1、Advice from the internationally known spiritual teacher. 2. A New EarthBy Eckhart Tolle316 pages; PlumeTheres a reason Oprah picked this for her Book Club in 2008and that she gave audience members Postit pens along with their copies. So much wisdom, so little time! A real-life guide to living your b
2、est life. 3. The Poisonwood BibleBy Barbara Kingsolver576 pages; Harper PerennialThis novel is about a family involved in the political trouble of postcolonial Africa. It established Kingsolver as one of our wisest observers of history, politics, and human nature. 4. NightBy Elie Wiesel120 pages; Hi
3、ll and WangA memoir（回忆录）of a childhood suffered in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Its horrific but uplifting. “I gain courage from his courage, ”Oprah says. 5. A Fine BalanceBy Rohinton Mistry624 pages; VintageA Dickensian novel about India during the Emergency. Like the aftermath of Sept
4、ember 11, it teaches us about cultures we havent understood. “It takes us out of our own little shell and exposes us to a whole other world out there, ”Oprah says. 6. East of EdenBy John Steinbeck608 pages; PenguinThis classic is about good and evil as played out in a late-19th-century California ra
5、nch family. If you didnt read it in high school, read it now. If you did, reread it! 7. The Story of Edgar SawtelleBy David Wroblewski Harper CollinsA kind of Hamlet on the prairie, this is the wrenching（令人痛苦的）story of a mute boy and his dog. Oprah compares it to East of Eden and To Kill a Micking b
6、ird. 8. The Pillars of the EarthBy Ken Follett973 pages;About the challenges of building cathedrals in 12th-century England. This novel couldnt be more different in setting, time, and plot from the authors breakthrough successEye of the Needle. Oprah declares it simply “great”. 9. The Bluest EyeBy T
7、oni Morrison224 pages;How to choose among the great Morrisons novels? Start with this one about a girl who thinks she has to have blue eyes to be beautiful. Oprah considered it one of the best in a crowded Morrison field. 10. The Known WorldBy Edward P. Jones400 pages, Harper CollinsWhen this book w
8、as published in 2003, it shocked everybody with its description of slave-owning blacks before the Civil War. A daring, unusual examination of race. 【文章大意】当我们让奥普拉给出一些读书的建议时, 她推荐了10本她读过的书。如果你是个想自我完善的人, 那就读这些书吧!1. The passage is mainly about_. A. ten books that have made greatest difference to OprahB.
9、an inspiring, challenging and sustainable womanC. Oprahs picks from what has taught her a few thingsD. the unwillingness of Oprah to share books within a limit of 10【解析】选A。主旨大意题。根据第一段When we asked Oprah to pick the 10 books she had read in the past decade that had mattered to her most, she was momen
10、tarily stumped和以下对10本书的介绍可知, 文章是关于奥普拉推荐的十本深受影响的书。2. Why did Oprah add A Fine Balance to her list?A. Because she gained courage from it. B. Because it tells about wisdom of human nature. C. Because its a guide to living a best life. D. Because culture of a different world is exposed. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据5
11、. A Fine Balance中的内容可知, 这本书带领我们看到另一个世界。【规律方法】在解答这类试题时, 一般要采用寻读法, 带着问题（主要是关键词）找相关句子, 这样可以做到有的放矢, 快速而又准确, 省时省力。3. What makes Oprah declare The Pillars of the Earth great?A. The advice on discovering the power. B. The story of a mute boy and his dog. C. The challenges of building cathedrals. D. The goo
12、d and evil in a California family. 【解析】选C。根据8. The Pillars of the Earth中的About the challenges of building cathedrals in 12th-century England可知答案为C。4. In which book was the story set before the Civil War?A. The Bluest Eye. B. East of Eden. C. A New Earth. D. The Known World. 根据最后一段When this book was
13、published in 2003, it shocked everybody with its description of slave-owning blacks before the Civil War可知答案为D。浙江重点中学模拟）You never see them, but theyre with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast youre traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normall
14、y. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. Theyre known as the black box. When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying
15、what went wrong. So when a French submarine（潜水艇）detected the devices homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed. In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would
16、 track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U. S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device（装置）was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the
17、planethe area least subject to impactfrom its original position in the landing wells（起落架舱）. The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility. Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder,
18、which tracks pilots conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircrafts final moments. Placed in an insulated（隔绝的）case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, th
19、e boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2, 000. When submerged, theyre also able to emit signals from depths of 20, 000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1, 2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say theyre sti
20、ll likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one planes black boxes were never recovered. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍的是黑匣子的发明及用途等。5. In Paragraph 1, the author wants to say the black box_. A. is an necessary device on an airplaneB. comes from a comic bookC. can preven
21、t disastersD. can control the function of an airplane推理判断题。根据第一段可知, 它们记录了你要去哪里, 航行速度及飞机是否一切运行正常。它们几乎能经受住任何灾难, 可以看出黑匣子在飞机上的重要性, 可以说是飞机上必不可少的设备。6. From the black box on the Yemeni airliner _ could be found. A. the scene of the crash and the degree of the damageB. the total number of passengers on boar
22、dC. data for analyzing the cause of the crashD. homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash根据第二段the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. 以及the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed. 可知, 黑匣子在分析事故原因方面起着很重要
23、的作用。7. Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?A. New materials became available by that time. B. The early models often got damaged in the crash. C. Too much space was needed for its device. D. The early models didnt provide the needed data. 【解析】选B。根据第三段可知, 早期的模型往往无法承受撞击, 所以在1965年又被重新设计了。故选B。8. Th
24、e black boxes were painted orange or yellow to_. A. distinguish them from the colour of the planeB. warn people to handle them with careC. make them easily identifiedD. obey the international standards根据第三段. . . be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility. 可知, 被刷成橙色或黄色来提高能见度。根据常识, 我们知道在飞机失事时要找到黑匣子
25、, 黑匣子就一定要显眼, 所以刷成橙色和黄色容易被人发现。9. What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?A. There is still a good chance of their being recovered. B. There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed. C. They have stopped sending homing signals. D. They were destroyed somewhere near Brazi
26、l. 根据最后一段可知, 专家认为, 法航447航班在2009年6月1日坠毁在巴西附近, 它的黑匣子位于水中很深的地方, 但仍然有可能被发现。由此可判断出有可能找到黑匣子。In 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland, a student with low SAT scores. Allowed to send my results to three colleges, I chose M. I. T. and Villanova, knowing such fine schools would never accept a
27、student like me. I couldnt afford university fee anyway. I finally went to Chabot, a community college in nearby Hayward, because it accepted everyone and was free. For thousands of students, Chabot was our Columbia University. The college had a nursing program that churned out graduates, sports tea
28、ms, and parking for a few thousand carsall free but for the effort and the cost of used textbooks. Classmates included soldiers, middle-aged women and men who are desirous to improve their jobs. We could get our general education requirements at Chabot that we could go on to a university. I was able
29、 to go on to the State University in Sacramento and study no other subject but my major, theater arts. A public speaking class was unforgettable for a couple of reasons. First, the homework forced us to get over our self-consciousness. Second, another student was a stewardess. She was studying communications and was very beautiful. She lived not far from me, and she offered me a lift to class. In Herb Kennedys Drama in Performance, I read plays like “The Hot L Baltimore” and “Desire Under the Elms, ”then saw them in the theatre. I got to see the plays, through stu
