3.You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater.You listen to their conversation:
"I can't believe it-Lorenzo Bertolla!They are almost impossible to find.Isn't it beautiful?And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome."
They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater.It's nice and the price is right.You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla,but those girls looked really stylish.They must know.So,you buy it.You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency.They are actually paid to go from store to store,talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.
Every day we notice what people are wearing,driving and eating.If the person looks cool,the product seems cool,too.This is the secret of undercover marketing.Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.
Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising.This is particularly true of the MTV generation-consumers between the age of 18and 34.It's a golden group.They have a lot of money to spend,but they don't trust ads.
So advertising agencies hire young actors to"perform"in bars and other places where young adults go.Some people might call this practice misleading,but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative."Look at traditional advertising.Its effectiveness is decreasing."It is true,because everyone knows an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something.However,you don't know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.
59.The two attractive young women were talking so as toB.
A.get the sweater at a lower price
B.be heard by people around
C.be admired by other shoppers
D.decide on buying the sweater
60.Lorenzo Bertolla isD.
A.a(chǎn) very popular male singer B.a(chǎn)n advertising agency
C.a(chǎn) clothing company in Rome D.the brand name of clothes
61.What can we infer from the passage?C
A.Traditional advertising will soon disappear in the market.
B.The MTV generation tends to be more easily influenced by all kinds of ads.
C.That traditional advertising is too direct may lead to its decreasing effectiveness.
D.Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.
62.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?D
A.Two Attractive Shoppers
B.Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters
C.Ways of Advertising
D.Undercover Marketing.
分析 本文是說明文.你可曾因?yàn)閯e人的評(píng)論而買下某種商品?你可能想不 到那些談?wù)撜咂鋵?shí)是商家請(qǐng)的"托".
解答 59-62BDCD
59.B;細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 由第3段You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency可知,她們其實(shí)是商家請(qǐng)的廣告職員,目的就是通過大聲討論商品吸引顧客對(duì)其商品的關(guān)注和興趣,故選B.
60.D;細(xì)節(jié)理解題. 由第1段中的looking at a sweater及第3段最后的Lorenzo Bertolla clothes可知,這是一個(gè)服裝品牌.
61.C;判斷推理題.A項(xiàng)說法無根據(jù).根據(jù)第5段的1、2句排除B項(xiàng); D項(xiàng)說法在文中沒有提到,故排除.又根據(jù)最后一段中的Look at traditional advertising.Its effectiveness is decreasing可知C項(xiàng)正確.
62.D;主旨大意題.文章主要講述了商家雇請(qǐng)廣告員工來吸引顧客的新的廣告模式-undercover marketing,即秘密營銷.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀理解時(shí),首先要快速瀏覽全文,把握文章的主旨大意,理清作者的寫作思路;然后結(jié)合上下文,逐句分析,并正確理解題干的意思;最后結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中內(nèi)容,找到符合文意的選項(xiàng).