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According to the passage, most advertising used to be...

Câu hỏi: 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.
According to the passage, most advertising used to be directed at _________.
A. working mothers with children
B. two-parent families with children
C. unmarried people
D. older adults
Key words: most advertising used to be directed at.
Xét các đáp án:
A. các bà mẹ đang làm việc và trẻ em
B. gia đình có hai bố mẹ và con
C. những người chưa lập gia đình
D. người lớn tuổi
Clue: "In the pát, the majority of advertising was aimed at the traditional white family – breadwinner father, non- working mother, and two children": Trong quá khứ, đa số quảng cáo nhắm vào kiểu gia đình truyền thống – cha là trụ cột gia đình, người mẹ không làm việc và hai con.
Chọn đáp án B.
Đáp án B.
 

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