单选题 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 audiences 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.

单选题 Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。利用定位关键词Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey可以定位到第一段“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”，即“但与斯普林格和奥普拉·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”，由此可知选项B(非同寻常地受欢迎)为正确选项，原文中的“standing out above the rest”与“usually popular”为同义改写；而选项A(更多地是关注家庭)和D(相对正式)没有提及，选项C(更时刻)迷惑性较大，这里要注意原文是“profoundly opposite(非常对立)”而非“深刻”。

单选题 Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。利用定位关键词可以定位到第二段“Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society"s moral catastrophes, yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments (困境) of other people"s lives”，即“杰瑞·斯普林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奇的困境兴趣盎然”，由此可知该题的正确答案为A(被这些问题深深吸引)，原文中的“social problem”与题干中的“society"s moral catastrophes”为同义改写，而原文中的“are willing to eat up(乐意消化接受)”与选项A中的“fascinated(吸引的，着迷的)”为同义改写；选项B(直面这些问题)、C(对这些问题漠不关心)、D(愿意参与其中)都与原文信息不一致。

单选题 Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节判断题。利用定位关键词，可以定位到第三段“Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and all individual"s quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors”，即“她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”，由此可知C(家庭财务计划)比较符合其脱口秀节目的话题，而A(新型的机器人)、B(种族仇恨)、D(街头暴力)都与个人生活无关，所以该题的答案为C。

单选题 Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。利用定位关键词可以定位到最后一段“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”，即“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。两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”，由此可知A(讽刺的)、B(敏感的)、D(愤世嫉俗的)都与原文信息不符，所以该题的正确答案为C(有益的，有教育性)，而且从前面对两个节目的描述中也能看出这一点；这里具有较大迷惑性的是选项A，这里要特别注意Ironically放在最后一句话句首，是对整个句子的评述，表明作者的一个态度，而与节目本身无关。

单选题 We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。题干无明显定位关键词，可以改为定位选项关键词。利用选项A的talk show circuit可以定位到最后一段“both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now”(多年来在访谈节目中一直占主导地位)而不是选项A所说的“垄断/独占脱口秀节目”；根据前面所做的题目可知Oprah的节目致力于改进社会和提高个人生活质量，所以选项B(探究人性的弱点)与原文信息不符合；关于节目的播出时间，原文没有提及；利用选项D的different audience可以定位到最后一段“Each one caters to a different audience”(每一个访谈节目都迎合不同观众的胃口)，由此可知该题的正确答案为D(以不同的观众为目标群)与原文信息一致” 原文的“cater to(迎合，为……服务)”与选项D的“be targeted at(以……为目标)”为同义改写。