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A.【T7】______ about 1. 2 percent of its gross national product on advertising
B. The action【T8】______ be to purchase a product, use a service
C.【T9】______ so the cost of a product sold primarily through advertising is usually far less than one sold through personal salespeople
The objective of any advertisement is to convince people that it is in their best interests to take the action the advertiser is recommending.【T10】______ , vote for a political candidate or even to join the Army. Advertising as a business developed first and most rapidly in the United States country that uses it to the greatest extent. In 1980 advertising expenditures in the U. S. exceeded 55 billion dollars or approximately 2 percent of the gross national product. Canada【T11】______. While advertising brings economies of mass selling to the manufacturer it produces benefits for the consumer as well. Some of those economies are passed along to the purchaser【T12】______ . Advertising brings people immediate news about products that have just come on the market. Finally advertising pays for the programs on commercial television and radio and for about two thirds of the cost of publishing magazine and newspapers.