[单项选择]As Sesame Street kicks off its 40th anniversary season Tuesday, with first lady Michelle Obama and Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda as guests, it is indisputably the most beloved children’s show in history, and one of television’s biggest and most enduring success stories.
The series holds a record 122 Emmy Awards, not including a lifetime-achievement trophy (奖杯) award, and has been adapted in more than 120 countries and territories around the globe. An estimated 100,000 Sesame products have been made available internationally, from T-shirts and costumes to high-tech toys such as Elmo Live.
Sesame’s cross-cultural, multi-generational appeal has a lot to do with the specific age group it targets. "The bulk of our audience is in the 2s and 3s, though we shoot for 2 to 4," says executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente. At that early stage, says Spinney - who is 75, and has been with the show since Day 1 (he plays Oscar as well) - "children are basically the same, and have been
A. only touches up superficial relationships
B. is too complicated for children to understand
C. goes against ways of traditional education
D. repeats basic knowledge over and over again

[单项选择]As Sesame Street kicks off its 40th anniversary season Tuesday, with first lady Michelle Obama and Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda as guests, it is indisputably the most beloved children’s show in history, and one of television’s biggest and most enduring success stories.
The series holds a record 122 Emmy Awards, not including a lifetime-achievement trophy (奖杯) award, and has been adapted in more than 120 countries and territories around the globe. An estimated 100,000 Sesame products have been made available internationally, from T-shirts and costumes to high-tech toys such as Elmo Live.
Sesame’s cross-cultural, multi-generational appeal has a lot to do with the specific age group it targets. "The bulk of our audience is in the 2s and 3s, though we shoot for 2 to 4," says executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente. At that early stage, says Spinney - who is 75, and has been with the show since Day 1 (he plays Oscar as well) - "children are basically the same, and have been
A. It rose to fame because of the first lady’s role.
B. It’s successful and gains international popularity.
C. It still has to win a lifetime-achievement award.
D. It is the most successful show in American history.

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This October, the interact celebrated its 40th birthday. In the past 40 years, this great invention has changed our lives in many ways, including our shopping habits.
*A big attraction.
Not long ago, I became an online shopper. I had heard about online shopping before, but I had no intention of following the trend. It was not until my room bought some cosmetics via the internet and both morn and I tried them and were satisfied with the purchase that I finally decided to register for Taobao, China’ s leading e-commerce website. Soon, I found cyberspace to be a shopping paradise. There are a lot of cheap daily necessities such as clothes, books, stationery etc. Lots of choices, lower of prices and great convenience making shopping online a big attraction.
*A new platform.
Generally speaking, I’m satisfied with goods I’ ve bought online, but it doesn’t means that I can fully trust e-shopping. On many BBS forums online shoppers
A. Many choices, lower prices and great convenience.
B. The intention of following the fashion.
C. Morn, satisfaction with the cosmetics bought on line.
D. The curiosity about shopping online.

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Two scientists who have won praise for research into the growth of cancer cells could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine when the 2008 winners are presented on Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements.
Australian-born U. S. citizen Elizabeth Blackburn and American Carol Greider have already won a series of medical honors for their enzyme research and experts say they could be among the front-runners for a Nobel.
Only seven women have won’ the medicine prize since the first Nobel Prizes were handed out in 1901. The last female winner was U. S. researcher Linda Buck in 2004, who shared the prize with Richard Axel.
Among the pair’s possible rivals are Frenchman Pierre Chambon and Americans Ronald Evans and Elwood Jensen, who opened up the field of studying proteins called nuclear hormone receptors.
As usual, the award committee is giving no hints abo
A. money in medical research
B. proteins in cancer treatment
C. hormones in the functioning of life
D. telomerase in the growth of cancer cells