Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 30.

REALITY TELEVISION

  Reality television is genre of television programming which, (it is claimed), presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situation, documents actual events, and features ordinary 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 years of television, the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000.

  Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modem example is Gaki no Tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism- focused productions such as Big Brother.

  Critics say that the term “reality television” is somewhat of a misnomer and that such shows frequently portray a modifies and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic location or abnormal situations, sometimes coached 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, traveling 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 for 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.”

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. Japan has produced demeaning TV shows copied elsewhere. 

D. Reality television has been popular since well before 2000.

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Chọn D                                 Đáp án nào dưới đây KHÔNG đúng dựa theo bài đọc?

A. Những chương trình như Survivor có được những bài thuyết minh hay.

B. Mark Burnett nghĩ rằng khái niệm “truyền hình thực tế” là không chính xác.

C. Nhật Bản đã sản xuất những chương trình TV tệ bị sao chép các nơi.

D. Truyền hình thực tế đã phổ biến từ trước năm 2000 rồi.

Thông tin trong bài: Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000. A

  Mặc dù loại hình này đã tồn tại theo hình thức này hay khác từ những năm đầu có TV rồi, sự bùng nổ về độ phổ biến cũng chỉ mới từ những năm 2000 đây thôi.