Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly 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 "trash talk(废话)". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer shows is a display and exploitation of society’s moral catastrophes(灾难), yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境)of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual’s quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something every valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main target audience are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time. Money, and stability to deal with life’s tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18- to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show’s exploitation.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly 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 "trash talk(废话)". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer&n
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bsp;shows is a display and exploitation of society’s moral catastrophes(灾难), yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境)of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual’s quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something every valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main target audience are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time. Money, and stability to deal with life’s tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18- to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show’s exploitation.
While the two shows are as different as night and day. Both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.
21. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ________________.
A) more family-oriented
B) unusually popular
C) more profound
D) relatively formal
22. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience _________.
A) remain fascinated by them
B) are ready to face up to them
C) remain indifferent to them
D) are willing to get involved in them
23. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A) A new type of robot.
B) Racist hatred.
C) Family budget planning.
D) Street violence.
24. Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both ____________.
A) ironical
B) sensitive
C) instructive
D) cynical
25. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ___________.
A) have monopolized the talk show circuit
B) exploit the weaknesses in human nature
C) appear at different times of the day
D) are targeted at different audiences
答案和译文
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. D
译文
在娱乐界,电视访谈节目无疑充斥了白天所有的电视时间。经常看这些节目的人都知道,每个访谈节目在风格和形式上各不相同。但与斯波瑞格和欧波拉·温弗瑞主持的节目相比,没有哪两个节目能在内容上如此截然相反,而同时又都出类拔萃。
杰瑞·斯波瑞格可能很容易被认为是“废话”大王。他主持的节目中话题非常令人震惊。例如,节目在不同层面上谈论了访谈节目最普通的主题——爱、性、欺骗、罪行、仇恨、冲突和道德。很清楚,杰瑞·斯波瑞格的节目是展示和挖掘社会的道德灾难,但人们对他人生活中令人好
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奇的困境兴趣盎然。
像杰瑞·斯波瑞格一样,欧波拉·温弗瑞把电视访谈节目发挥得淋漓尽致,但却反其道而行之。他的节目致力于改进社会和提高个人生活质量。话题从教育孩子有责任感、安排一周的工作到逐渐了解邻居。
与欧波拉相比,杰瑞·斯波瑞格的节目看来像是倾倒在社会上的有毒垃圾。杰瑞结束节目时都用一个“最后的词”。他用一段小演说总结节目的全部寓意。但愿这是大多数人能学到的很有价值的东西的部分。
尽管欧波拉的节目很纯净,但并非适合每个人。该节目主要面向美国的中产阶级观众。这些人大部分都有时间、金钱,生活稳定,对生活中的难题能应付裕如。而杰瑞·斯波瑞格的更多节目与青年人有关。他们是18到21岁的青年人。生活中的主要问题是爱情、人际关系、性、金钱和同伴。在节目宣传下他们明白了某些价值和教训。
尽管这两个节目像昼夜一样迥然不同,但多年来在访谈节目中一直占主导地位。每一个访谈节目都迎合不同观众的胃口,而二者在大批节目迷中又都有坚定的追随者。有讽刺意义的是,二者均可视为访谈节目界的先锋。
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