单选题. Over the past decade, the environmental movement has exploded onto the mind of mainstream consumers, a fact not lost on marketers and advertisers. Green advertising started in the mid-1980s when issues of the environment muscled their way to the forefront of marketing. Advertisers saw the consumer desire for environmentally safe products and tried to meet the demand as quickly as possible. Not surprisingly, this first wave suffered from rough and poorly conceived marketing efforts. Many advertisers embraced a genuine concern for the environment. But consumers realized that some companies made false claims and exploited the movement, using such nebulous (模糊的) terms as "environmentally friendly" and "green." Consumers grew wary of environmental appeals, and advertisers reacted by reducing its emphasis. To avoid future trouble, many companies waited for state and federal governments to define terms and provide legal guidelines, which paved the road to a second wave. In 1992 the Federal Trade Commission established guidelines for green marketing, followed shortly by state governments. California passed particularly strict laws, setting definitions for terms like "ozone friendly," "biodegradable," and "recycled." According to the state's court, "California seeks to guard against potentially specious; claims or ecological puffery (吹捧) about products with minimal environmental attributes." Texas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Washington soon followed the Golden State's lead. The rigid regulations have left a number of advertisers confused and frustrated, although some feel that environmental claims have already peaked and are on their way out. Some believe that we've now entered green advertising's third wave, where environmental concern is now part of the mainstream.1. What were some early problems with Green advertisements? ______
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[参考译文] 在过去的十年里,环保运动已经激增到主流消费者的心中,这是一个不容营销商和广告商忽视的事实。绿色广告兴起于19世纪80年代中期,环境问题当之无愧成为市场营销的前沿。广告商瞅准了消费者渴望环保安全产品的契机,试图尽快满足他们的需求。不出意料,第一波就遭受了粗糙和缺乏深刻认识的营销工作。 许多广告商是真心关注环境的。但消费者意识到一些公司做虚假声明,假借运动,运用模糊的术语,诸如“环境友好”和“绿色”。消费者对这类广告越来越谨慎,因此广告商减轻他们号召的重点。为避免将来的麻烦,许多公司等待各州和联邦政府能够定义这些术语,并提供法律指导,这为第二次浪潮开辟了道路。1992年,美国联邦贸易委员会为绿色营销建立了指导方针,随后州政府也出台相应政策。尤其,加州政府通过了极其严格的法律,对“对臭氧层无伤害”“降解”和“回收”等术语下了定义。根据国家法院,“加州寻求对抗潜在的不准确的声明,或以最小的环境属性生态地提升产品质量。”德州、马萨诸塞州、明尼苏达州、田纳西州、康涅狄格州和华盛顿也即将效仿黄金之州。严格的规章制度令许多广告商困惑和沮丧,尽管有些人认为环境声明已经到达其巅峰,并即将走向没落,而有的人却坚信我们刚刚进入绿色广告的第三次浪潮,而环境问题将是主流的一部分。 细节题。短文第二段指出consumers realized that some companies made false claims and exploited the movement,即很多公司都利用环保运动发布虚假声明。由此可知,早期的绿色广告都具有欺骗性。故选项D正确。