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. 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 they 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 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 middle class 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. more formal    C. more detailed D. unusually popular

(   ) 2. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

A. Family income planning. B. Nation hatred.

C. A new type of robot.    D. Street accident.
(   ) 3. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows         . 

A.  have become the only ones of its kind

B.  attract different people

C.  appear at different times of the day

D.  exploit the weaknesses in human nature

Answer 1

1. D邏輯推理題。從"whileatthesametimestanding out above the rest"可知，本文所談的Jerry Springer 和Oprah Winfrey脫口秀節目比其他同類節目更出類拔萃。因此，他們的節目很受歡迎。但并沒有說他們的節目比同一范疇的節目更有趣；也沒有說他們的節目更詳細或更正規。

2. A事實判斷題。既然"The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life",家庭收入計劃涉及生活質量，所以，A項應為正確答案。而B項和D項均屬于社會的dark side,C項不屬于這兩個節目的話題范疇，所以該三項不符合Winfrey的談話主題。

3. B邏輯推理題。最后三段分別概述了兩位主持人的談話主題和聽眾。因此，他們的話題適合不同的群體。第一段只是說這兩檔節目風格迥異且收視率高，并不代表它們的類型獨樹一只，故A錯誤。同時，文中并未提及兩者的節目播出時間；D項僅是對Jerry節目內容的概括。所以，A、C和D項均應舍棄。