单选题 The business of advertising is to invent methods of addressing massive audiences in a language designed to be easily accessible and immediately persuasive. No advertising agency wants to (51) out an ad that is not clear and convincing to millions of people. But the agency, (52) they would agree that ads should be written to sell products, disagree when it (53) down to the most effective methods of doing so. (54) the years, advertising firms have developed among themselves a variety of distinctive styles (55) on their understanding of the different kinds of audiences they want to reach. No two agencies would handle the (56) product identically. To people (57) whom advertising is an exacting discipline and a highly competitive profession, an ad is (58) more than a sophisticated sales pitch, an attractive verbal (59) device to serve manufactures. In fact, for those who examine ads critically or professionally, products may very well be (60) more than merely points of departure. Ads often (61) their products, and in the (62) of early advertisements for products that are no longer available, we cannot help (63) consider the advertisement independently of oar responses to those products. The point of examining ads apart (64) their announced subjects is not that we ignore the product completely, but (65) we try to see the product only (66) it is talked about and portrayed in the full (67) of the ad. Certainly, it is not necessary to (68) tried a particular product to be (69) to appreciate the technique section and design used in (70) advertisement.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] put out在此意为“生产,推出”。其余三项均不合题意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] though引导让步状语从句,表示虽然有共同点,但关于最有效广告方式的问题,还是存在分歧。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] when it comes down to表示当遇到某种情况,碰到某种问题。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 通过句子后半部分是现在完成时,应当看出over在此为最佳答案,若选past应当为in the past years。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此题为语法题。be based on是固定搭配。depending on在此还可以,但是depended on则不对。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 理解分析题,只有通过理解文意才能做对。本句应接上文继续讲广告公司风格迥异,所以应是即使对待同一件商品,广告也不会相同。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 对某人来说用for sb.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 比其他多得多,用much more或far more。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据常识及文意分析,广告应当是通过图画和语言传达信息,所以只能选visual。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文意分析得知,广告之制作产品不过是出发点,仅此而已。所以选no more than。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 下文接着提到产品已无,广告犹存,故选outlive。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] “在……情况下”为in the case of。in the long run长期看来;in terms of根据,在……方面。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] can't help but do此处为固定搭配。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] apart from也是固定搭配。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 两个从句并列做ignore的宾语从句,应当由that引导。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] “正如所讲”用as,其余三项既不符合语法,语义也不通。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 广告完整的背景用the full context。其余三项既不符合语法,语义也不通。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 语法题。“试过之后才……”应用完成时态to have tried。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 语义加语法题。句意:并非试过之后才能够……,故用be able to(能够)。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 在此应用it指代前面的a particular product。