Câu 25: A. applies B. digests C. supplies D. relates
Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to the following questions.
REALITY TELEVISION
Reality, television is a genre of television programming which, it is claimed, presents unscripted
dramatic or humourous situations, documents actual events and features ordinary people 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 year of television, the current explosion of
popularity dates from around 2000.
Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from games to quiz shows
which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a
modern example is Gaki no Tsukai), to surveillance or voyeurism focused production such as Big
Brother.
Critics say that the term "reality television” is somewhat of a misnomer and that such shows
frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic
locations or abnormal situations, sometimes coach to act in certain ways by offscreen handlers, and
with events on screen manipulated through editing and other postproduction 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, travelling 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 of
several styles of program included in the genre. In competitionbased programs such as Big Brother and
Survivor, and other speciallivingenvironment shows like the Real World, the producers design the
format of the show and control the daytoday 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."
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