Among various programmes, 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 the Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as it 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 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 your children lessons, managing your workweek, to getting to know your neighbours.
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 ideas of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money and ability to deal with life’s tougher problems. Jerry Springer on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. There are 18-to-21-year-old 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.Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are __________.
A. more interesting    B. more formal   
C. more detailed           D. unusually popular
2. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people
who watch the shows________.
A. show disbelief in them      B. are ready to face up to them
C. remain cold to them   D. are willing to get away from them
3. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A new type of robot.        B. National hatred.
C. Family income planning.   D. Street accident.
4. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows________.
A. have become the only ones of its kind
B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature
C. appear at different times of the day
D. attract different people
5. What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show ?
A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.
B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.
C. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show.
D. Jerry talks about the improvement of society.

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