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 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 your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your 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 audience are middle-class Americans.Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems.Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society.These are 18-to 21year-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.

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

    A.more interesting         B.unusually poplar

    C.more detailed        D.more formal

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

    A.remain interested in them

    B.are ready to face up to them

    C.remain cold to them 

    D.are willing to get away from them

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.

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

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Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics(杂技 ) all year round.Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.

Time: 7∶15 p.m.Daily

Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 65072421, 65071818

Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It’s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement.

Time: 7∶15 p.m.until March 5, except Mondays

Place: China Children’s Theater

Tel: 66037255, 66037265

Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don’t go as she planned...Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern drama.

Time: 7∶ 30 p.m.until March 10, except Mondays

Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art Theater

Tel: 65250123

Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater.Each performance includes two classical excerpts(选段).One is Wenxi(a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing).The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the  performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.

Time: 7∶30 p.m.February 27, 28

Place:Chang’an Grand Theater

Tel: 86531043

We can learn from the text that________.

  A.story of puppets is a play held in China Children’s Theater

  B.the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks

  C.on March 5 there will be two plays for us to choose

  D.the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country

If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call_______to book a ticket.

    A.86531043       B.65250123   C.66037255     D.65071818

According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

 A.The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it.

 B.Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artis

C.Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.

D.The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts.

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