A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper."Last week," he said,"my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."

"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read,"Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella.. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street."
"Now," said the merchant,"I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one."
The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known."
This appeared in the newspaper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1.The result of the first advertisement was that _____.

A. The man got his umbrella back

B. The man wasted some money advertising

C. Nobody found the missing umbrella.

D. The umbrella was found somewhere near the church.

2.The merchant suggested that the man should ________.

A. buy a new umbrella

B. go on looking for his umbrella
C. write another and better advertisement
D. report the police

3."If it fails, I'll buy you a new one," suggested that the merchant ________.

A. was quite sure of success
B. wanted to buy him a new umbrella
C. didn't know what to do
D. was rich enough to buy one

4.The story is mainly about _________.

A. a useless advertisement
B. how to make an effective advertisement
C. how the man lost and found his umbrella
D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:一個人登廣告要尋找在教堂丟失的雨傘,結(jié)果沒有人歸完,而一位經(jīng)常登廣告的商人幫助前面那個人重新登了廣告結(jié)果有十二把傘歸完到他家那里,說明登廣告措詞不同得到的效果也不同。

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