2. 外语
  3. Advertising is a form of selling. For thousands of years there have been individuals who have tried to【C1】______others to buy th

Advertising is a form of selling. For thousands of years there have been individuals who have tried to【C1】______others to buy th

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问题     Advertising is a form of selling. For thousands of years there have been individuals who have tried to【C1】______others to buy the food they have produced or the goods they have made or the services they can【C2】______.
    But in the 19th century the mass production of goods【C3】______from the Industrial Revolution made person-to-person selling【C4】______. The mass distribution of goods that【C5】______the development of the railway and highway made person-to-person selling too slow and【C6】______. At the same time, mass communication — first newspapers and magazines then radio and television — made mass selling through【C7】______possible.
    The objective of any advertisement is to【C8】______people that it is in their best【C9】______to take the action the advertiser is recommending. The action【C10】______be to purchase a product or to use a service, vote for a political candidate or【C11】______to join the Army.
    Advertising as a【C12】______developed first and most rapidly in the United States, the country that uses it to the greatest【C13】______. In 1980 advertising expenditures in the US exceeded 55 billion dollars or【C14】______2 percent of the gross national product. Canada spent about 1.2 percent of its gross national product【C15】______advertising.
    【C16】______advertising brings the economies of mass selling to the manufacturer, it produces benefits for the consumer as【C17】______. Some of those economies are passed along to the purchaser so that the cost of a product sold【C18】______through advertising is usually far【C19】______than one sold through personal salespeople. Advertising brings people immediate news about products that have just come on the market. Finally advertising【C20】______for the programs on commercial television and radio and for about two thirds of the cost of publishing magazines and newspapers.
【C18】
选项 A、largely
B、primarily
C、broadly
D、widely
答案B
解析 语义衔接题。sold【C18】______through advertising和sold through personal salespeople表明，此处是在比较两种不同的销售方式，选项中符合这一语境的是[B]primarily“主要地”，侧重“基本地、首要地”，用在此处表示主要通过广告销售，故答案为[B]。[A]largely“大部分地”着重范围。[C]broadly和[D]widely为近义词，意为“广泛地”，强调程度。
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