题目内容
10.Most American magazines and newspapers reserve 60 percent of their pages for ads.The New York Times Sunday edition(51)B may contain 350 pages of advertisements.Some radio stations devote 40minutes of every hour to(52)C.Then there is television.The vast majority of television ads today consist of brief advertising spots,(53)A in length from a few seconds to several minutes.According to one estimate,American youngsters sit through three hours of television commercials each week.By the time they graduate from high school,they will have been(54)D 360,000TV ads.Television advertises in airports,hospital waiting rooms,and schools.
Major sporting events are now major advertising events.Racing cars serve as high speed (55)B.Some athletes receive most of their money from advertisements.One top-ranking basketball player earned 3.9 million dollars by playing ball.Advertisers paid him nine times that much to(56)Btheir products.
There is no escape.Commercial ads are (57)Don walls,buses,and trucks.They(58)Bthe inside of taxis and subways--even the doors of public toilets.(59)Amessages call to us in supermarkets,stores,elevators--and(60)Bwe are on hold on the telephone.In some countries so much advertising comes through the mail that many recipients proceed directly from the mailbox to the nearest wastebasket to (61)Athe junk mail.
(62)C Insiders'Report,published by McCann-Erickson,a global advertising agency,the estimated amount of money spent on advertising worldwide in 1990 was 275.5 billion dollars.Since then,the figures have soared to 411.6 billion dollars for 1997 and 434.4 billion dollars for 1998.Big money.
What is the(63)A of all of this?One analyst put it this way:"Advertising is one of the most powerful socializing forces in the culture.Ads sell (64)D than products.They sell images,values,goals,(65)C of who we are and who we should be.They shape our attitudes and our attitudes shape our behavior."
51.A.lonely | B.alone | C.singly | D.individually |
52.A.commerce | B.consumers | C.commercials | D.contracts |
53.A.ranging | B.varying | C.changing | D.adjusting |
54.A.taken to | B.spent in | C.expected of | D.exposed to |
55.A.flashes | B.billboards | C.attractions | D.messages |
56.A.improve | B.promote | C.urge | D.update |
57.A.symbolized | B.illustrated | C.demonstrated | D.displayed |
58.A.modify | B.decorate | C.polish | D.fix |
59.A.Audio | B.Studio | C.Oral | D.Video |
60.A.since | B.while | C.unless | D.if |
61.A.throw away | B.lay down | C.blow out | D.break down |
62.A.Except for | B.Apart from | C.According to | D.Including in |
63.A.effect | B.affect | C.result | D.purpose |
64.A.less | B.same | C.similar | D.more |
65.A.outlooks | B.opinions | C.concepts | D.implications. |
分析 《纽约时报》周日版一份报纸就包括350页的广告,作者在文章中介绍了广告行业如此风靡的原因.
解答 51-55 BCADB 56-60 BDBAB 61-65ACADC
51.B 考查副词词义辨析 作者说:仅《纽约时报》周日版一份报纸就包括350页的广告.alone只,仅仅
52.C 考查名词词义辨析 句意:一些电台每小时拨出40分钟投入广告,commercial(电台或电视播放的) 广告
53.A根据上下文 电视广告长度上,几秒到几分钟变化不等,vary 变化; 不同
54.D 细节理解,到他们高中毕业的时候,他们会接触很多的广告,应选D.be exposed to 暴露在…,接触…
55.B 考查短语辨析,赛车作为高速广告牌.故选B.billboards 广告牌
56.B 考查动词词义辨析,广告商付给他九倍的费用来宣传,推广他们的产品,故选B.promote宣传,推广
57.D 考查动词词义辨析,商业广告被展示在墙壁,公共汽车和卡车上.故选D.display展示
58.B 根据上下文,他们装饰了出租车和地铁的内部--甚至公共厕所的门,故选B,decorate装饰
59.A考查形容词词义辨析 当我们手持手机在超市,商店,电梯的时候.音频信息就会打给我们,故选A audio,音频的; 听觉的,声音的;
60.B 考查连词词义辨析 根据上文.当我们手持手机在超市,商店,电梯的时候.音频信息就会打给我们,故选B,while当…时.
61.A考查固定短语,考查生活常识由下文可知,在一些国家,很多的广告是通过邮件,很多人直接从邮箱到最近的废纸篓扔掉垃圾邮件,故选A,throw away 扔掉
62.C考查固定短语 根据一个全球广告商的报告,according to 根据,按照
63 A 细节理解题 由后文和语境可知,花很多钱在广告上,会产生什么影响?
64.D 考查短语辨析 广告销售的不仅仅是产品,more than 不仅仅.
65.C考查名词词义辨析 广告销售形象,价值观,目标,我们是谁和我们应该是谁的概念,concept概念,观念
点评 完型填空,解题时要抓住文章的脉络,一定要读懂全文,弄清文章要表达的思想,注意前后段落之间的关系.答题中,一定要认真分析,注意选项与上下文的关系,与前后单词的关系.对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成,因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来.答完后再通读一篇文章,看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺,语意连贯.
