Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

          Advertising helps people recognize a particular brand, persuades them to try it, and tries to keep them loyal to its. Brand loyalty is perhaps the most important goal of consumer advertising. Whether they produce cars, canned foods or cosmetics, manufacturers want their customers to make repeated purchases. The quality of the product will encourage this, of course, but so, too, will affect advertising.

          Advertising relies on the techniques of market research to identify potential users of a product. Are they homemakers or professional people? Are they young or old? Are they cit dwellers or country dwellers? Such question have a bearing on where and when ads should be placed. By studying readership breakdowns for newspapers and magazines as well as television rating and other statistics, and advertising agency can decide on the best way of reaching potential buyers. Detailed research and marketing expertise are essential today when advertising budgets can run into thousands of millions of dollars.

          Advertising is a fast-paced, high-pressure industry. There is a constant need for creative ideas that will establish a personality for product in the public’s mind. Current developments in advertising increase the need for talented workers.

          In the past, the majority of advertising was aimed at the traditional white family – breadwinner father, non – working mother, and two children. Research now reveals that only about 6 percent of American households fit this stereotype. Instead, society is fragmented into many groups, with working mothers, single people and older people on the rise. To be most successful, advertising must identify a particular segment and aim its message toward that group.

          Advertising is also making use of new technologies. Computer graphics are used to grab the attention of consumers and to help them see products in a new light. The use of computer graphics in a commercial for canned goods, for instance, gave a new image to the tin can.

The phrase “in a new light” in bold type in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. differently

B. with the use of color enhancement

C. more distinctly

D. in a more energy-efficient way

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án D.

Key words: in a new light, paragraph 5, closest in meaning

Clue: “Computer graphics are used to grab the attention of consumers and to help them see products in a new light”: Đồ họa máy tính được sử dụng để thu hút sự chú ý của người tiêu dùng và giúp họ nhìn thấy sản phẩm một cách hiệu quả.

Chọn đáp án D. in a more energy-efficient way: một cách hiệu quả hơn.

Các đáp án còn lại không đúng:

A. differently: khác nhau

B. with the use of color enhancement: với việc sử dụng màu sắc tăng cường

C. more distinctly: rõ ràng hơn