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My work is done.” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a century’s prosperity. One of America’s bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed.
But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr. on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel. When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity from the Eastman Kodak Company.
In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.
And it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that familes cherish.  Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. Lovers could take one another’s pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny. Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces.
The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company’s founder to engage in some of the most generous philanthropy in America’s history. Not just in Kodak’s home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well. Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world.
That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company.
Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died.
History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company.
But history will never forget Kodak.
【小题1】According to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?

A.The invention of easy digital photography
B.The poor management of the company
C.The early death of George Eastman
D.The quick rise of its business competitors
【小题2】It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman         .
A.died a natural death of old age.
B.happened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.
C.set up his company in the capital of the US before setting up its branches all over the world.
D.was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.
【小题3】Before George Eastman brought photography to people,             .
A.no photos has ever been taken of people or events
B.photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoors
C.painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.
D.grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.
【小题4】The person releasing the shutter (Paragraph 5) was the one        .
A.who took the photograph
B.who wanted to have a photo taken
C.whose decisions shaped the Eastman Kodak Company
D.whose smiles could long be seen by their children
【小题5】What is the writer’s attitude towards the Eastman Kodak Company?
A.DisapprovingB.RespectfulC.RegretfulD.Critical
【小题6】Which do you think is the best title for the passage?
A.Great Contributions of KodakB.Unforgettable moments of Kodak
C.Kodak Is DeadD.History of Eastman Kodak Company

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阅读下面的文言文,完成下列各题。

孙权,字仲谋。兄策既定诸郡,时权年十五,以为阳羡长。郡察孝廉,州举茂才。(建安)五年,策薨,以事授权,权哭未及息,策长史张昭谓权曰:“孝廉,此宁哭时邪? 且周公立法而伯禽不师①,非欲违父,时不得行也。况今奸宄(奸臣)竞逐,豺狼满道。乃欲哀亲戚,顾礼制,是犹开门而揖盗,未可以为仁也。”乃改易权服,扶令上马,使出巡军。是时,惟有会稽、吴郡、丹杨、豫章、庐陵,然深险之地犹未尽从,而天下英豪布在州郡,宾旅寄寓之士以安危去就为意,未有君臣之固。张昭、周瑜等谓权可与共成大业,故委心而服事焉。曹公表权为讨虏将军,领会稽太守,屯吴,使丞之郡行文书事。待张昭以师傅之礼,而周瑜、程普、吕范等为将率。招延俊秀,聘求名士,鲁肃、诸葛瑾等始为宾客。分部诸将,镇抚山越,讨不从命。

(建安十三年)荆州牧刘表死,鲁肃乞奉命吊表二子,且以观变。肃未到,而曹公已临其境,表子琮举众以降。刘备欲南济江,肃与相见,因传权旨,为陈成败。备进住夏口,使诸葛亮诣权,权遣周瑜、程普等行。是时曹公新得表众,形势甚盛。诸议者皆望风畏惧,多劝权迎之。惟瑜、肃执拒之议,意与权同。瑜、普为左右督,各领万人,与备俱进,遇于赤壁,大破曹公军。公烧其余船引退,士卒饥疫,死者大半。备、瑜等复追至南郡。

十六年,权徙治秣陵。明年,城石头,改秣陵为建业。闻曹公将来侵,作濡须坞②。十八年正月,曹公攻濡须,权与相拒月余。曹公望权军,叹其齐肃,乃退。(《三国志??吴主传》)

注:①周公立法而伯禽不师:周公制定的礼法制度,他的儿子、受封于鲁国的伯禽却没有遵守。按照古人的解释,伯禽在服丧期间,徐戎(周代居住在今徐州一代的少数民族)作乱,伯禽就停止服丧而率兵讨伐,平定了徐戎。      ②濡须坞:修建在濡须口的堡坞,夹濡须水而筑。

对下列句子中加点的词语的解释,不正确的一项是   (    )

A.权哭未及息                  息:停止

B.领会稽太守                  领:兼任

C.公烧其余船引退              引:拉

D.此宁哭时邪                  宁:难道

下列各组句子中,全都直接表现孙权励精图治的一组是(    )

①策薨,以事授权   ②招延俊秀,聘求名士        ③乃改易权服,扶令上马

④公烧其余船引退   ⑤闻曹公将来侵,作濡须坞    ⑥权与相拒月余

A.①②④       B.①③⑥       C.③④⑤       D.②⑤⑥

下列对原文的叙述与分析不正确的一项是(    )       

A.孙权继位之后,任用贤才,优礼士人,用对待师傅之礼事奉张昭、周瑜、鲁肃、诸葛瑾等人,一时间,孙权手下人才济济。

B.荆州牧刘表死后,其子刘琮投降曹操。此时的东吴内部分为主战、主和两派,孙权不顾主降派张昭等反对,联合刘备与曹操决战,取得赤壁之战的胜利。

C.孙权到秣陵(建业)后,曹操来犯,孙权与曹操大战于濡须坞,双方均不能获胜。看到孙权阵容齐整,曹操只好撤兵。

D.孙权作为一代英主,面对曹操的入侵,敢于抗击;经过赤壁之战,大败曹操,后又在濡须之战中取得胜利。

把文中画横线的句子翻译成现代汉语。

①郡察孝廉,州举茂才。

                                                                                         

②乃欲哀亲戚,顾礼制,是犹开门而揖盗,未可以为仁也。

                                                                                          

③是时曹公新得表众,形势甚盛。诸议者皆望风畏惧,多劝权迎之。

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My work is done.” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a century’s prosperity. One of America’s bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed.

But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.

Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr. on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel. When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity from the Eastman Kodak Company.

In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.

And it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that familes cherish.  Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. Lovers could take one another’s pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny. Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces.

The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company’s founder to engage in some of the most generous philanthropy in America’s history. Not just in Kodak’s home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well. Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world.

That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company.

Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died.

History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company.

But history will never forget Kodak.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?

A.The invention of easy digital photography

B.The poor management of the company

C.The early death of George Eastman

D.The quick rise of its business competitors

2.It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman         .

A.died a natural death of old age.

B.happened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.

C.set up his company in the capital of the US before setting up its branches all over the world.

D.was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.

3.Before George Eastman brought photography to people,             .

A.no photos has ever been taken of people or events

B.photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoors

C.painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.

D.grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.

4.The person releasing the shutter (Paragraph 5) was the one        .

A.who took the photograph

B.who wanted to have a photo taken

C.whose decisions shaped the Eastman Kodak Company

D.whose smiles could long be seen by their children

5.What is the writer’s attitude towards the Eastman Kodak Company?

A.Disapproving

B.Respectful

C.Regretful

D.Critical

6.Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

A.Great Contributions of Kodak

B.Unforgettable moments of Kodak

C.Kodak Is Dead

D.History of Eastman Kodak Company

 

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