Many people like to watch TV.There are all kinds of programs on TV.The soap opera is one of them.The soap opera was first on the radio in the 1920s.Then it started on TV in the 1940s. 

Why do so many people like to watch soap operas on TV, especially young people? What makes soap operas popular？Let's find out. 

First, what’s happening in the soap opera is very different from that in our lives. Everything is perfect  (完美的) in the play. People don't need to worry about almost anything. People don't have money problems. 

Second，there are many beautiful girls and handsome  (英俊的) boys. In the soap opera，they are so cool. They drive young people crazy (瘋狂的 ) .They make young people happy. 

Third, stories in soap operas are usually interesting.It makes people relax after a day's hard work.Even some old people like to watch it，too. 

But some people don't like it.They think the show is too slow and too long.Do you like soap operas？What do you think of them?

1.Soap operas started on TV ______.

A. in the 1920s B. in the 1930s C. in the 1940s D. in the 1950s

2.What's happening in the soap opera is ______ our lives.

A. very different from B. the same as C. as interesting as D. crazier about

3.______ in soap operas make young people crazy.

A. The money problems B. The perfect stories

C. The interesting stories D. The beautiful girls and handsome boys

4.People like soap operas because ______.

A. the show is too slow and too long B. they can make people sad

C. they can make people relax D. they started on TV early

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The people in the soap opera don't need to worry about almost anything.

B. All people like soap operas.

C. The story in the soap opera is usually interesting.

D. The girls and boys in the soap opera are usually cool.

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