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hes (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.

31.

Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are __________.

A) more family-oriented B) unusually popular C) more profound D) relatively formal

正确答案： C 32.

Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience __________.

A) remain fascinated by them B) are ready to face up to them C) remain indifferent to them

D) are willing to get involved in them

正确答案： A 33.

Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show? A) A new type of robot. B) Racist hatred.

C) Family budget planning. D) Street violence.

正确答案： C 34.

Despite their differences, the two talk shows are both _________. A) ironical B) sensitive C) instructive D) cynical