题目内容
Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services. Today’s advertisements, or ads, try to get consumers to buy certain brands. Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can. sometimes persuade a consumer to wear a certain kind of clothing, eat a special kind of cereal (麦片) , or see a movie. Consumers might never even want a product if they did not see or hear advertisements for it.
For example, you probab1y do not need the newest cereal in the supermarket. There are probably many cereal brands on your kitchen shelves. You may not have space on a shelf for another. But if you see ads about a new cereal that is your extra-tasty and has a free prize in the box, you may want it.
Advertising must get attention. To be effective, it must be exciting, entertaining, or provide some pleasure. The secret of writing good advertising copy is to offer a good idea as well as a product. The idea is what the ad is really selling. One example is an ad that says eating a certain cereal will make a person do well in sports. That cereal brand may sell better if consumers think it offers strength and energy.
1. What is discussed in this passage?
A. The content of modern advertising. B. The skills of modern advertising.
C. The results of modern advertising. D. The writing of modern advertising.
2. According to the passage, a good advertisement should________.
A. be both persuasive and effective B. give people useful information
C. show people a product D. show people a new idea of a product
3. From the passage, we know that _______ .
A. modern advertising has less effect on customers
B. once customers see ads about a new cerea1, they are sure to buy it
C. cereal can make people strong
D. cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people
4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. It’s impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements.
B. Customers should be persuaded by advertisements.
C. Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements.
D. Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements.
BADC
The malls were filled with people seeking gifts for their loved ones. Some of the malls remained open around the clock, partly to satisfy our needs to buy gifts.
Behind the materialistic aspect of shopping for gifts lies the idea of caring, being attentive to the desires of special people in our lives. However, to use a well-worn play on words: it is our presence, not our presents, that truly counts. Many of us, unfortunately, can be so inattentive, even in the presence of our loved ones, that we might as well not be there at all.
Attention is one of the greatest gifts we can give each other. Companies around the globe spend billions every year on advertising to catch our attention for just a short moment at a time. Whole industries – media, entertainment, education – rely on the precious gift of our attention for their continued existence. A baby lacking attention for a long time is likely to he psychologically unhealthy.
In earlier times, both diet and attention could be left unregulated without major cause for concern. There were natural checks and balances: limited availability of food meant few got fat, for example. Similarly, in bygone times we might have spent a few hours communicating with the village storyteller, today, watching an entire TV series, while speaking to nobody, is common. In traditional societies, with smaller population, everyone would get a fair deal of attention. On many issues we might go to see Grandma or Grandpa; now we have Google and Wikipedia.
“She just wants attention.” people tend to think little of those doing things simply for attention. But the truth is that human beings need attention, and giving attention to each other is, to a large extent, what human civilization is based upon. This perhaps explains the runaway success(一举成功)of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. While we use such sites for “micro blogging”, “idea voicing” and “status updates” – the reality is that we are often doing no more or less than fulfilling our basic human drive for attention exchange.
I friend you, you friend me, I retweet you, you retweet me. The charming case with which we can now get and give attention is why many people appear overly attached to their smartphones. It is also a vicious(恶性)circle. As ever more people are busy exchanging attention online, there is increasingly less attention to be paid in the real world, which forces more people to seek their attention exchange online, or else risk attention-starvation.
The very nature of attention exchange is being rapidly transformed, and there is a danger that some of us will develop unhealthy practices. Just as eating red meat every day is a bad idea, so it is with too much attention exchange. The biological consequences of our technological advancement in food production are highly visible; heart disease, diabetes and obesity. The consequences of our transformed attention exchanges will be psychological and social, and so may take longer to identify, but they will be equally damaging.
Face-to-face attention is becoming rarer, and therefore more valuable. In a sense it is priceless. And it is a gift that can be given all-year-round.
【小题1】In the first two paragraphs the author .
| A.offers advice to attention givers | B.analyses the present problems |
| C.states the necessity of presents | D.puts forward his point of view |
| A.obtain information | B.give attention to others |
| C.voice their opinions | D.notice and get noticed |
| A.limited availability of food | B.natural checks and balances |
| C.a much smaller population | D.the guidance from old people |
| A.More people will risk attention-starvation in future. |
| B.The nature of attention exchange is rarely changed. |
| C.Technological advancement contributes to all diseases. |
| D.Transformed attention exchanges do harm to society. |
| A.advocate more focus on real life attention |
| B.analyze the necessity of attention giving |
| C.give practical tips on attention exchange |
| D.recommend some social networking sites |