C. imagination         D. attention

27.  A. power                B. spirit                   C. energy        D. feeling

28.  A. just                 B. still                    C. yet                 D. exactly

29.  A. admitted                    B. realized             C. remember           D. valued

30.  A. seriously             B. luckily                 C. necessary           D. important