One of
the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A
novel can be on the "best sellers" list with a sale of fewer than 100,000
copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make
anything or anyone well known overnight. This is the principle
behind "quiz" or "game" shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game
for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give
away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create
problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the U.S.
and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor,
became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a
career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles
Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show's producers who were pulling
the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why?
Because if the audience didn't like the person who won the game, they turned the
show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title Quiz Show is on 40 years
later. Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But
game shows are still here, though they aren't taken as seriously. In fact, some
of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers
on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly married couples to fight
on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to
see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real
prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.
单选题
TV can make a beggar world famous overnight.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 关键词为world-famous，overnight。依据此关键词找到相关语句，为文中第一段最后一句：“TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight.”电视可以使任何事物、任何人一夜成名。由此可见此题说法为“正确”的。
单选题
The principle behind "quiz" or "game" shows is to put ordinary people
on TV to play a game for prizes and money.