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1、2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题Part I Writing (30 minutes) Recreational Activities1. 娱乐活动多种多样，2. 娱乐可能使人们受益，也可能有危害性，3. 作为大学生，我的看法。Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Media Selection for AdvertisementsAfter determining the target audience for a product or service, advertising agencies
2、must select the appropriate media for the advertisement. We discuss here major types of media used in advertising. We focus our attention on seven types of advertising: television, newspapers, radio, magazines, out-ofhome, Internet, and direct mail. TelevisionTelevision is an attractive medium for a
3、dvertising because it delivers mass audiences to advertisers. When you consider that nearly three out of four Americans have seen the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? You can understand the power of television to communicate with a large audience. When advertisers create a brand, for example
4、, they want to impress consumers with the brand and its image. Television provides an ideal vehicle for this type of communication. But television is an expensive medium, and not all advertisers can afford to use it.Televisions influence on advertising is fourfold. First, narrowcasting means that te
5、levision channels are seen by an increasingly narrow segment of the audience. The Golf Channel, for instance, is watched by people who play golf. Home and Garden Television is seen by those interested in household improvement projects. Thus, audiences are smaller and more homogeneous(具有共同特点的)than th
6、ey have been in the past. Second, there is an increase in the number of television channels available to viewers, and thus, advertisers. This has also resulted in an increase in the sheer number of advertisements to which audiences are exposed. Third, digital recording devices allow audience members
7、 more control over which commercials they watch. Fourth, control over programming is being passed from the networks to local cable operators and satellite programmers. NewspapersAfter television, the medium attracting the next largest annual ad revenue is newspapers. The New York Times, which reache
8、s a national audience, accounts for $1 billion in ad revenue annually. It has increased its national circulation (发行量) by 40%and is now available for home delivery in 168 cities. Locally, newspapers are the largest advertising medium.Newspapers are a less expensive advertising medium than television
9、 and provide a way for advertisers to communicate a longer, more detailed message to their audience than they can through television. Given new production techniques, advertisements can be printed in newspapers in about 48 hours, meaning newspapers are also a quick way of getting the message out, Ne
10、wspapers are often the most important form of news for a local community, and they develop a high degree of loyalty from local readers. RadioAdvertising on radio continues to grow. Radio is often used in conjunction with outdoor billboards(广告牌) and the Internet to reach even more customers than tele
11、vision. Advertisers are likely to use radio because it is a less expensive medium than television. Which means advertisers can afford to repeat their ads often. Internet companies are also turning to radio advertising. Radio provides a way for advertisers to communicate with audience members at all
12、times or the day. Consumers listen to radio on their way to school or work, at work, on the way home, and in the evening hours.Two major changessatellite and Internet radiowill force radio advertisers to adapt their methods. Both of these radio forms allow listeners to tune in stations that are more
13、 distant than the local stations they could receive in the past. As a result, radio will increasingly attract target audiences who live many miles apart. MagazinesNewsweeklies, womens titles, and business magazines have all seen increases in advertising because they attract the high-end market, Maga
14、zines are popular with advertisers because of the narrow market that they deliver. A broadcast medium such as network television attracts all types of audience members, but magazine audiences are more homogeneous. If you read Sports Illustrated, for example, you have much in common with the magazine
15、s other readers. Advertisers see magazines as an efficient way of reaching target audience members.Advertisers using the print mediamagazines and newspaperswill need to adapt to two main changes. First, the Internet will bring larger audiences to local newspapers. These audiences will be more diverse and geographically dispersed (分散) than in the past. Second, advertisers will have to understand how to use an increasing number of magazines for their target audiences. Although some magazines will maintain national audiences, a large
