In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera .He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.

The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837.That year, Daguere, another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.

In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them ,for example, some in the United States worked so hard.

Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The picture were unusual because they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)

Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.

1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ____________

A. his business

B. his house

C. his garden

D. his window

2.The Daguerrotype was____________.

A. a Frenchman

B. a photographer

C. a kind of camera

D. a kind of picture

3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to_________.

A. watch lots of films

B. buy an expensive camera

C. stop in most cities

D. take many films and something else with him

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Eventually all suns will their fuel, explode and then become cold and dark.Matter itself will disappear and the universe will become for the rest of time.

This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I my eldest son as a freshman at college.That moment at the dorm is at the kindergarten door, at the gates of summer camp, at every occasion of parting and .But it comes surprising, taking what you most.

Our ancestors thought this parting should take place .In many societies adolescents were sent away to live with friends or relatives right after adolescence.This was supposed to the conflicts that come from teenagers and their parents very near.

Eighteen years is not enough.The days pass uncounted, until they .The adjustment is upsetting.My son is on the side --- observant, thoughtful, a practitioner of companionable silence.I know this is hard on him as well.He will be homesick.Among the greatest of college students is they won’t have a room at home to return to.

But with due respect to my son’s feelings, I have the of parting.I know something he doesn’t --- incomprehensible to the young.He is experiencing the that come with beginnings.His life is starting for real.I have begun the long letting go.Put another way: He has a wonderful future in which my part decreases.

I’m sure my father realized it at a(n) moment.And I certainly didn’t notice or understand.At first, he was a giant who held my hand and my sky.Then a middle-aged man who paid my bills.Now, decades after his passing, a much-loved .But I can remember the last time I hugged him in his home, where I always had a room.I can only hope to leave my son the same.

My son, those days have been the greatest wonder and of my life.And there will always be a for you.

1.A. add B. use C. consume D. supply

2.A. empty B. boundless C. expanding D. hopeless

3.A. dropped out B. dropped off C. dropped in D. dropped back

4.A. delayed B. implied C. missed D. captured

5.A. reliance B. importance C. responsibility D. independence

6.A. wonder B. need C. value D. miss

7.A. before B. later C. afterwards D. earlier

8.A. minimize B. cause C. manage D. settle

9.A. drawing B. relating C. housing D. seating

10.A. come B. end C. break D. start

11.A. excited B. sad C. anxious D. quiet

12.A. fears B. pities C. reliefs D. pains

13.A. better B. pleasure C. worse D. benefit

14.A. comprehension B. recognition C. adjustment D. consideration

15.A. naturally B. sharply C. immediately D. suddenly

16.A. difficult B. critical C. important D. similar

17.A. filled B. cleared C. clouded D. broke

18.A. breadwinner B. shape C. guard D. shadow

19.A. pressure B. privilege C. substitute D. inspiration

20.A. house B. chance C. room D. dream

We are not who we think we are.

The American self-image is spread with the golden glow of opportunity.We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility,not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains,energy and ambition are what counts,not the circumstances of one's birth.

The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood than on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.

That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest are still stuck at the bottom,having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.

It is noted that even in Britain---a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the studies were released,most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less,in inflation-adjusted dollars,than did their parents.

One of the studies indicates,in fact,that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force.This is much less true for African-Americans.

The picture that emerges from all the quintiles,correlations and percentages is of a nation in which,overall,"the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one",as one of the studies notes.

The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900.However,this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally.The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.

Even more troubling is that our nation of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data.Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder,but there is "stickiness at the ends" —four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor,and four out of ten who are born rich will stay rich.

1.What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?

A. Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top.

B. Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches.

C. The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality.

D. The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites.

2.It can be inferred from the undertone of the writer that America,as a classless society,should ________.

A. perfect its self-image as a land of opportunity

B. have a higher level of upward mobility than Britain

C. enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employment

D. encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The US is a land where brains,energy and ambition are what counts.

B. Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains.

C. Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered.

D. Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder.

4.What might be the best title for this passage?

A. Social Upward Mobility.

B. Incredible Income Gains.

C. Inequality in Wealth.

D. America Not Land of Opportunity.

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There are many brands of chocolate.If you love it,you can’t forget DOVE --the most famous chocolate brand.But do you know what the meaning of DOVE is?

Dove chocolate is born because of.One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon.Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar.They soon fell in love.Unfortunately owing to their quite different social ,both of them had to the deep feelings in heart.

Afterwards Bazaar was made to an arranged royal marriage against her wishes.For many days Leon could not see Bazaar,and he was burning with .Finally Bazaar turned up at the table a month later.While serving desserts,Leon the letters "DOVE" which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar's ice cream.Leon that Bazaar could understand his feeling.

A few days later,Bazaar got.Leon,broken-hearted,could not the mental suffering and left for America,where he and his own family a candy store years later but lived unhappily.

Many years later,they met again before Bazaar’s death.Bazaar that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon but didn't see the letters and also didn't receive any promise from Leon and she had to to her fate and missed him all her lifetime.

Hearing this,Leon broke down in tears.If that chocolate had been,those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his last.Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.

After lots of research,he succeeded and each piece of chocolate was engraved(刻) with the letters –DOVE.It is a of the love between Leon and Bazaar.

Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate.Giving someone DOVE means sending the of love DO YOU LOVE ME?

1.A. anger B. sorrow C. love D. envy

2.A. served B. made C. drew D. heated

3.A. opinion B. view C. attitude D. status

4.A. discover B. forget C. bury D. struggle

5.A. know B. accept C. try D. practise

6.A. sympathy B. impatience C. joy D. humor

7.A. mixed B. sent C. wrote D. pressed

8.A. allowed B. promised C. declared D. expected

9.A. married B. sick C. bored D. changed

10.A. repeat B. bear C. reduce D. keep

11.A. supported B. found C. ran D. sold

12.A. learned B. recalled C. heard D. believed

13.A. annoying B. confusing C. interesting D. melting

14.A. give in B. give up C. give out D. give away

15.A. powerful B. liquid C. solid D. frozen

16.A. belief B. promise C. courage D. chance

17.A. eat B. preserve C. miss D. sell

18.A. quickly B. happily C. firmly D. lightly

19.A. symbol B. sign C. survey D. study

20.A. story B. secret C. rumor D. whisper

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I became lame(瘸的)in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand ________ the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “ ________ ”.

I still remember the first day at ________ . When I appeared at the door, ________ in the classroom stared(凝视)at me in ________. My face turned ________. I couldn’t help ________ back. It was the ________ and sympathy(同情)in their eyes that ________ me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.

Being lame, I didn’t dare (敢) to ________ in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be ________ at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking ________ .

One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really ________ . They encouraged me with a(n) ________ smile and ________ me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was ________ to them for giving me a chance to see the ________ of our lovely school with my own eyes.

After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always ________ to help me. It made me ________ I am handicapped (残疾的).

Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation (犹豫) I said, “It is the ________ . ”

1.A. with B. without C. under D. on

2.A. walk B. run C. sit D. stand

3.A. school B. wheelchair C. home D. hospital

4.A. he B. she C. everyone D. nobody

5.A. thought B. interest C. anger D. surprise

6.A. red B. brown C. white D. black

7.A. entering B. hiding C. coming D. turning

8.A. feeling B. kindness C. sorrow D. pain

9.A. made B. stopped C. kept D. let

10.A. walk B. study C. practice D. speak

11.A. laughed B. smiled C. stared D. looked

12.A. quickly B. slowly C. happily D. shyly

13.A. brave B. sad C. hurt D. excited

14.A. honest B. friendly C. luckily D. handsome

15.A. pushed B. placed C. drew D. pulled

16.A. satisfied B. sorry C. loyal D. thankful

17.A. signs B. sights C. buildings D. students

18.A. ready B. smart C. wise D. unwilling

19.A. forget B. remember C. imagine D. think

20.A. teachers B. schoolyard C. classmates D. friendship

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