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    A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods  1  largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of  2  we already know about.  3  you wanted to buy a washing-machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding  4  , price, etc, from an advertisement.
   
    Lots of people  5  that they never read advertisements, but this  6  may be seriously doubted. It is  7  possible not to read advertisements these days. And what  8  they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper  9  be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy  10  at a blank wall or reading railway bye-laws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a  11  to a drab wall or a newspaper  12  of the daily ration of calamities.
   
    We must not forget,  13  , that advertising makes a positive contribution to our  14 . Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not survive without this  15  of revenue. The fact that we pay so  16  for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!
   
    Another thing we mustn’t forget is the “small ads.”  17  are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful  18  they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. No other item in newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep  19  into human nature. It’s the best advertisement for advertising  20  is!
   
    1.    A. obtains      B. requires        C. gains      D. derives
   
    2.    A. these      B. that      C. ones      D. one
   
    3.    A. Granted      B. Provided        C. Supposing    D. Given
   
    4.    A. performance        B. act      C. character    D. organ
   
    5.    A. suspect      B. pretend        C. deny      D. doubt
   
    6.    A. announcement    B. anxiety        C. notice        D. claim
   
    7.    A. nearly      B. probably        C. hardly        D. positively
   
    8.    A. interesting        B. attracting    C. pleasing        D. fun
   
    9.    A. will      B. should        C. can      D. would
   
    10.    A. gazing      B. glancing        C. peering        D. staring
   
    11.    A. similarity        B. distinction    C. difference    D. mark
   
    12.    A. lack      B. full      C. short      D. free
   
    13.    A. too      B. however        C. either        D. therefore
   
    14.    A. clothes      B. attitude        C. judgement    D. pockets
   
    15.    A. source      B. origin        C. resource        D. project
   
    16.    A. much      B. little       C. more      D. few
   
    17.    A. as      B. what       C. that      D. which
   
    18.    A. operation        B. responsibility     C. service      D. courage
   
    19.    A. personality        B. intelligence     C. sense      D. insight
   
    20.    A. it      B. there       C. what      D. that
   
    18. DCBAB  DCDDA     CBCDA  BDCDB