Question

   Among various programmes, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style(風格). But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents 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 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(質量) of life. Contents 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 entire 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 viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these 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 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.

1. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey 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. remain interested in them         B. are ready to face up to them

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. Nation hatred.

C. Family income planning.         D. Street accident.

4. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows_____.

A. have become the only ones of its kind

B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature

C. appear at different times of the day

D. attract different people

Answer 1

1----4      BACD  

解析:

本文比較了美國兩位著名的電視談話節目主持人的不同主持風格。

1. B。推斷題。根據文中的 Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk” 和 Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top 兩句可以看出這兩個電視談話節目受到了觀眾不尋常的歡迎。

2. A。推斷題。文中的 Clearly, the Jerry Spring show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives 說明觀眾對于人民生活上的難處還是很感興趣的，因為它確實比較真實地反映了人們日常生活中的實事，容易引起觀眾的共鳴。

3. C。推斷題。文中的 The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality(質量) of life 說明這一檔節目報道的都是社會的正面。而A項是科技報道，屬不帶感情色彩的客觀報道。B、D屬負面的東西，所以此題答案選 C。

4. D。推斷題。The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans 和 Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society 暗示這兩個節目分別適應不同年齡、不同層次的觀眾需要。