问题补充：
No one knows for sure when advertising first started.It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them.That led to the concept of specialization，which means that people would specialize，or focus，on doing one specific job.
Let’s take a man we’ll call Mr.Fielder，for example.He did everything connected with farming.He planted seeds，tended the fields，and harvested and sold his crops.At the same time，he did many other jobs on the farm.However，he didn’t make the bricks for his house，cut his trees into boards，make the plows(犁)，or any of the other hundreds of things a farm needs.Instead，he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things.
Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr.Plowright.Using what he knew about farming and working with iron，Mr.Plowright invented a plow that made farming easier.Mr.Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows.Perhaps，he thought，other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows.
How did Mr.Plowright let people know what he was doing？Why，he advertised，of course.First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers.That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door.It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr.Plowright and his really good plows.
Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago.Even before most people could read，they understood such signs.Shopkeepers would carve into stone，clay，or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.
A medium，in advertising talk，is the way you communicate your message.You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols.The second medium was audio，or sound，although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today.Originally，just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument，such as a bell，were used to get people’s attention.
A crier，in the historical sense，is not someone who weeps easily.It is someone，probably a man，with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city.In ancient Egypt，shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the news about their products.Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods.Perhaps the crier described the goods，explained where they came from，and praised their quality.His job was，in other words，not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today’s world.
【小题1】What probably led to the start of advertising?A．The discovery of iron.B．The specialization of labor.C．The appearance of new jobs.D．The development of farming techniques.【小题2】To advertise his plows，Mr.Plowright .A．praised his plows in publicB．placed a sign outside the shopC．hung an arrow pointing to the shopD．showed his products to the customers【小题3】The writer makes up the two stories of Mr.Fielder and Mr.Plowright in order to .A．explain the origin of advertisingB．predict the future of advertisingC．expose problems in advertisingD．provide suggestions for advertising【小题4】In ancient Egypt，a crier was probably someone who .A．owned a shipB．had the loudest voiceC．ran a shop selling goods to farmersD．functioned like today’s TV or radio commercial【小题5】The last two paragraphs are mainly about .A．the history of advertisingB．the benefits of advertisingC．the early forms of advertisingD．the basic design of advertisingB
答案：
(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】解析细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句和下文所举的两个例子可知：劳动的专业化导致广告业的开始。
答案B
【小题2】解析细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的“First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop...”可知。
答案B
【小题3】解析推理判断题。作者通过讲故事用简单的逻辑推理知识解释广告业的起源。
答案A
【小题4】解析细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“His job was，in other words，not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today’s world.”可知，crier所起的作用就是我们今天电视或收音机里的商品广告。
答案D
【小题5】解析概括大意题。最后两段描述了广告业的原始的、早期的形式，故C项符合。
答案C
