首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The poor old consumer! We’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisel
The poor old consumer! We’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisel
admin
2016-04-01
50
问题
The poor old consumer! We’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.
Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway bylaws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a dull wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.
We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio station and television companies could not survive without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!
Another thing we mustn’t forget is the "small ads", which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the "hatch, match and dispatch" column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or "agony" column. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It’s the best advertisement for advertising there is!
Which of the following statements is true about the "agony" column?
选项
A、It is classified as a kind of "small ads".
B、It is included in the "hatch, match and dispatch" column.
C、It mainly consists of distressful news.
D、It provides most helpful advertisements for households.
答案
A
解析
原文该段首句表明该段的主题是small ads,因此该段提到的“hatch,match and dispatch”column和“agony”column都属于small ads,由此可见,A为正确的说法。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/63L7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
BonAppetiteA)Wealllovethefoodwegrowupon,butwealsoseekadventureinthefoodwehavenevertasted.Ahugelypopular
DNAfingerprintingisusedtodeterminewhereparticulargeneticmaterialcamefrom,thatiswhatpersonorgroupofpeople’sm
FemaleRelationshipsA)Severalnewbooksandfilmsexplorethecomplexrelationshipsbetweenwomen.LucyScholesexplainswhyan
Exceptionalchildrenaredifferentinsomesignificantwayfromothersofthesameage.Forthesechildrentodeveloptotheirf
Ifyouintendusinghumourinyourtalktomakepeoplesmile,youmustknowhowto【C1】______sharedexperiencesandproblems.You
Competitionforadmissiontothecountry’stopprivateschoolshasalwaysbeentough,butthisyearElisabethKrentsrealizedit
Americanstodaydon’tplaceaveryhighvalueonintellect.Ourheroesareathletes,entertainers,andentrepreneurs,notschola
ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreesinEnglishwhileknowinglittleornothingabouttraditionalscholarlyme
A、Styleandwording.B、Directnessandclarity.C、Structureandlength.D、Simplicityandaccuracy.B短文中提到阅读备忘录的人时间紧迫,因此备忘录的书写直接而明
A、Hewon’tcometodinner.B、Hemaycomeafterfinishinghiswork.C、Hedoesn’tenjoytheseafood.D、HemightjointhemifMary
随机试题
在组织管理中,具有参谋、咨询职能的管理层次为( )。
无窗间墙和窗槛墙的玻璃幕墙,应在每层楼板外沿设高度不低于多少米的不燃烧实体裙墙?()
个体工商户凭营业执照以字号或经营者姓名开立的银行结算账户纳入()管理。
甲向乙签发了一张20万元的支票,出票时间为2012年4月1日,乙于同年4月5日背书转让给丙。要求:根据上述材料,回答下列问题。关于支票的付款,下列说法正确的有()。
Ingrammarpractice,substitutionand______drillsaremostfrequentlyusedinmechanicalpractice.
材料:张嵩非常聪明,但学习不用功,每次考不好时就把原因归结于自己的运气不好。请运用维纳的归因理论来分析:他的这种归因正确吗?这种归因对他以后的学习会产生怎样的影响?
“老于旅途的人。走到平坦的地方,固是高高兴兴的向前走,走到崎岖的境界,愈是奇趣横生,觉得在此奇绝壮绝的境界。愈能感得一种冒险的美趣。”这给我们的启示是
Western-styleconversationsoftendevelopquitedifferentlyfromJapanese-styleconversations.AWestern-styleconversationbetw
Whatdoestheword"ruled"inparagraphonemean?Firstofall,thepoliceshouldtellthesuspectthathecan______underthe
Scientistshavebegunusingsatellite-basedsystemstopredictvolcaniceruptions.Thisallowsblanketcoverageoftheentirewo
最新回复
(
0
)