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In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who witches 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.
单选题
Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】推断题。题目询问和其他电视访谈节目相比，这两个节目______。根据文章第1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(但是没有两个节目能像Jerry Springs和Oprah Winfrey那样在内容上完全不同却又比其他所有节目突出)”，和在文章最后一段，作者又提到“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(数年来，在电视访谈节目圈中，这两个节目一直处于领先地位，并拥有庞大而固定的观众群)”，因此，只有D项与文中所陈述的意思相符。
单选题
Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问尽管Jerry Springer谈论的社会问题似乎使人不愉快，但观众_______。根据文章第2段最后一句话“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 order people''s lives(显然，Jerry Springer的访谈节目展示和揭露了社会的道德灾难，但人们却乐意关注别人生活中遇到的困难，由此可见人们对该节目的着迷程度)”，因此，A项与文中所陈述的意思相背；B项在文中并没有提及此类信息；C项与文中所表达的意思相符；D项在文中没有提及。
单选题
Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问Oprah Winfrey访谈节目的标题最有可能是什么。根据文章第3段“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(Oprah访谈节目集中探讨社会状况的改善和个人生活质量的提高。其话题包括培养孩子具备责任感，安排自己的工作日程及认识你的邻居等)”，D项涵盖了前面所提到的内容，故而与文章所陈述的意思相符；A项和B项都极有可能是Jerry访谈节目的内容，与题意不符；C项在文中并没有提及此信息。
单选题
Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both_______.
单选题
We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】推断题。题目询问从文章中我们可得知这两个谈话节目_____。根据文章第5段“Clean as it is，the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show''s main target audience are middle-class Americans(Oprah的节目主要是针对中产阶级)”和“Jerry Springer，on the other hand，has more of an association with the young adults of society(Jerry的节目针对的则是年轻人)”，因此，这两个节目分别迎合不同观众的口味，A项与文章内容相符；B项文中并没有提到这两个节目的具体播出时间；根据文章第1段：在美国娱乐界，电视访谈节目充斥了日间电视屏幕，而这两个节目只是处于领先地位，故C项与文中的内容相背；D项同样与文中内容相背。