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The names of certain places in the United States make people think of big businesses. Detroit, a city in Michigan, means cars. Texas means oil. Wall Street in New York City means the stock market(股市) and “big money”.
There is another place-name that is well known in the U. S.A. That is Madison Avenue(迈迪逊大街). Madison Avenue in New York is the place where many advertising companies have their offices. And advertising is one of the biggest businesses in America.
The same kinds of things are produced and sold by many different companies in the U. S. A. Many different companies sell cars; many others sell oil, soap, and so on. Each company wants the public to buy its goods. By advertising these companies make the public interested in what they want to sell.
Each company pays advertisers to tell the public about its goods. Suppose a company has a new type of toy that it wants to sell. In an advertising office on Madison Avenue plans are made for telling the public about the toy. The advertising company takes beautiful pictures of children playing with the toy. The pictures appear in newspapers or magazines and also on TV.
1.What do you think Wall Street is famous for?
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A.Cars
B.Advertising companies
C.Oil
D.Stock market
2.Which of the following statements is Not true?
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A.Detroit is well known for its cars.
B.There is a big business of advertising in New York.
C.People consider New York as“big money”. ________
D.Madison Avenue is more famous for advertising companies rather than for any-thing else.
3.Which of the following is not a state but a city?
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4.Companies put advertisements in newspapers, magazines and also on TV because ________.
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A.they want to open their offices in Madison Avenue
B.the producers try to sell their cars or oil
C.it is necessary for them to cut down the cost of newspapers or magazines
D.advertisement helps to sell-goods
5.From this passage we can see ________.
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A.different companies sell different goods
B.people show no interest in what the companies want to sell
C.many different companies make and sell the same kinds of things
D.advertising offices make plans for telling the public about the goods only by taking pictures
提示:
解题点拨 1.从文章的细节知道Wall Street是以股票而著名的. 2.C错因为只有New York中的Wall Street是赚大钱的地方. 3.此题考察对美国的州和城市的了解.第一段第二句“Detroit, a city in Michagan”回答了本题. 4.见第三段最后一句,广告能让公众对产品感兴趣并帮助卖出他们的产品. 5.从第三段第一句得知很多不同的公司生产同一种产品. |

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