Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm (10 câu):
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Câu 1: Mã câu hỏi: 177897
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
REALITY TELEVISION
Reality, television is a genre of television programming which, it is claimed, presents unscripted dramatic or humourous situations, documents actual events and features ordinary people rather than professional actors. It could be described as a form of artificial or "heightened" documentary. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early year of television, the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000.
Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from games to quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modern example is Gaki no Tsukai), to surveillance - or voyeurism - focused production such as Big Brother. Critics say that the term "reality television” is somewhat of a misnomer and that such shows frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic locations or abnormal situations, sometimes coach to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, and with events on screen manipulated through editing and other post-production techniques.
Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show, The Bachelor, an eligible male dates a dozen women simultaneously, travelling on extraordinary dates to scenic locales. Reality television also has the potential to turn its participants into national celebrities, outwardly in talent and performance programs such as Pop Idol, though frequently Survivor and Big Brother participants also reach some degree of celebrity.
Some commentators have said that the name "reality television" is an inaccurate description of several styles of program included in the genre. In competition-based programs such as Big Brother and Survivor, and other special-living-environment shows like the Real World, the producers design the format of the show and control the day-to-day activities and the environment, creating a completely fabricated world in which the competition plays out. Producers specifically select the participants, and use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviours and conflicts. Mark Burnett, creator of Survivor and other reality shows, has agreed with this assessment, and avoids the word "reality” to describe his shows; he has said, "I tell good stories. It really is not reality TV. It really is unscripted drama."
In the first line, the writer says “it is claimed” because ____.
- A. he wants to distance himself from the statement
- B. he totally disagrees with the statement
- C. everybody except the writer agrees with the statement
- D. he wants to emphasize that it is his own claim
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Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 177898
The word demeaning in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.
- A. valueless
- B. humiliating
- C. despising
- D. diminishing
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Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 177899
According to the passage, Reality TV appeals to some because ____.
- A. it uses exotic locations
- B. it shows eligible men dating women
- C. it can turn ordinary people into celebrities
- D. it shows average people in exceptional circumstances
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Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 177900
According to the passage, the program “Pop Idol” ____.
- A. is more likely to turn its participants into celebrities than Big Brother
- B. turns all participants into celebrities
- C. is a dating show
- D. is less likely to turn participants into celebrities than Big Brother
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Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 177901
Producers choose the participants ____.
- A. to make an imaginary world
- B. on the ground of talent
- C. to create conflict among other things
- D. only for special-living-environment shows
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Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 177902
The term “reality television” is inaccurate ____.
- A. for talent and performance programs
- B. for special-living-environment program
- C. for all programs
- D. for Big Brother and Survivor
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Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 177903
The word fabricated in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ____.
- A. real
- B. imaginative
- C. imaginary
- D. isolated
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Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 177904
Which of the following in NOT true according to the passage?
- A. Shows like Survivor have good narratives.
- B. Mark Burnett thinks the term "reality television” is inaccurate.
- C. Reality television has been popular since well before 2000.
- D. Japan has produced demeaning TV shows copied elsewhere
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Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 177905
Mark the letter A. B. Cor D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges
How many hours a day do you spend on the net?
B: ____
- A. Er... Most of my day.
- B. Twice a week.
- C. As soon as possible.
- D. So far, so good!
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Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 177906
A: What are you doing later?
B: ____ There's a program on that I really want to watch.
- A. I'm staying in tonight.
- B. I'm going to the cinema with Tom.
- C. I'll go out for a drink.
- D. I'm going to go to bed early.
