1. (2020·南京模拟) 听材料，回答问题。

When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement.<br />When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement.<br />If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again, you find an advertisement.<br />If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another.<br />All day, every day, people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention.<br />As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere.<br />In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work.<br />The government does not give money to mass media, such as TV stations, newspapers, magazines,<br />and radio stations.<br />They are all owned privately.<br />So where does the money come from?<br />From advertisements.<br />Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.<br />Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is?<br />Through the years, people have given different answers to the question.<br />For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of keeping your name before the<br />public, and some people thought that advertising was truth well told.<br />Now, more and more people describe it in this way.<br />Advertising is the paid, non-personal, and usually persuasive description of goods,<br />services, and ideas through various media.<br />When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement.<br />When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement.<br />If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again, you find an advertisement.<br />If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another.<br />All day, every day, people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention.<br />As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere.<br />In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work.<br />The government does not give money to mass media, such as TV stations, newspapers, magazines,<br />and radio stations.<br />They are all owned privately.<br />So where does the money come from?<br />From advertisements.<br />Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.<br />Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is?<br />Through the years, people have given different answers to the question.<br />For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of keeping your name before the<br />public, and some people thought that advertising was truth well told.<br />Now, more and more people describe it in this way.<br />Advertising is the paid, non-personal, and usually persuasive description of goods,<br />services, and ideas through various media.

1. （1） What is the passage mainly about?

   A . The origin of advertising. B . The prosperity of advertising. C . The importance of advertising.
3. （2） What's the financial source of the mass media?

   A . Advertisements. B . The private businesses. C . The local governments.
5. （3） What does the speaker talk about at last?

   A . Ways of advertising. B . The popularity of advertisements. C . People's opinions on advertising.