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Reality television is a genre of television programming which, it is claimed, presents unscripted dramatic or humorous 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 years of television, the current explosion of popularity dates from around 2000.
Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or 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 productions 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 coached 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 for 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."
In the first line, the writer says "it is claimed" because__________.
it is claimed的意思是“据宣称”，即不是作者本人的言论，所以选项D更符合题意。
有“泥土诗人”之称的诗人是（）。
1931年，一位给人们带来光明的科学家重病的消息牵动着世界人民的心，几十名记者为他守夜。每隔一个小时就对外发布一次消息：“灯”还亮着。这位科学家是（ ）。
将下列各项按所表示年龄大小顺序排列，正确的顺序应是（ ）。
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钱穆在评论中国古代某制度时说，它“可以培植全国人民对政治之兴味……可以团结全国各地域于一个中央之统治”，这一制度是()。
明朝初年强化君主专制的措施是（）。
我国最早使用“教育”一词的是（ ）。
世界上最早的教育理论著作是（ ）。
既是俄罗斯浪漫主义的杰出代表，同时又是俄罗斯现实主义的奠基人的是（ ）。
“今有一人，入人园圃，窃其桃李。”下列关于“园圃”的说法正确的是（ ）。
《诗经》中描绘了一个美丽清泠、朦胧迷茫的抒情境界，刻画诗人徘徊追思的形象，借助景物和意象含蓄委婉地表达相思和追怀之情的诗篇是（ ）。
