FEIFEI 31-32

Provencedrea

Questions 31-32
Politicalopinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely are found on television talkshows, and it might be thought that this state of affairs is a product of thepolitical agenda of the television stations themselves. In fact, televisionstations are driven by the same economic forces as sellers of more tangiblegoods. Because they must attempt to capture the largest possible share of thetelevision audience for their shows, they air only those shows that will appealto large numbers of people. As a result, political opinions and analyses airedon television talk shows are typically bland and innocuous.


31. An assumptionmade in the explanation offered by the author of the passage is that
(A) mosttelevision viewers cannot agree on which elements of a particular opinion oranalysis are most disturbing.
(B) there aretelevision viewers who might refuse to watch television talk shows that theyknew would be controversial and disturbing.
(C) eachtelevision viewer holds some opinion that is outside the political mainstream,but those opinions are not the same for everyone.
(D) there aretelevision shows on which economic forces have an even greater impact than theydo on television talk shows.
(E) the televisiontalk shows of different stations resemble one another in most respects.

32. Theexplanation offered by the author of the passage makes the assumption that
(A) televisionstation executives usually lack a political agenda of their own
(B) bland and innocuouspolitical opinions and analyses are generally in the mainstream
(C) politicalanalysts outside the mainstream are relatively indifferent to the effect theiranalyses have on television viewers
(D) mosttelevision viewers are prepared to argue against allowing the expression ofpolitical opinions and analyses with which they disagree
(E) the politicalopinions of television station executives are not often reflected in thetelevision shows their stations produce
都选B~特别是31，总觉得考试的时候会去选C~

Jason102

xiexie~但是为什么解释中说C反而有WEAKEN的意思呀~

-- by 会员 Provencedrea (2011/7/19 15:41:22)

所以我觉得把我解释糊涂了，就自己找帖子了。
http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_CR/thread-189564-1-1.html?SearchText=FEIFEI%2031%2032

Provencedrea

xiexie~但是为什么解释中说C反而有WEAKEN的意思呀~

Jason102

狒狒有解释啊。。。
tv reviewers拒绝看controversial and disturbing的talk show；这正好在“capture the largest possible viewers”与“bland and innocuous” (柔和的和不得罪人的) 架了一座桥梁。
上面是我自己搜帖子得出的31题解释。。。