Digital photography is still new enough that mast of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras -- they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suitable for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) -- and in many ways more (10) -- than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) . Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date -- exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.13()

A:faithful B:loyal C:dedicated D:committed

Many professions are associated with a particular stereotype. The classic (1) of a writer, for example, is (2) a slightly crazy-looking person, (3) in an attic, writing away furiously for days (4) end. Naturally, he has his favorite pen and note-paper, or a beat-up typewriter, (5) which he could not produce a readable word.
Nowadays, we know that such images bear little (6) to reality. But are they completely (7) In the case of at least one writer, it would seem not. Dame Muriel Spark, who (8) 80 in February, in many ways resembles this stereotypical "writer". She is certainly not (9) , and she doesn’t work in an attic. But she is rather particular (10) the tools of her trade.
She insists on writing with a (11) type of pen in a certain type of notebook, which she buys from a certain stationer in Edinburgh called James Thin. In fact, so (12) is she that, if someone uses one of her pens by (13) , she immediately throws it away. And she claims she (14) enormous difficulty writing in any notebook other than (15) sold by James Thin. This could soon be a (16) , as the shop no longer stocks them, (17) Dame Muriel’s supply of 72-page spiral bound is nearly (18) .
As well as her "obsession" about writing materials, Muriel Spark (19) one other characteristic with the stereotypical "writer": her work is the most (20) thing in her life. It has stopped her from marrying; cost her old friends and made her new ones, and driven her from London to New York to Rome. Today she lives in the Italian province of Tuscany with a friend

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.7()

A:false B:stupid C:true D:faithful

Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1) a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early (3) wisdom about digital cameras—they’re neat (4) for your PC, but they’re not suit able for everyday picture-taking.
The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6) is beginning to seem out of (7) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8) digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9) and in many ways more (10) than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11) .
Paper is also terribly (12) Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13) to film and ultimately processed into prints.
The digital medium changes the (14) . Still images that are (15) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, TV screen, or a small liquid-crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in (17) memory, (18) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line.
What’s it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras It’s a little like a first date—exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

13()

A:faithful B:loyal C:dedicated D:committed

Many professions are associated with a particular stereotype. The classic (1) of a writer, for example, is (2) a slightly crazy-looking person, (3) in an attic, writing away furiously for days (4) end. Naturally, he has his favorite pen and note-paper, or a beat-up typewriter, (5) which he could not produce a readable word.
Nowadays, we know that such images bear little (6) to reality. But are they completely (7) In the case of at least one writer, it would seem not. Dame Muriel Spark, who (8) 80 in February, in many ways resembles this stereotypical "writer". She is certainly not (9) , and she doesn’t work in an attic. But she is rather particular (10) the tools of her trade.
She insists on writing with a (11) type of pen in a certain type of notebook, which she buys from a certain stationer in Edinburgh called James Thin. In fact, so (12) is she that, if someone uses one of her pens by (13) , she immediately throws it away. And she claims she (14) enormous difficulty writing in any notebook other than (15) sold by James Thin. This could soon be a (16) , as the shop no longer stocks them, (17) Dame Muriel’s supply of 72-page spiral bound is nearly (18) .
As well as her "obsession" about writing materials, Muriel Spark (19) one other characteristic with the stereotypical "writer": her work is the most (20) thing in her life. It has stopped her from marrying; cost her old friends and made her new ones, and driven her from London to New York to Rome, Today she lives in the Italian province of Tuscany with a friend.

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.19()

A:false B:stupid C:true D:faithful

John has always remained (loyal) to his family and friends.

A:friendly B:faithful C:hostile D:kind

These paintings are considered by many to be {{U}}authentic.{{/U}}

A:faithful B:royal C:genuine D:sincere

These paintings are considered by many to be {{U}}authentic. {{/U}}

A:faithful B:royal C:genuine D:sincere

These paintings are considered by many to be {{U}}authentic. {{/U}}

A:faithful B:royal C:genuine D:sincere

微信扫码获取答案解析
下载APP查看答案解析