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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or d on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions (32-38)
REALITY TELEVISION
Reality television is a genre of television programming which, (it is claimed), presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary rather than professional actors. It could be described as a form of artificial or "heightened" documentary. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000.
Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modem example is Gaki no Tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism- focused productions such as Big Brother.
Critics say that the term "reality television" is somewhat of a misnomer and that such shows frequently portray a modifies and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic location or abnormal situations, sometimes coached to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, and with events on screen manipulated through editing and other post-production techniques.
Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show, The Bachelor, an eligible male dates a dozen women simultaneously, traveling on extraordinary dates to scenic locales. Reality television also has the potential to turn its participants into national celebrities, outwardly in talent and performance programs such as Pop Idol, though frequently Survivor and Big Brother participants also reach some degree of celebrity.
Some commentators have said that the name "reality television" is an inaccurate description for several styles of program included in the genre. In competition-based programs such as Big Brother and Survivor, and other special-living-environment shows like The Real World, the producers design the format of the show and control the day-to-day activities and the environment, creating a completely fabricated world in which the competition plays out. Producers specifically select the participants, and use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviours and conflicts. Mark Burnett, creator of Survivor and other reality shows, has agreed with this assessment, and avoids the word "reality" to describe his shows; he has said, "I tell good stories. It really is not reality TV. It really is unscripted drama."
According to the passage, Reality TV appeals to some because ______.
A. it uses exotic locations
B. it shows eligible men dating women
C. it shows average people in exceptional circumstances
D. it can turn ordinary people into celebrities
REALITY TELEVISION
Reality television is a genre of television programming which, (it is claimed), presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary rather than professional actors. It could be described as a form of artificial or "heightened" documentary. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000.
Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modem example is Gaki no Tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism- focused productions such as Big Brother.
Critics say that the term "reality television" is somewhat of a misnomer and that such shows frequently portray a modifies and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic location or abnormal situations, sometimes coached to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, and with events on screen manipulated through editing and other post-production techniques.
Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show, The Bachelor, an eligible male dates a dozen women simultaneously, traveling on extraordinary dates to scenic locales. Reality television also has the potential to turn its participants into national celebrities, outwardly in talent and performance programs such as Pop Idol, though frequently Survivor and Big Brother participants also reach some degree of celebrity.
Some commentators have said that the name "reality television" is an inaccurate description for several styles of program included in the genre. In competition-based programs such as Big Brother and Survivor, and other special-living-environment shows like The Real World, the producers design the format of the show and control the day-to-day activities and the environment, creating a completely fabricated world in which the competition plays out. Producers specifically select the participants, and use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviours and conflicts. Mark Burnett, creator of Survivor and other reality shows, has agreed with this assessment, and avoids the word "reality" to describe his shows; he has said, "I tell good stories. It really is not reality TV. It really is unscripted drama."
According to the passage, Reality TV appeals to some because ______.
A. it uses exotic locations
B. it shows eligible men dating women
C. it shows average people in exceptional circumstances
D. it can turn ordinary people into celebrities
Kiến thức:Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Theo đoạn văn, Truyền hình thực tế hấp dẫn một số người vì ______.
A. nó sử dụng các địa điểm kỳ lạ
B. nó cho thấy những người đàn ông đủ điều kiện hẹn hò với phụ nữ
C. nó cho thấy những người bình thường trong những hoàn cảnh đặc biệt
D. nó có thể biến những người bình thường thành những người nổi tiếng
Thông tin: Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
Tạm dịch: Một phần sức hấp dẫn của truyền hình thực tế là do khả năng đặt những người bình thường vào những tình huống bất thường.
Giải thích:
Theo đoạn văn, Truyền hình thực tế hấp dẫn một số người vì ______.
A. nó sử dụng các địa điểm kỳ lạ
B. nó cho thấy những người đàn ông đủ điều kiện hẹn hò với phụ nữ
C. nó cho thấy những người bình thường trong những hoàn cảnh đặc biệt
D. nó có thể biến những người bình thường thành những người nổi tiếng
Thông tin: Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
Tạm dịch: Một phần sức hấp dẫn của truyền hình thực tế là do khả năng đặt những người bình thường vào những tình huống bất thường.
Đáp án C.