Everyone wants the best for a baby. A mother wants her baby to have the best in the ways of food, toys, clothing and equipment. Her value judgments on prices may go wrong when it comes to buying for a baby, particularly the first one. Factory producers and advertisers recognize this, and exploit it to the full. Far more is spent in buying push-chairs, special milk, and special powders for small babies than is necessary.
The child himself watches television, a particularly strong influence on small children. Looking at them as they watch television, and then watching them react to products afterwards, suggests that young children accept the television advertisements as well as the guidance offered by children’s pro- grams, and find both equally attractive. The child comes early in life to the feeling widespread in this country that if something is said on television it must be true.
For this reason much Christmas-gift advertising, and advertising for sweets,
A. Christmas advertising
B. sweets
C. television
D. special powders
Everyone wants to have good eyesight, and in many kinds of work it is very important to have good eyesight. The men who drive buses and (11) their planes must have excellent eyesight. People who make cameras and radios must (12) see very well, too. Many young children spoil their eyesight by reading in badly-lit places.
(13) and sleep are important for good eyesight: If you eat the wrong kinds of food or you do not have (14) , you will not have good eyesight. If your eyesight is not good, however, you should see an optician. An optician is a person who can test your eyesight and make (15) . Some girls would rather try to see without glasses than wear glasses. But it is very foolish to spoil your eyes in this way.
There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else. Some people try to get it by making money. They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses, farms, and cars, they will have the one thing that everyone wants.
Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing. They study all their lives in search of it. Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing. They keep telling themselves: when I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing.
What is it that everyone wants more than anything else What is it that all of us keep working and striving for each day It is happiness.
Happiness is a strange thing. It does not mean the same to all men. What will make one man happy may not make another man happy. Some men say that happiness comes from helping others; other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone. What do you mean when you say "T
A. other people think if they know a lot they will be able to get enough money and that will make them happy
B. other people think it true that enough knowledge will bring them enough money
C. other people hold the opinion that the more they know the happier they will become
D. other people hold the opinion that if they become knowledgeable enough they will feel happy
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