We do not know exactly how many whales there are in the sea because we can’t count them. But we believe at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were 105,000 humpback whales and 120,000 right whales. At the beginning of the twentieth century there were 75,000 humpbacks and 80,000 rights.

Since 1900 their numbers have fallen very quickly. Between 1935 and 1950 the number of humpbacks fell from 20,000 to 10,000 and since 1950 the number has fallen to only 6,000. The number of right whales has fallen even faster. In 1935 there were 25,000. The number fell to 6,000 in 1950 and since 1950 the number has fallen to 4,000. Men have always been hunters. Thousands of whales have become victims(牺牲品). It’s time to do something to protect whales.

Which of the following is true?

A. We know the exact number of whales in the sea.

B. It’s easy for us to count whales in the sea.

C. We find it impossible to count whales in the sea.

D. We don’t want to know how many whales there are in the sea.

The number of right whales has fallen _______.

A. more slowly than that of humpback whales    

B. faster than that of humpback whales

C. as slowly as that of humpback whales

D. as fast as that of humpback whales

The passage is mainly about _______.

A. the number of humpback whales     

B. the number of right whales

C. hunting whales  

D. the necessity of protecting whales

— ________

—Er…I want to buy my wife a gift for Christmas, but I don’t know what she would like.

A. What are you looking for, sir?  B. Welcome to our store, sir.

C. May I help you, sir?  D. What on earth do you want, sir?

—Do you want to study abroad after graduation??

     —   ___ .You know,I don’t want to add to the economic burden of my parents.

     A.Not really         B.No problem?

     C.Don’t mention it    D.Never mind?

Making an advertisement for television often costs more than a move．For example, a two-hour movie costs $ 6 million to make．A TV commercial can cost more than $ 6 000 a second．And that does not include cost of paying for air time(电视节目开始的时间)．Which is more valuable, the program or the ad? In terms of money--and making money is what television is all about the commercial is by far the more important．

    Research, market testing, talent, time and money--all come together to make us want to buy a product．No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works．The sales of Charm went up once the ads began．TV commercials actually buy their way into our head．We, in turn, buy the product．

    And the ads work because so much time an attention are given them．Here are some rules of commercial ad making．If you want to get the low middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice．Put some people in the ad who work with their hands．If you want to sell to upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hair style are the types that the group identifies (识别) with．If you want the buyer feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself

We laugh at commercials．We don't think we pay that much attention them．But evidence shows we are kidding ourselves．The making of a commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff．It's big, big business．And it's telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy．To put simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing．

TV commercials are more important than other programs to television because _______．

   A．they bring in great profits (利润)     B．they require a lot of money to make

   C．they are not difficult to produce       D．they attract more viewers than other programs

The purpose of all the efforts made in turning out TV commercials is ________．

   A．to persuade people to buy the product      B．to show how valuable the product is

   C．to test the market value of the product     D．to make them as interesting as TV movies

From the rules set for making commercial ads, we can see that_________．

   A．the lower-middle-class buyer likes to work with his hand

   B．the more stupid the characters, the more buyers of the product

   C．ad designers attract different people with different skills

   D．an upper-class buyer is more interested in houses and furniture than a lower-middle-class buyer

The word “kidding”(line 2, par．4) most probably means _________．

   A．behaving as a child                    B．laughing at

   C．making fun of                             D．not telling the truth to

It is believed by the writer that_________．

   A．few people like to watch TV commercials             

B．TV commercials are a good guide to buyers

   C．TV commercials often make people laugh      

D．people do not think highly of TV commercials