Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet toindicate the correct to each of the questions from 29 to 33.
Recently fans of top soaps, dramas and reality shows in the USA have started to get angry about the number and frequency of the adverts in the middle of the programmes. Sometimes it seems that the adverts are more important than the programmes themselves. For example, American dramas aren't as long as they were in the past. Nowadays in the US, an hour-long drama lasts about 40 minutes, whereas in the 1980s the programmes lasted 48 minutes. The rest is adverts.
The ABC channel had slightly more adverts than other channels. But recently they've changed, which is even worse than before! Before, all their dramas had four sections. But now its producers separate each programme into six sections. Usually the first section is approximately ten minutes long. Then they have the first break. When people have watched a programme for ten minutes, it's much less probable that they will stop watching or change channels. But then, in the next 45 minutes, there are four more commercial breaks. Each break is about three and a half minute long.
All of this makes it much more difficult for dramas writers to write good stories. Quiet scenes make no impact because there are more and more adverts which are longer and longer. "It's OK for game shows or more exciting adventure series." says American TV producer David Kelley. "But for programmes that don't depend on violence or melodramatic scenes, it's more difficult to make a story with six sections. The only thing you can do is be more aggressive, cither with the music or the visual impact, just to attract people's attention after the adverts."
(Adapted from Gateway B1)
The phrase "the programmes" in paragraph 1 refers to _______.
A. reality shows
B. the ABC channels
C. American dramas
D. the adverts
Recently fans of top soaps, dramas and reality shows in the USA have started to get angry about the number and frequency of the adverts in the middle of the programmes. Sometimes it seems that the adverts are more important than the programmes themselves. For example, American dramas aren't as long as they were in the past. Nowadays in the US, an hour-long drama lasts about 40 minutes, whereas in the 1980s the programmes lasted 48 minutes. The rest is adverts.
The ABC channel had slightly more adverts than other channels. But recently they've changed, which is even worse than before! Before, all their dramas had four sections. But now its producers separate each programme into six sections. Usually the first section is approximately ten minutes long. Then they have the first break. When people have watched a programme for ten minutes, it's much less probable that they will stop watching or change channels. But then, in the next 45 minutes, there are four more commercial breaks. Each break is about three and a half minute long.
All of this makes it much more difficult for dramas writers to write good stories. Quiet scenes make no impact because there are more and more adverts which are longer and longer. "It's OK for game shows or more exciting adventure series." says American TV producer David Kelley. "But for programmes that don't depend on violence or melodramatic scenes, it's more difficult to make a story with six sections. The only thing you can do is be more aggressive, cither with the music or the visual impact, just to attract people's attention after the adverts."
(Adapted from Gateway B1)
The phrase "the programmes" in paragraph 1 refers to _______.
A. reality shows
B. the ABC channels
C. American dramas
D. the adverts
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Giải thích:
Cụm từ "the programmes" (các chương trình) trong đoạn 1 đề cập đến _______.
A. chương trình thực tế B. các kênh ABC
C. phim truyền hình Mỹ D. quảng cáo
Thông tin: Nowadays in the US, an hour-long drama lasts about 40 minutes, whereas in the 1980s the programmes lasted 48 minutes.
Tạm dịch: Ngày nay ở Mỹ, một bộ phim truyền hình dài một tiếng kéo dài khoảng 40 phút, trong khi vào những năm 1980, các chương trình như thế này kéo dài 48 phút.
Giải thích:
Cụm từ "the programmes" (các chương trình) trong đoạn 1 đề cập đến _______.
A. chương trình thực tế B. các kênh ABC
C. phim truyền hình Mỹ D. quảng cáo
Thông tin: Nowadays in the US, an hour-long drama lasts about 40 minutes, whereas in the 1980s the programmes lasted 48 minutes.
Tạm dịch: Ngày nay ở Mỹ, một bộ phim truyền hình dài một tiếng kéo dài khoảng 40 phút, trong khi vào những năm 1980, các chương trình như thế này kéo dài 48 phút.
Đáp án C.