One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the “best seller” lists with a sale of up to 100,000 copies, but a popular TV show might have 70
million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well-known overnight.
This is the principle behind “quiz” or “game” shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show’s producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn’t like the person who won the game, they turned the show off. The result of this cheating was a huge scandal(丑聞). Based on the show off, a movie titled “Quiz Show” is on 40 years later.
Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren’t taken seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating(羞辱) them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.
小題1:What is the most important thing as to television?
A．How many viewers they can attractB．Becoming the best seller on the list
C．How much money can be given awayD．The number of people attending shows
小題2:What does the underlined part “pulling the strings” probably mean?
A．Planning the shows with effortB．Drawing the curtain on the stage
C．Controlling the result secretlyD．Playing “quiz” or “game” openly
小題3:Charles Van Doren stopped his career as a television personality because ________.
A．he had earned enough wealth and fame.
B．one of the participants had told the truth
C．the film “Quiz Show” was being shown
D．his frequent appearance had bored the audience
小題4: It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A．TV Game Shows are more popular than before.
B．the scandal was not made known until 40 years later
C．getting money is the only purpose of people taking part in shows
D．people can make themselves famous by taking part in shows
小題1:A 小題1: C小題1:B小題1:D
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A．heart disease and cancer are the most common killers of human beings
B．only blood pressure and brain function are decided by cycles of sun, moon and seasons
C．the functions of human bodies have much to do with nature
D．a(chǎn)ny change in human bodies goes with changes in the surroundings
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A．a(chǎn)t certain time
B．each morning and evening
C．when the disease occurs
D．a(chǎn)t midafternoon
小題3:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Doctors know more about illnesses than before．
B．Doctors in the U．S．used to be thirsty to know more about the new medical field．
C．The researchers' insights are providing new methods to prevent common killers．
D．The correct use of time in medicine attracts more attention in medical circle in the U．S．A．
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  4. Natural cures worked better than scientific medicine in ancient times.
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The Louvre has not always been a museum. The first building was a fort (要塞)with high walls and a round tower. It had a moat (護(hù)城河) to keep out the enemies. Over the years, the number of buildings around the fort grew. By 1350,the fort was no longer needed and became a palace home for French kings and queens.
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When Francis I became King of France in the year of 1515,he brought in artists from many countries, and one of them was Leonardo da Vinci from Italy, whose Mona Lisa is the best-known painting in the museum today.
In 1793, the Louvre became a public museum, just as it is now. It is a place where art treasures have been saved for everyone to enjoy.
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B．a(chǎn) king of France by the name of Francis I
C．a(chǎn) grand art museum in the capital of France
D．a(chǎn)n artist named Leonardo da Vinci
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B．it gives everyone a chance to enjoy them
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C．in the seventeenth century
D．in the nineties of the eighteenth century
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B．Leonardo da Vinci was once the keeper of the museum
C．the Louvre was only open to the artists from other countries
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