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1、姓名__________________级___班学号_______________________(试卷用纸型号A3)北京外国语大学英语学院同等学力硕士研修班英语语言文学专业基础英语试卷（样题）考试日期年月成绩IIIIIIIV总分阅卷负责人I.Readingcomprehension:Eachpassageisfollowedby5questions,andforeachofthemthereare4possibleanswers.Pleasechooseoneoftheanswersasthe
2、bestchoiceaccordingtoyourreading(40%).得分（满分40）阅卷人PassageoneIn the world of entertainment, TV talk shows haveundoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytimetelevision. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style andform
3、at. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same timestanding out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.JerrySpringercouldeasilybeconsideredthekingof“trashtalk”.Thetopicsonhisshowareasshocki
4、ngasshockingcanbe.Forexample,theshowtakestheever-commontalkshowthemesoflove,sex,cheating,guilt,hate,conflictandmoralitytoadifferentlevel.Clearly,theJerrySpringershowisadisplayandexploitationofsociety’smoralcatastrophes(灾难),yetpeoplearewillingtoeatupth
5、eintriguingpredicaments(困境)ofotherpeople’slives.LikeJerrySpringer,OprahWinfreytakesTVtalkshowtoitsextreme,butOprahgoesintheoppositedirection.Theshowfocusesontheimprovementofsocietyandanindividual’squalityoflife.Topicsrangefromteachingyourchildrenrespo
6、nsibility,managingyourworkweek,togettingtoknowyourneighbors.ComparedtoOprah,theJerrySpringershowlookslikepoisonouswastebeingdumpedonsociety.Jerryendseveryshowwitha“finalword”.Hemakesasmallspeechthatsumsuptheentiremoraloftheshow.Hopefully,thisisthepart
7、wheremostpeoplewilllearnsomethingveryvaluable.Cleanasitis,theOprahshowisnotforeveryone.Theshow’smaintargetaudiencesaremiddle-classAmericans.Mostofthesepeoplehavethetime,money,andstabilitytodealwithlife’stougherproblems.JerrySpringer,ontheotherhand,has
8、moreofanassociationwiththeyoungadultsofsociety.Theseare18-to21-year-oldswhosemaintroublesinlifeinvolvelove,relationship,sex,moneyandpeers.Theyaretheoneswhoseesomevalueandlessonstobelearnedunderneaththeshow’sexploitation.Whilethetwoshowsareasdi
