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 advertisingB．Significance of advertising
C．Development of advertisingD．Origin of advertising
小題2:Which of the following is the original form of advertising?
A．Signs with picturesB．Wall signs
C．Street cryingD．Wall painting
小題3:Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “hieroglyphics” in Paragraph 2?
A．A signalB．A signatureC．A symbolD．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

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：本文是關(guān)于廣告也的發(fā)展歷程，從遠(yuǎn)古的廣告到現(xiàn)代的各種廣告形式。
小題1:C 主旨大意題。通過(guò)文章的描述可知本文是關(guān)于廣告也的發(fā)展歷程，從遠(yuǎn)古的廣告到現(xiàn)代的各種廣告形式。故C正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)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(shuō)明Street crying是最初的廣告形式，故C正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù)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(shuō)明在3千年前就有了帶有具體符號(hào)的書(shū)面廣告，故該詞是指symbol。C正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)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(shuō)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(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)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(shuō)明A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了從古到今的各種廣告的形式和廣告業(yè)的發(fā)展歷程�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)題較多，如2,4,5對(duì)于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯(cuò)誤有：絕對(duì)化語(yǔ)言，范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。
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A．to tell the readers how to travel
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Peter Rabbit is a character in various children’s stories written by Beatrix Potter(1866-1943). Peter Rabbit made his first appearance in 1902 in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter doesn’t obey his mother’s orders and goes away.  Mr.McGregor spots him and runs after him. Peter manages to escape, but not before losing his jacket and shoes, which Mr.McGregor uses to dress a scarecrow(稻草人). Peter returns home tired and ill.
In the Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first published in 1904, Peter’s cousin Benjamin Bunny brings him back to Mr.McGregor’s garden and they get back the clothes Peter lost in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. But after they gather onions to give to Peter’s mother, they are caught by Mr.McGregor’s cat. Benjamin’s father arrives and rescues them, but also blames Peter and Benjamin for going into the garden. In this tale, Peter displays fear about returning to the garden.
In the The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, first published in 1909, Peter has a small role and appears only briefly. He is grown up and his sister Flopsy is now married to Benjamin Bunny. The two are the parents of six little Flopsy-Bunnies. Peter and his mother keep a nursery garden and the bunnies come by asking him for spare cabbage.
In the Tale of Mr. Tod, first published in 1912, Benjamin and Flopsy’s children are taken away by Tommy Brock. Peter helps Benjamin run after Brock, who hides out in the house of the fox Mr. Tod. Mr. Tod finds Brock sleeping in his bed and as the two get into a fight, Peter rescues the children.
Peter makes cameo appearances(客串出場(chǎng)) in two other tales. In The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, first published in 1905, Peter and Benjamin are customers of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a hedgehog(刺猬) washerwoman. In The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, first published in 1909, Peter and other characters from Potter’s previous stories make cameo appearances.
小題1: In The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter     .
A．is caught by Mr. McGregor’s catB．gathers onions to give to his mother
C．runs into a scarecrow when escapingD．loses his clothes in Mr. McGregor’s garden
小題2:In paragraph 4, the underlined part “the two” refers to      .
A．Benjamin and BrockB．Peter and BenjaminC．Mr. Tod and BrockD．Peter and Mr. Tod
小題3:What do we know about Benjamin Bunny?
A．He’s a father of six children
B．He keeps a nursery garden with Peter
C．His mother passes away when he’s little
D．He saves Peter in The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
小題4:According to the passage, Peter Rabbit      .
A．hates Benjamin Bunny’s father a lot
B．a(chǎn)ppears briefly in The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
C．was worked into a story in the early 19th century
D．plays a leading role in The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
小題5:The author wrote the passage to      .
A．introduce the character Peter Rabbit in Potter’s stories
B．describe the various characters in Potter’s books
C．show the influence of the Peter Rabbit series on children
D．discuss Potter’s changes in her writing styles

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