If you open today’s newspaper, what do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.
Here are some ways ads get us to buy. Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? There people may be famous, but they may not know about what they are selling.
Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use Bright and White,” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.
Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? But ads may show their product with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts. Ads are full of strong words. Words like “new” and “improved” have strong influence. They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.
Some ads make promises（承诺）. But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” they say. “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think. All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.
小题1:Why do famous people appear in ads?
A. Because they know every product well.
B. Because they want to serve the people.
C. Because they can make money from the ads.
小题2:The underlined word “expert” in Paragraph Three probably means _____.
A.主持人 B.专家 C.演员
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The famous people may not know about what they are selling.
B. Some ads make promises to people and they can keep them.
C. Ads are full of strong words, such as “new” and “improved”.
小题4:According to the passage, we know that “Tiger” might be the name of _____.
A. a kind of car B. a kind of computer C. a kind of soap
小题5:What does the writer want to tell us?
A. We should not always believe the ads.
B. We should buy things that ads ask us to buy.
C. We should think about ads before buying things.
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drink? These people may be famous. But they may not know about what they are selling.”理解可知。名人做广告的主要原因就是他们非常出名，故选C
小题1:猜词题：从后面提到的doctors可知这是”专家”的意思。选B
小题1:细节题：从文章的句子：Some ads make promises（承诺）. But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late.可知广告的诺言一般是不能实现的。选 B
小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“A car may be called “Tiger”..”理解可知。“Tiger”是一种汽车的名字故选A。
小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.”理解可知。广告的图片和言辞都是骗人的，故选A 。
