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Celebrity endorsements

Despite the fact that companies believe celebrities had a lot of pull with regard to the buying trends of consumers,researches have discovered that this does not seem to be the case.British and Swiss researchers conducted a study showing that advertisements made by celebrities like David Beckham and Scarlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary people.

In a sample of 298 students,researchers presented a magazine advertisement for a digital camera that was endorsed by a fictional student claiming the camera was“hot”and his “preferred choice”.The same advertisement was shown to other students,but with a difference:The camera was endorsed by a famous person in Germany.

While the students said that both advertisements were beneficial,the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases.More than half of the students,who admitted purchasing products that would impress others,said they were influenced by the student’s advertisement.Only 20% said the celebrity one would affect their buying decision.

Professor Brett Martin,of the University of Bath’s School of Management,explained that the findings could be used not only in Germany,but in other countries as well.“Our research questions whether celebrities are the best ways to sell products,”said Prof Martin.“Celebrities can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from a fictional fellow students.This is because many people feel a need to keep up with the Jones when they buy.”

46.Some companies think the celebrities endorsement ____________.

A.is popular with the consumers

B.can pull all the consumers into the shops

C.can affect the consumers’ purchasing

D.is as effective as an endorsement from common people

47.Which of the following ads would be more effective to common consumers, according to the experiment?

A.An ad featuring lovely pandas.            B.An ad made by David Beckham.

C.An ad made by fictional common people.D.An ad with beautiful natural scenery.

48.The underlined words“the Jones”in the last paragragh refer to“____________ ”.

A.someone called Jones                                 B.common people

C.the Jones family                                        D.celebrities

49.We can imply from the passage that ____________.

A.celebrities cheat consumers in advertisement

B.the researchers here are against celebrity endorsement

C.the student’s ads are mole reliable than those made by celebrities

D.company needn’t spend so much money on celebrity endorsement

50.We can probably read the article in____________ .

A.a local newspaper                         B.a science report

C.an academic journal                     D.a textbook

 

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B.what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C.how a disabled boy turned into a useful person

D.why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

42.From the first paragraph we know that the mother____________.

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D.complained of her bad luck to have a disabled child

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C.badly—behaved student                D.strangely—shaped creature

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A.The agreement was between the donator and the family.

B.The boy was so popular that he was made class president.

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D.The mother donated her ears to her son after she died.

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第二部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

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I was supposed to travel to a conference but didn’t make it because I got so drunk at the airport that I fell down on my face and spent the rest of the day in the emergency room. I have been hiding from my family since then.Fortunately they won’t be expecting me to come back for a week or so.Otherwise, they would notice the bump on my forehead and two black eyes.

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39.What do we learn from the passage?

A.T’s family members don’t want to see him because of his alcoholism.

B.Getting drunk once prevented T from attending a conference.

C.T will have nightmares when he stops drinking.

D.T never attempted to give up his alcoholism.

40.We know from the passage that Cary____________.

A.likes to talk about the details of his life.     B.is an expert on treating alcoholism

C.is probably a recovered alcoholic                 D.never suffered from alcoholism

 

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About an hour later  27  had slowed down and I was waiting for my next customer.Then I glanced over towards the  28  and saw the same woman whom I’d helped with the money entering again.I  29  recognized her.

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19.A.reached           B.moved             C.presented         D.approached

20.A.through       B.for                  C.about               D.across

21.A.recognized       B.realized           C.admitted          D.said

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23.A.above all         B.first of all        C.in all               D.after all

24.A.insisted on    B.insisted            C.stuck to           D.stuck

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26.A.none               B.anything          C.nothing            D.something

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35.A.awarded          B.honored           C.returned           D.rewarded

 

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