A. APPLIES B. DIGESTS C. SUPPLIES D. RELATESREAD THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE...

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

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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."