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TV Game Shows

One of the most fascinating things abouttelevision is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the "bestseller" lists with a sale of fewer than 100,000 copies, but a popular TVshow might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyonewell-known overnight.

This is the principle behind "quiz"or "game" shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game forprizes and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give awaythousands of dollars in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles VanDoren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money onseveral shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of thelosers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that theshow's producers who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the mostpopular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn't like theperson who won the game, they turned the show off. The result of this cheatingwas a huge scandal. Based on his story, a movie under the title "QuizShow" is on 40 years later.

Charles Van Doren is no longer involved withTV. But game shows are still here, though they aren't taken as seriously. Infact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows thatsend strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-marriedcouples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliation them. Theentertainment now is to see what people will do just to

be on TV. People still win money, but the realprize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

1. Nowadays game shows are not treated asseriously as they used to be.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

2. The principle behind "quiz" and"game" shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game forprizes and money.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

3. Prizes and money are usually provided by TVstars and large companies for winners.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

4. One of the TV personalities, Charles VanDoren was proved to be cheating by persuading the Show's producers to give himthe answers beforehand.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

5. The huge scandal of cheating in TV gameshows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie "Quiz Show".

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

6. TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

7. Winners of present-day TV game shows nolonger get money from the shows.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

A Pay Rise or Not ?

“Unless I get a rise, I'll have a talk with theboss, Henry Manley," George Strong said to himself. George liked his joband he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his paywas not enough to meet the needs of the family. That was why he was thinking oftaking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city about 50 miles away. He had beenoffered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better.

George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized to~/n.He really liked the place and didn't like the idea of moving somewhere else,but if he took the job in Birmingham, he would have to move his family there.

Henry Manley was the manager of a small companymanufacturing electric motors. The company was in deep trouble because, amongother reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices. As aresult, Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well. Otherwise hewould not get any orders at all. Even then, orders were still not coming infast enough, so that there was no money for raises (加工资)for his working Somehow, he had to struggle along and keep his best workers aswell. He sighed. Just then the phone rang.

His secretary told him that George Strongwanted to see him as soon as possible Manley sighed again. He could guess whatit was about. George Strong was a very young engineer. The company had nofuture unless it could attract and keep men like him Manley rubbed his forehead(前额); His problems seemed endless.

1 Henry Manley was already deeply in debt.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

2 The job that had been offered to George inBirmingham paid better.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

3 If George took the job in Birmingham, hewould have to leave his family at Wyeford.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

4 Henry Manley's company was in deep trouble.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

5 Henry Manley's company was making enoughprofits to raise the workers' wages.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

6 Henry Manley had no idea at all why GeorgeStrong wanted to see him.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

7 George Strong was the best engineer in HenryManley's Company.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

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