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【題目】Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered all space on daytime television. But no two shows are more opposite, while at the same time standing out above the rest, are the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The topics on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.

Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Topics are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.

Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the general idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.

Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems.

Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are people around 20 years old whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex , money and drugs. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned throung the talk shows.

【1】Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are ________.

A. more interesting B. unusually popular

C. more detailed D. more formal

【2】Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ________.

A. show disbelief in them B. are ready to face the problems

C. remain cold to them D. are willing to get away from them

【3】Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

A. A new type of robot. B. National hatred (憎恨).

C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.

【4】We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows _________________.

A. have become the only one of its kind B. shows the weakness in human nature

C. appear at different times of the day D. attract different people

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】文章介紹了兩種不同風(fēng)格的電視談話類節(jié)目。一個(gè)針對(duì)美國中產(chǎn)階級(jí)，他們大多有金錢，有能力解決生活中的問題；一個(gè)針對(duì)社會(huì)陰暗面中存在的問題，更適合社會(huì)上的年輕人。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的句子“But no two shows are more opposite, while at the same time standing out above the rest, are the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.”以及第三段的Like Jerry Springer，Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top.可知，這兩個(gè)節(jié)目把電視談話節(jié)目推向了頂端。所以這兩個(gè)節(jié)目非常流行，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的Clearly，the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society，yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives．可知，顯然，杰瑞斯賓格秀是關(guān)于社會(huì)陰暗面的，然而人們?cè)敢鉃閯e人生活中的麻煩而煩惱，所以人們?cè)敢饷鎸?duì)這些復(fù)雜的社會(huì)問題，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons，managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbor.可知，這個(gè)節(jié)目主要是關(guān)于社會(huì)的進(jìn)步與生活質(zhì)量的提高，內(nèi)容包括教育孩子的課程、一周工作管理，了解你的鄰居。所以這個(gè)節(jié)目主要談?wù)摰氖巧鐣?huì)和家庭的問題，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans…Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society.可知，一個(gè)針對(duì)美國中產(chǎn)階級(jí)，一個(gè)更適合年輕人，所以這兩種電視節(jié)目分別吸引著不同的人群，故答案選D。