Question

Among various programs, 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. But no two shows are more opposite in content（內(nèi)容）, while at the same time standing out（突出） above the others, 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, 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 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.

Although it is clean, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass（中產(chǎn)階級(jí)） 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.

1.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are __ _.

A. more interesting B. more popular

C. more detailed（詳細(xì)的） D. more formal

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

shows_______.

A. are interested in them.

B. have to accept them.

C. are 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 murder B. Nation hatred（憎恨）

C. Family income planning D. Street accidents.

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

A. have become the only ones of its kind.

B. talks about the weaknesses in human nature.

C. appear at different times of the day.

D. attract different people.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了兩種不同風(fēng)格的電視談話類節(jié)目。一個(gè)是針對(duì)美國的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)，他們大多有金錢，也有能力解決生活中的問題。另一個(gè)是針對(duì)社會(huì)陰暗面中存在的問題，這個(gè)節(jié)目更適合社會(huì)上的年輕人看。

1.But no two shows are more opposite in content（內(nèi)容）, while at the same time standing out（突出） above the others, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.”可知，杰瑞斯普林格的脫口秀和奧普拉溫弗瑞的脫口秀在內(nèi)容上是最對(duì)立的，然而，沒有哪個(gè)脫口秀節(jié)目比這兩個(gè)更受歡迎，故選B。

2.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，雖然斯普林格的脫口秀節(jié)目關(guān)注的都是社會(huì)的陰暗面，但是，觀眾依然非常樂意觀看，故選A。

3.The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life.”可知，溫弗瑞的脫口秀節(jié)目關(guān)注的是社會(huì)的發(fā)展變化和人們的不同生活質(zhì)量，即民生問題，A、B、D都是社會(huì)較為陰暗的一面，應(yīng)該是斯普林格的風(fēng)格，故選C。

4.Although it is clean, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass（中產(chǎn)階級(jí)） Americans. ...Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society.”可知，兩個(gè)不同風(fēng)格的脫口秀分別吸引不同的觀眾，故選D。

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)類短文閱讀