--- What a lovely card! Where did you buy it?
--- I made it by .
A. me B. itself C. myself
There a football match this afternoon.
A. will be B. will have C. are going to be
It’s really hot today, ?
A. does it B. doesn’t it C. isn’t it
He was very about having a picnic.
A. excited B. excite C. exciting
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.
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.
2.The underlined word “expert” in Paragraph Three probably means _____.
A.主持人 B.专家 C.演员
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”.
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
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.
“Visitors to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be able to go sightseeing in super cool cars with no drivers,” Shanghai city government speaker said recently.
When the six-seat car was shown to the public, it interested many people. “The car will help visitors feel what high technology（技术）is and help them enjoy the tour of the World Expo site,” said a teacher from Tongji University. The car, 4.5 meters long, 1.7 meters wide（宽）, and 1.6 meters tall, runs along a white line. The car costs around 300,000 yuan to build and can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour.
According to the researchers, visitors will be able to driver the car anywhere in the World Expo site by pressing a button（按按钮）. If they want to get off or stop the car, all they need to do is just to press the button again.
“People can rent one of these cars for a whole day or just take a ride in it from one place to another,” the teacher said. About 400 to 500 of these cars will be made for the Expo in 2010. the cars will have radar（雷达）to help them get around. They will mainly use solar（太阳能）batteries. And they have no need of drivers and oil（汽油）, these cars will help save energy and human work, and cause no pollution to the environment.
1.The new type of car has _____ seats.
A. seven B. six C. five
2.According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The car can reach a top speed of 50 kph.
B. The car costs about 30,000 yuan to build.
C. The car is 4.5 meters long and 1.7 meters tall.
3.Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?
A. People can buy this type of car and drive it in the World Expo site.
B. This type of car can save energy and human work, and cause no pollution.
C. People can press the button themselves when they want to get off or stop the car.
4.The title（标题）of the passage is probably “_____”.
A. Radar First Used in Cars
B. Cool Cars with No Driver
C. Tour the 2010 World Expo
