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Wherever travelers go, cameras are sure to follow. It’s great fun to take photos, and even more fun to show slides of the trip to friends and relatives when they come back home.

There’s Aunt Sarah, smiling in front of Buckingham Palace; Aunt Sarah, smiling under the Eiffel Tower; and Aunt Sarah, smiling in a Venetian Canal. Everyone knows what Aunt Sarah looks like; they also know what Europe’s great landmarks (显著地面景观) look like.

But a young man named David, just back from a trip to Greece, asked a few friends over to see his slides. The young man had an artist’s eye. His pictures were not of familiar Greek architectures. Instead he took pictures of farmers at work in the field, fishermen repairing their nets, and bearded priests (牧师) bending over their Bibles. He captured (抓住) the color and character of the country. His friends were so interested that they asked for more.

Any amateur (外行) can do the same. All he needs is a simple camera and a little sensitivity. When he learns that a nation lives in its people as well as in its landmarks, he moves from an amateur to an artist.

1.What does the underlined word “slide” mean?

2. People who watch Aunt Sarah’s slides would be _______.

3. David’s pictures were about _______.

4.David is _______.

5. A traveler can become an artist if he _______.

While watching movies, it’s getting hard to tell what is and isn’t real. Thanks to computers, movie makers can now use their full imaginations. There’s even a new type of character--made entirely by computers—which is getting more and more screen time.
Making the impossible look easy has always been a part of movie magic. As far back as 1895, filmmakers used special effects in movies. Over the years, many few techniques（技术） were developed. Then, starting in the 1970s, computers took their place at the center of the process.
One of the first movies to widely use 3D computer generated（生成的，产生的） imagery (CGI) was Tron(1982). In the following years, more CGI characters were brought to life, one by one. Then, Jurassic park (1993) brought us an island full of man-eating dinosaurs. Shortly afterwards, Toy Story (1995) became the first cartoon made entirely with 3D CGI effects. It was a big hit, and audiences loved the characters.
By using “motion capture” technology, filmmakers can make the movements of CGI humans even more lifelike. With this technique, a real actor wears sensors（感受器，传感器） on his face and body. The sensors record the actor’s movements and send the information to a computer. Then the movements are given to a CGI character. This technique was used to make the creature（生物，有生命的东西） Gollum in the second and third The Lord of the Rings movies (2002,2003). Other films, like Beowulf (2007), have also used motion capture to help create CGI humans.
It is still rather easy to tell that a CGI human is not real. But the technology is improving every year. Over time, many problems ( like the teeth and eyes looking fake) will be solved. We will certainly see more CGI animals, monsters, and people in movies and TV shows. The question is – in the future, how many real actors will be put out of work by computer actors?
【小题1】What is the main idea?

We live in computer age (时代). People    1    scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago,    2    couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very    3    people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and    4    . But they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. Some people    5    have them at home.

Computers become very important because they can work    6    than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can    7    people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to    8    . Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to    9    . Computers can also remember what you    10    them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?

1.A. like B. as C. and D. with

2.A. students B. scientists C. teachers D. computers

3. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little

4.A. cheap B. cheaper C. more expensive D. expensive

5. A. even B. still C. already D. yet

6. A. fast B. faster C. slow D. slower

7.A. help B. make C. stop D. use

8. A. write B. play C. study D. learn

9.A. sing B. study C. dance D. watch

10. A. put in B. put on C. put into D. put up