2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. In the past people travelled on horseback. B. In the past people made trips from day to day slowly. C. In the past some wise travellers could make their trips even at night. D. In the past people usually travelled slowly so that they could enjoy what they saw.

1. The old conditions of travel are __________ the new ones. A. the same as B. exactly the same as C. very different from D. exactly different from

3. The writer thinks that the well-known TV person is __________. A. quite right in passing his judgement on advertising B. interested in nothing but the buyer's attention C. correct in telling the difference between persuasion and informing D. obviously unfair in his views on advertising.

2. In the passage, which of　 the following is NOT included in the advantages of advertising? A. Getting greater fame. B. Providing more jobs. C. Raising living standards. D. reducing newspaper costs.

1. By the first sentence of the passage the writer means that __________. A. he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising B. everybody knows well that advertising is a waste of money C. advertising costs more money than anything else D. money spent on advertising is worth spending

3. The underlined word "it" in the fourth paragraph refers to __________. A. a selling point B. the company name C. a great demand for health foods D. the manufacturing of green products

　 Correct answers: 1-3 ABD

本篇短文的中心主旨表达得很充分很明显，尤其是最后一段：民众环保意识的提高，消费习惯的改变，促使厂商开发生产环保产品，促使厂商规范生产经营行为使之符合环保要求。　

第二题(最佳题目)的A, D离题较远，应首先排除。 选项C, 涉及部分原因的内容(消费习惯的改变)，但没包括有关结果的内容，应视为概括不全面。 选项B, 表达了这样的一个趋势：厂商的生产经营行为越来越符合环保要求。这个结果和趋势(以及产生原因)，正是作者要阐述的主要内容。选项B较好地概括了全文。

　Passage 8　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 I've worked all my life. I've done men's jobs. I've done everything. I've used screw drivers, electric drills, and punch presses. I really know what it means to do man's work. What gets me is, you work all your life like a dog. You pay your taxes into these government programs. But still, when you need help, the people that are paid to help you, they act like it's coming out of their own pockets. 　　 My husband George had a stroke not long ago. I've always worked all my life and I never had to do this before, but when George had the stroke I knew I needed some help. I had to quit my job to take care of him. 　　 So I went down to the welfare and told them I needed help. We were living with my son at the time. The welfare people said that since we were staying there. he had to take care of us. If we wanted help, we'd have to move out. The trouble was we didn't have anything at all. and George was in the hospital. 　　 When I knew I needed some help, I went up here to this place called Hub Center where they've supposed to help people. Well. I told this young kid that was working there that we were starving and didn't have the money to pay our rent or buy our medicine. Well. he started writing something down on a slip of　 paper, and he wrote for the longest time. Then he gave it to me and said. "Take this paper to 163l Vine Street and they'll give you a sandwich. 　　 I said, "Thanks for nothing. kid. " 　　 I never was so embarrassed in all my life. I thought, well, I know I have to be going crazy. I just have to be, this just can't be happening.　　　　　　　　 1. The best title for the passage would be __________. A. I Really Know Man's Work. B. Applying (申请) for Welfare. C. Where Are They When You Need Them? D. Where Do Our Taxes Go?

Correct answers:　 C

本篇是描述了一位妻子在丈夫病后辞去工作，申请福利救济的过程(Applying for welfare)。但若以此项(Applying for Welfare)为最佳题目，则不能概括申请手续烦琐，主人公到处碰壁的内容；且容易让读者以为将读一篇申请福利救济的指南性文章。

选项C虽说文字较多，又是一个问句，但它确实表达了主人公在这种情况下发自内心的无奈的求助的呼喊，能吸引读者，是本题的答案。

Passage 9　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 Money spent on advertising is money spent as swell as any I know of.　 It serves directly to bring about a rapid sale of goods at reasonable prices, so setting up a firm home market and making it possible to provide for export at good prices.　 By drawing attention to new ideas it helps greatly to raise standards of living.　 By helping to increase demand it causes an increased need for labor, and is therefore a nice way to fight unemployment.　 It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisement your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, your price of television program would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or subway would cost more. 　　 And perhaps the most important of all, advertising provides a promise of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Besides the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare produce anything 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 the public has the good sense not to but the poor goods more than once.　 If you see the product frequently advertised, it is the proof I know that the product does what it promised for it, and that it has good value. 　　 Advertising does more for the good of the public than 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 person declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs.　 He was telling us the real difference.　 Of course advertising tries to persuade. 　　 If its message were nothing but information, that would be difficult to get more people to buy, for even the choice of the color of a shirt is a bit persuasive--advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention.　 But perhaps that is what the well-known television person wants.

2. What would be the best title for the text? A. Business and People B. Business Goes Green C. Shopping Habits Are Changing D. Supermarkets and Green Products

1. It becomes clear from the text that the driving force (动力) behind green products is __________. A. public caring for the environment B. companies' desire for bigger sales C. new ways of doing business D. rapid growth of supermarkets

3. The text is mainly about __________. A. the China-U. S. relations B. the Nixon Library C. President Nixon D. the Youth Summit

　 Correct answers: 1-3 DBD

　 NMET 2001　 C　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand for environment (环境) friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.

　　 However, today, more and more consumers are choosing "green" and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these: "Will this shampoo damage the environment?" "Can this metal container be reused or can it only be used once?"

　　 A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that they are "green," that is, friendly to the environment.

　　 Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products carry labels (标签) to show that the product is green. Some companies have made the manufacturing (生产) of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising.

　　 The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of "Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it."　 The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its act.