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  3. In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who

In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who

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问题     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 show 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 very 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.
Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both______.
选项 A、cynical
B、instructive
C、sensitive
D、ironical
答案B
解析 本题考查考生在读完这篇文章之后，是否理解这两套节目在内容上虽有天壤之别，但却都具有“教育意义”(选项B)。这两套节目之间的不同仅仅是：Oprah Win—frey从“正面”进行教育，Jerry Springer用“反面”材料进行教育。文章说，JerrySpringer在节目结束之前总要说上一段话，总结一下节目的道德含义，希望观众能从中获取深刻的教益(Hopefully，this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable)。A项“愤世嫉俗的”、C项“神经质的”和D项“讽刺性的”显然都不是答案。通过阅读，了解作者赞成什么、反对什么，这是阅读理解能力的一个重要组成部分。有46％的考生答对了本题，他们是成绩比较好的一部分考生。
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