Question

Many adults in the United States can remember crying the nursery rhyme in the street "Hot cross buns!" But only a few people realize this was an early form of advertising.
Written advertisements probably began with hieroglyphics more than three thousand years ago, but only a few people could read these symbols. So merchants made signs with pictures or hung their tools over their doors to identify their businesses.
In the time of the Roman Empire, wall paintings were a popular form of advertisement. An ad for a play, or some other performance was painted on part of a building or on a wall around a city. People often advertised a house for rent or a freshwater bath in this way, too.
Today, large wall signs are still used for outdoor advertising. But outdoor advertising is only a small fraction of the total advertising. About forty per -cent of all ads are printed in daily newspapers. Radio commercials also provide this kind of information. Some people think they are the best form of advertising because radio broadcasts reach almost everyone in a nation.
Advertisements in magazines and on television reach many people, too. However, usually only large companies can advertise on a national network, because TV commercials shown across the country can cost many thousands of dollars.
Then there are ads that are almost part of daily living. If you use public transportation, you will see large printed ads, called ear cards, on buses and taxis and in trains. Ads are painted on the trucks that deliver products people are buying or selling.
【小題1】Which is the passage mainly discussing?

A．Modern advertising	B．Significance of advertising
C．Development of advertising	D．Origin of advertising

【小題2】Which of the following is the original form of advertising?

A．Signs with pictures	B．Wall signs
C．Street crying	D．Wall painting

【小題3】Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “hieroglyphics” in Paragraph 2?

A．A signal

B．A signature

C．A symbol

D．A form

【小題4】Why did the merchants make signs with pictures or hang their tools over their doors ?

A．To have their houses decorated.

B．To make their business known by public.

C．To enable people to learn how to read

D．To advertise their houses to rent

【小題5】Radio commercials are the best form of advertising because ____________.

A．they can be heard everywhere in a country

B．they are cheap and fast

C．they are most recently developed

D．they can be understood by those who can neither read nor write

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：本文是關于廣告也的發展歷程，從遠古的廣告到現代的各種廣告形式。
【小題1】C 主旨大意題。通過文章的描述可知本文是關于廣告也的發展歷程，從遠古的廣告到現代的各種廣告形式。故C正確。
【小題2】C 細節題。根據第一段Many adults in the United States can remember crying the nursery rhyme in the street "Hot cross buns!" But only a few people realize this was an early form of advertising.
說明Street crying是最初的廣告形式，故C正確。
【小題3】C 推理題。根據本句Written advertisements probably began with hieroglyphics more than three thousand years ago以及下面的So merchants made signs with pictures or hung their tools over their doors說明在3千年前就有了帶有具體符號的書面廣告，故該詞是指symbol。C正確。
【小題4】B 細節題。根據第二段最后一句. So merchants made signs with pictures or hung their tools over their doors to identify their businesses說明他們這樣做是讓他們的生意被別人知道，故B正確。
【小題5】A 細節題。根據第4段3,4行Radio commercials also provide this kind of information. Some people think they are the best form of advertising because radio broadcasts reach almost everyone in a nation.說明A正確。
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點評：本文介紹了從古到今的各種廣告的形式和廣告業的發展歷程。考查細節題較多，如2,4,5對于文章中的細節題，要注意文本內容的理解。關鍵是找出原文的根據，認真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據，完成閱讀。