【正文】 asks to talk about their personal problems. When a guest’s story moves her, she cries and opens her arms for a hug（擁抱）. People throughout the USA and around the world feel close to Oprah because of her emotional（情感的） munication style.56. Oprah got her first pair of shoes when she was years old. A. five B. six C. seven D. eight57. Why was Oprah Winfrey fired? A. She was the same as the other reporters. B. The TV station wanted to reduce its workers. C. Her style was not suitable for news reporting. D. She was too famous.58. When did the talk show Oprah begin? A. 1986 B. After she graduated from high school C. Before she worked for a morning talk show D. 198159. What makes Oprah so popular according to the passage? A. It shares people’s joy and sadness. B. It helps people solve problems. C. It teaches people how to interview others. D. It only tells famous people’s lives. B Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? You can’t think of anyone else when you hear people read Confucius’(孔子) 2，500 – year – old words: “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people lazy.” September 28th was Confucius’ birthday. He was born in the Kingdom of Lu（魯國(guó)）, in today’s Shandong Province. Chinese look upon Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. He had about 3，000 students. For more than 2，500 years, Confucius’ ideas have been around in people’s everyday lives. Now they have gone far into Western countries and south Asia. People can still hear them today. Why are his ideas so popular? They help not only in everyday life but also in society. Confucius’ most important ideas are kindness and good manners. Confucius said young people should take care of the old. People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others. As a great teacher, Confucius said that all should go to school if they wanted to learn. Some of Confucius’ popular words are “ A kind person should care others” and “ Be strict with yourself, but be kind to others.” People use his ideas to help themselves and society. Now, more than 100 Internet web sites are teaching people about Confucius and his ideas. “ Kindness and honesty are the best values of the world today,” said 79 – year – old Kong Fanjin who is studying Confucius.46. Confucius was born about . A. 500 years ago B. 2500 years ago C. 3000 years ago D. 2800 years ago47. Confucius was not only a greatest teacher but also a greatest . A. artist B. thinker C. fighter D. leader48. Which of the following isn’t Confucius’ ideas? A. All thinking but no study makes people lazy B. Young people should take care of the old. C. Be strict with others, but be kind to yourself. D. A kind person should care others.49. According to the text you can find more about Confucius and his ideas . A. on the internet B. in the library C. from your teacher D. on TV. C Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.How old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀). In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.There will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(衛(wèi)星) into space in September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure － billion yuan!Yuan Long ping, the father of hybrid rice (雜交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones people grew before.51. If the X43A goes round the Earth, it will take about hours to finish the trip. 52. The newlyfound insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was years older than believed. million million million million D Mail sent at 7:35 pm March 28To: The Manager Clothes Horse StoreI am writing to tell you about an annoying experience I have just had in your store.Yesterday morning I bought a shirt from your store. The product was a red shirt, shirt, size 12 price $ I returned home and took it out of the bag the sleeve was almost pletely off. I had traveled home in the train with the bag and treated it carefully.I went back to store in the afternoon to return the shirt and exchange it for another. The shop assistant refused to exchange the shirt or return my money. She told me that I must have worn it already and caused the damage. I told her this was impossible because I had touched it that morning. She still refused to give me my money.I have bought things from your store many times and my friends also buys things from your shop. I am extremely disappointed with your shop assistant. This should have been a simple ???.I look forward to hearing from you and working out this problem as soon as possible.Your sincerely.Jenry Morris62. When did the writer return to the store to talk about her problem?A. Morning of March 27. B. Afternoon of March 27.C. Morning of March 28. D. Afternoon of March 28. Key: A