A. APPLIES B. DIGESTS C. SUPPLIES D. RELATES READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAG...

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 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, 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 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."