Question

Advertisements are everywhere. We see ads on buses, trucks, taxis, and subways. We hear ads on the radio, in stores, and even on our telephones. There are ads every second on TV. People usually see and listen to     advertisements every day!

What is the    of advertising? Companies want to give us information about their products. Moreimportantly, they want to sell us their products. Advertisements really     . So, companies spend billions of dollars on advertising.

Businesses have used different advertising methods.    slogans is one of them. The slogan “Impossible Is Nothing” has made one big company very popular around the world.

Another advertising method is to use famous people. People want to buy a product that a famous person uses. For example, a shoe-making company has already sold millions of shoes by getting famous sports players     its products.

These days, businesses use new advertising methods through the Internet and mobile phones. So in the future, we will see thousands of more ads daily. There is no escape from the world of advertising.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

1.A. thousand          B. thousand of       C. thousands of

2.A. meaning          B. sign              C. purpose

3.A. work            B. use              C. useful

4.A. Create           B. Creating          C. Design

5.A. wear             B. to wear          C. wearing

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了广告在人们日常生活中无处不在，以及企业打广告的不同方式。

1.C考查短语的用法及语境的理解。thousands of成千上万的，根据句意：人们通常每天都会看到和听成千上万的广告！故选择C.

2.C考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。句意：广告的目的是什么。A. meaning 意义；B. sign 标志；C. purpose，目的。故选C 。

3.A考查动词的用法及语境的理解。A. work 工作；作动词，意为“起作用”；B. use 用；C. useful有用的。句意：广告真的很有作用，在这里有作用的用做动词。故选A.

4.B考查动词的用法及语境的理解。句意：创造口号是其中之一。在这里用动词的ing形式做主语，故选B。

5.B考查动词的用法及语境的理解。句意：例如，一个制鞋公司已经出售了数百万的鞋，通过让著名的体育运动员使用其产品。get sb.to do sth，让某人做某事，用动词的不定式to wear，故选B。

考点：考查日常生活类短文。