题目内容
Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable prices,thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it ensures an increased need of many services: Without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much,the price of your television license would need to be doubled,and travel by bus or tube would cost more.
And perhaps most important of all,advertising provides a guarantee of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Apart from the fact the twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising,no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading advertising. He will not do so for long,for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once. If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value.
Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force I can think of.
There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on. Recently I heard a well-known television personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.
If its message were confined merely to information-and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of the colour of a shirt is subtly persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known television personality wants.
61.By the first sentence of the passage the author means that____.
A. he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising
B. everybody knows well that advertising is money consuming
C. advertising costs money like everything else
D. it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising
62.In the passage,which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of advertising?
A. Securing greater fame. B. Providing more jobs.
C. Enhancing living standards. D. Reducing newspaper cost.
63.The author thinks that the well-known TV personality is____.
A.very precise in passing his judgment on advertising
B.interested in nothing but the buyer's attention
C.correct in telling the difference between persuasion and information
D. obviously partial in his views on advertising
64.In the author's opinion,______.
A.advertising can seldom bring material benefit to man by providing information
B.advertising informs people of new ideas rather than wins them over
C.there is nothing wrong with advertising in persuading the buyer
D.the buyer is not interested in getting information from an advertisement
65.What attitude does the author hold for advertising?
A.Negative. B.Positive. C.Ridiculous. D.Not stated.
DADCB
Every day millions of letters go from one country to another. Letters mailed in Italy are received in Japan. Letters mailed in Canada are received in Africa. On the letters are many different kinds of stamps,bought in different countries.
The Universal Postal Union helps each letter get to the right place as quickly as possible. It sets up rules about the size and weight of letters,postcards,and small packages(包裹). It has rules that all countries must follow about international postal rates(费用).
One hundred years ago,international mail did not move so smoothly. One country did not always accept another country’s letters. Letters from some countries were too large to fit into the mailboxes of other countries. Letters travelled by many different routes(路线).Some were lost along the way.
Sometimes the person who sent the letter could pay only part of the postage. The person receiving the letter had to pay the rest.
The United States was the first to suggest that all countries work together to settle the questions of international mail. In 1974,men from twenty-four countries met in Switzerland to form the Universal Postal Union.Today,more than 120 nations belong to this union. From its office in Switzerland,the union helps the mail to move safely and quickly around the world.
【小题1】From the story we can infer that ______.
A.mail is important to all countries |
B.not enough letters are sent all over the world |
C.all the letters must go to Switzerland first |
D.all stamps look exactly the same |
A.to help move mail quickly around the world |
B.to give many men a chance to work |
C.to help men meet in Switzerland |
D.to look for the lost letters along the way |
A.money paid when you buy a stamp |
B.money spent on an envelope |
C.the charge for carrying a letter by post |
D.the pay a postman receives for his work |
A.different kinds of stamps in different countries | B.an organization that makes rules |
C.international mail | D.the size and weight of letters |