1. (2021九上·赵县期中) 阅读材料，然后从各小题所给出的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Usually we all go to a store to buy something we need. But today we always want to buy something new or something special through the information from advertising and sometimes from TV show. It's quite different from the past.

In fact, people have been advertising for thousands of years. Long ago, some men called criers（叫卖人）walked up and down the street. They shouted about things that were being sold.

Later, people met at one place. This place was a market. Some people came to sell. Other people came to buy. But only those people who were at the market knew what were being sold. When people learned about printing, things changed. Soon there were newspapers. Many people read the newspapers. They saw many ads in the papers.

Later more people saw and listened to the ads on TV.

1. （1） Where did people get the information about what they needed long ago?

   A . From TV. B . From the supermarket. C . From the criers. D . From the ads.
3. （2） How long have people been advertising?

   A . Long ago. B . Thousands of years. C . Many years ago. D . Later.
5. （3） How did the market become?

   A . Some people bought something they needed. B . People learned about painting. C . Many people read the newspaper. D . People met at one place to sell and buy something.
7. （4） In the past, did all the people know what were being sold in the market?

   A . Yes, they did. B . No, they didn't. C . It doesn't mentioned in the passage. D . I don't know.
9. （5） What other ways can you get the ads today?

   A . From the bus. B . From the building. C . From the mobile phone. D . All above.