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3.For many people around the world,a subway journey means speeding from one dull station to the next,surrounded by too many uncomfortable,impatient people.But on the Moscow Metro,taking the subway is like walking through a national heritage site.Depending on where you get off,you'll receive a brief course in architectural movements and face colorful glass windows,marble(大理石)columns,gilded (鎏金的)mosaics and painted scenes from Russian history.
"These extraordinarily beautiful places are unlike any metro station I've ever seen,"says Vancouver-based photographer David Burdeny.
When Burdeny,who himself has a master's degree in architecture,first found out about Moscow's metro stations,he was struck by the work of art.In all,he has photographed 20of the most beautiful stations.
Burdeny had originally planned to focus on Russian stations more generally,taking photos of examples in both St.Petersburg and Moscow.
"But when I saw the stations in Moscow,they just completely blew away the St.Petersburg ones,"he says.
Shooting in the subway sounds simple,but it is not without challenges.For one thing,Burdeny had to figure out a way to access them between 12:30a.m.and 5:30a.m.,when the stations were closed.
In the end,he settled on Arbatskaya Metro Station,whose vaulted (拱顶的) arches he found the most beautiful.But it also represented a challenge he was not sure he was able to overcome:conveying the hugeness of the spaces.The Arbatskaya platform,for example,stretches 820feet."Some of the arches are quite long,"he says."When you enter them,they're just so completely grand."
1.We can learn from the text that David BurdenyD.
A.is a world-famous architect
B.is studying Russian history
C.took the subway to and from work
D.took photos of Moscow subway stations
2.What Burdeny found challenging wasC.
A.when to take photos of Moscow subway stations
B.whether to work in St.Petersburg or Moscow
C.how to photograph the long arches at Arbatskaya Station
D.where to get off to study the Moscow metro system
3.What does the underlined word"shooting"mean in Paragraph 6?B
A.Firing bullets from a gun.
B.Taking photographs.
C.Making movies.
D.Throwing the ball at the basket.

分析 本文介绍了建筑师David Burdeny喜欢拍摄建筑物的照片,在看到莫斯科地铁站的时候.被它的建筑特色所吸引,虽然由于空间特别巨大,使得拍摄是个难题,但是他还是拍了20张这个车站的照片.

解答 1~3 DCB
1.D.细节题.根据第三段In all,he has photographed 20of the most beautiful stations.可知David Burdeny已经拍了20张这个车站的照片了,所以答案是D.took photos of Moscow subway stations.
2.C.细节题.根据末段But it also represented a challenge he was not sure he was able to overcome:conveying the hugeness of the spaces.和Some of the arches are quite long可知由于空间特别巨大,使得拍摄是个难题,所以答案是C.how to photograph the long arches at Arbatskaya Station.
3.B.词义猜测题.根据第一题和第四段中Burdeny had originally planned to focus on Russian stations more generally,taking photos of examples in both St.Petersburg and Moscow.可知Burdeny在拍摄车站,所以该句Shooting in the subway sounds simple,but it is not without challenges的Shooting in the subway 指的是在地铁站拍照,因此答案是B.Taking photographs.

点评 考查景物类介绍.
shoot:除了普通的"射击,拍摄,发芽,…"等意思外,是用於表示气愤或懊恼说出的那句脏话(shit)的代用语.

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