How Did She Conquerthe Americans?

African-Americantalk show queen Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity,accordingto Forbes magazine.__________(46)

Winfrey,51,draws 30million viewers weekly in the United States. Her talk show reaches 112countries.She earned US $225 million over the past 12 months to rank second in

celebrity riches.

The annual Forbeslist gives most weight to annual earnings._________(47)

"After 21years,her exciting chat show still rules the airwaves.It created newcelebrities and hundreds of millions of dollars in profits,"the magazinesaid.

Winfrey is mostpopular with her popular talk show"The Oprah Winfrey Show".She canalways attract the superstars and let them open up to her intimate interviewingstyle.

Last month,Americanactor Tom Cruise,42,surprised fans when he celebrated his new romance with26-year-old actress Katie Holmes. He jumped up and down,shouting"I'm

in love". Onlya few years ago,Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman appeared separately on thesame show telling the news of their divorce._________(48)

Winfrey's approachappears to be simple.She is in pursuit of self-improvement andseff-empow-erment（自强）.Thishas proved to be just what people , especially women ,

want.

Winfrey often talksabout her personal secrets on her show. That pulls in viewers.For example, sherevealed that she had been sexually abused as a child,and has spoken

freely of herstruggle with her weight.

Winfrey was born toa poor family in Mississippiin 1954._________(49)At the age of 19,she became the youngest person and thefirst African-American woman to anchor

（主持）a newsprogramme.

Her success has notjust been on the screen.Her media group includes a women's TV network andwebsites for women.

Winfrey's work hasextended to social change._________(50)She testified before the US Senate toestablish a national database of dangerous child abusers.President Bill

Clinton later signed "Oprah Bill"into law._______(47)

A.In 1991,she did alot of work for the National Child Protection Act.

B.She was not a verysuccessful woman.

C.She beganbroadcasting while still at high school.

D.It placed Winfreyat the top of its annual ranking of the 100 people last week.

E.The couple hadbeen tight-lipped about their break-up.