单选题 Classified Advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising. Such groupings as "Help Wanted", "Real Estate", "Lost and Found" are made, the rate charged being less than that for display advertising. Classified advertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser. The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertiser may, on this account, use a very small advertisement that would be lost if it were placed among larger advertisements in the paper.
It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertisements in the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs. As his attention is voluntary, the advertiser does not need to rely to much extent on display type to get the reader's attention.
Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is vying with others in the same group for the reader's attention. In many cases the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way the classified advertisement has in reality become a display advertisement. This is particularly true of real-estate advertising.

单选题 Classified advertising is different from display advertising because ______.
A. all advertisements of a certain type are grouped together
B. it is more distinguished
C. it is more expensive
D. nowadays the classified advertisements are all of the same size
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是文章的第一句话“Classified Advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising.”据此可知A项为正确答案。
单选题 One of the examples given of types of classified advertisement is ______.
A. house for sale B. people who are asking for help
C. people who are lost D. real antiques for sale
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本文分类广告的几个例子中,A对应的是“Real Estate”。
单选题 What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classified advertisements, according to the writer?
A. They are in the frame of mind to buy anything.
B. They are looking for something they need.
C. They feel lost because there are so many advertisements.
D. They feel the same as when they look at display advertisements.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是文章倒数第二段的第二句话“He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs.”据此可知B项为正确答案。
单选题 What does the writer say about the classified advertisements that used to be put in the papers?
A. They used to be voluntary. B. They used to use display type.
C. They were all the same size. D. They were more formal.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是最后一段的第一句话“Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type.”从中可知,以前的分类广告都是尺寸相同的,因此C项为正确答案。
单选题 Why have classified advertisements changed in appearance, according to the writer?
A. Because people no longer want headlines and pictures.
B. Because real estate advertising is particularly truthful now.
C. Because the increase in the number of such advertisements means they have to be smaller now.
D. Because there are more advertisements now and more competition amongst advertisers.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是最后一段的第二句话“With the increase in the number of such advertisements,however,each advertiser within a certain group is vying with others in the same group for the reader's attention.”从中可知,作者认为分类广告形式变化的原因是广告数量的增加和同类广告发布者之间竞争的加强。因此D项为正确答案。