閱讀理解

Among various programs， TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content， while at the same time standing out above the rest， than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The topics on his show are as surprising as they can be. For example， the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love， sex， cheating， and hate， to a different level. Clearly， the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society， yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.

Like Jerry Springer， Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching children lessons， managing work week， to getting to know neighbors.

Compared to Oprah， the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea 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 audiences are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time， money and ability to deal with life’s hard problems. Jerry Springer， on the other hand， has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love， relationship， sex， money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.

1. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant， people who watch the shows ＿＿＿ .

A. remain cold to them

B. show disbelief in them

C. are ready to accept them

D. are willing to solve them

2. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

A. The National War.B. Street accidents.

C. A new type of robot.D. Social medical system.

3. What is the special point of the Jerry Springer show?

A. It talks about the improvement of society.

B. It points out the dark sides of society.

C. It pours poisonous waste into society.

D. It has an instructive end.

4. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ＿＿＿ .

A. exploit the weaknesses in human nature

B. have become the only ones of its kind

C. appear at different times of the day

D. attract different kinds of people

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For the rest of March， a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. 1 Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.

The disease， known as “March Madness”， refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament. 2 Teams compete against each other in a single-elimination （單局淘汰）tournament that eventually crowns a national champion.

Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends. 3 Colleagues against bosses.

Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities.

This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3，000 students beat a team from a school with 30，000， for many Americans， is an exciting experience. Two years ago， the little-known George Mason University was one of the final teams. 4

College basketball players are not paid， so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. 5 About $4 billion will be spent gambling on the event. According to Media Life magazine， the event will bring in $500 million in advertising income this year， topping the post-season income of every US professional league， including that of the NBA.

A. Husbands against wives.

B. The players will go all out for the games.

C. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.

D. College students will ignore piles of homework.

E. People are willing to spend more money on watching it.

F. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.

G. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.