题目内容
【题目】The popular smartphone application Instagram(照片分享)has changed the way we look at photography, even our world. The photo-worthy moments we share serve as an important function in cultivating the photographic artistic eye.
Instagram has got people to start noticing the art in their everyday life. It has also allowed us to share the artful moments in our lives with others. Clearly, making people focus on beautiful moments in their lives and how to share them is a positive takeaway from Instagram.
Not only has Instagram changed the way we look at things around us, but it has also changed the way people view professional photography. Instagram has turned everyone with a smartphone into an artist. Opening up art to the general community is a groundbreaking(创新的) aspect of this application. Making artistic attempts accessible for everyone to discover their artistic talents and explore creatively is something that has made people find the beauty in the everyday. However, this accessibility has also created questioning around art and respect deserved by professional photography.
The art in a professional photograph versus an Instagram can sometimes be hard to notice at a quick glance. But photographs taken by true professional photographers hold something that Instagram’s cannot match in terms of photographic quality, or advanced compositional knowledge.
This is not to say Instagram is a lesser art. Aesthetic qualities of art are a personal matter and how good an artwork is depends on personal preferences. Good is a very arbitrary term in the art world. For example, I may find one photo more pleasing than another, but not everyone has to agree with me.
The point I am trying to make is that professional photography should not be lost, but instead approached with a new, enhanced level of respect and admiration — despite how accessible, common and fun Instagram now makes the taking and sharing of photos.
【1】What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
A. The increasing popularity of Instagram.
B. The advantages and disadvantages of Instagram.
C. The changes that Instagram brings us.
D. The differences between Instagram and professional photography.
【2】 What can the smartphone application Instagram do?
A. Help people to discover true self.
B. Inspire people to find the beauty in life.
C. Encourage people to be more competitive.
D. Let people gain others’ respect and admiration.
【3】Why do people begin to doubt the art of professional photography?
A. Because common people can take perfect photos easily.
B. Because they show no respect for professional photographers.
C. Because the artistic level of professional photography is reducing.
D. Because Instagram has changed the way people look at the world.
【4】What does the writer think of professional photography?
A. Useful. B. Valueless. C. Helpless. D. Absurd.
【答案】
【1】C
【2】B
【3】A
【4】A
【解析】
【文章大意】智能手机的照片分享应用改变了人们看待摄影、甚至世界的方式。通过分享自己生活中的美好瞬间,人们开始在日常生活中发现美并传播美。同时,因为拥有智能手机的人都可以拍出完美的照片,人们也对专业摄影技术渐渐失去了应有的尊敬。
【1】C 主旨大意题。在文中作者首先提到照片分享功能改变了人们看待摄影、甚至世界的方式,然后在下文分别从这两个方面进行介绍,由此判断文章主要介绍了照片分享功能所带来的变化,故选C。
【2】B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容可知手机的照片分享功能改变了人们看世界的方式,使得人们开始去发现身边的美,并且愿意和别人去分享这份美好。而其他选项都属于无中生有的干扰项。
【3】A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段内容可知智能手机的拍照和照片分享功能使得每个人都有机会去尝试接触艺术,发现自己的艺术天分,拍出完美的照片,因此人们对专业摄影作品也产生了质疑,故选A。
【4】A 细节理解题。根据文章末段but instead approached with a new, enhanced level of respect and admiration可知作者认为专业摄影还是有用的,故选A。