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Questions 31-32 Political opinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely are found on television talk shows, and it might be thought that this state of affairs is a product of the political agenda of the television stations themselves. In fact, television stations are driven by the same economic forces as sellers of more tangible goods. Because they must attempt to capture the largest possible share of the television audience for their shows, they air only those shows that will appeal to large numbers of people. As a result, political opinions and analyses aired on television talk shows are typically bland and innocuous.
31. An assumption made in the explanation offered by the author of the passage is that
A. most television viewers cannot agree on which elements of a particular opinion or analysis are most disturbing. B. there are television viewers who might refuse to watch television talk shows that they knew would be controversial and disturbing. C. each television viewer holds some opinion that is outside the political mainstream, but those opinions are not the same for everyone. D. there are television shows on which economic forces have an even greater impact than they do on television talk shows. E. the television talk shows of different stations resemble one another in most respects.
B is the best answer.
先抽象原文：TV station的政治talk show是受经济利益驱使，看谁能capture the largest possible viewers，而不是TV station’s political agenda，所以，TV station的政治Talk show是bland and innocuous (柔和的和不得罪人的)。问explanation的assumption： 大部分viewer不能就opinion or analysis的哪部分最disturbing达成一致。能不能就most disturbing达成一致与收视率及bland and innocuous无关，并有一点weaken的味道。 tv reviewers拒绝看controversial and disturbing的talk show；这正好在“capture the largest possible viewers”与“bland and innocuous” 架了一座桥梁。So B is the best answer. 文章讨论的重点不是outside the political mainstream, 所以是无关项。 其他talk show 的economic forces无关。 different stations无关。
32. The explanation offered by the author of the passage makes the assumption that
television station executives usually lack a poliA. political agenda of their own B. bland and innocuous political opinions and analyses are generally in the mainstream C. political analysts outside the mainstream are relatively indifferent to the effect their analyses have on television viewers D. most television viewers are prepared to argue against allowing the expression of political opinions and analyses with which they disagree E. the political opinions of television station executives are not often reflected in the television shows their stations produce
the best answer is B.
A. tv station executive is irrelevant to the explanation. B. Yes. Because “political opinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely found on tv talk show” , and at last the author concludes that“political opinions and analysis aired on tv talk shows are bland and innocuous”。 C. The passage doesn’t infer “political analysts outside the mainstream are relatively indifferent”, but assumes that “it might be thought…. of tv station themselves”. So C is irrelevant to the explanation. D. This is a confusing choice. “Argue against” doesn’t indicate it will affect the tv viewers to see the talk show. It is the attitude, not the effect or result of this attitude. So it will not help the author to reason the conclusion. E. Obviously, “the political opinion of tv station executive” is not mentioned in this passage and we can’t evaluate this situation before we get some relative information. So it is irrelevant. 请问这两题的问法的含义有什么区别吗？？
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