72．What book is this passage most likely taken from?

　　　 A．A book on photography for news reporters　 B．A book on how to photograph people

C．A book on choosing the right camera.　　　 D．A book on improving photographic techniques.

三，对话填空

Jack: Have you heard the news that someone rode a horse to school?

Jane: What? Rode a horse to school? It ⑴s_______ so strange to me.

Jack: But that’s true. A newspaper says recently two American ⑵g_____ did it.

Jane: How come?

Jack: That is⑶ b______ of rising oil prices. ⑷L________ far away from their school,

Mellissa Evans and Chapa Steven went to school by car. And as oil prices

kept rising, they thought their horses would save ⑸ t______ money.

⑹A___________ the trip will take hours, hay(干草) is much ⑺ c_______ than gas.

Jane: That’s right.

Jack: But the girl’s ⑻c_________ ideas may not last long.

Jane: But why?

Jack: The school has told them that keeping horses at school is ⑼ a________ the school rules.

Jane. I see.

Jack: And many people have　 ⑽s_______ from the oil prices rising in America, so they wish to

get down the oil prices soon.

Jane: So do people in our country.

71．Many photographers fail because　　　 .

A.their pictures include the buildings and people B.the details are not clear in their pictures

C．the subjects of their pictures are not obvious

D．the explanation given for their pictures is mistaken

70．What will it bring you if you decide the purpose of the photograph in advance?

　　　 A．Allows you to leave out unnecessary material　 B．Allows you to stand in the best place

C．Helps you to vary the subjects of your pictures　 D．Means you waste less time.

69．What does the author mean by saying“in many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying”?

　　　 A．The skills of photography are not as satisfactory nowadays as before

B．The earliest pictures were the best pictures people have ever taken

C．The present-day photography depends more on technology than on art

D．Learning to produce a sharp and correctly developed picture is only the first step in photography and is easily learned.

68．What does the author think according to the passage?

　　　 A．Children living in one-parent families badly need their parents’ love and help

B．Children with one-parent need their parents’ money badly.

C．Chinese value whole marriage more than before.　　　　 D．Work is dearest to most Chinese.

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In many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying. Learning to use the controls is easy and comes quickly, and you can measure the results in terms of sharp and correctly developed pictures. Once you have mastered that, you can start on the second step of your photographic work. Using these basic skills in a wide variety of situations to give the pictures you want, noticing what you see through the viewfinder and turning that into the most effective picture becomes totally interesting.

All good photographs have one thing in common; there is no doubt what the subject of the picture is meant to be. Every photographer must use those same standards to his or her work, not only to the finished results but to the subject before he or she takes it. Always work　 out quite clearly what the subject of the picture is to be and why you are taking the picture. For example,“I am going to take a picture of this street to show the different styles and ages of the buildings and that people have been living, working and shopping in them since time began.”By doing this you have a better idea of what to include in the picture and what to leave out. How often have you been shown photographs taken by people away on a trip somewhere? The judgment is always similar, something about“the car park is out of the picture to the left”, or“you can’t quite see from this picture but if you go up the street”. The photographs are usually collections of buildings, people, parked cars, possibly a distant look of an ancient church, and best of all, a figure which you are told is Aunt Henrietta, disappearing in the middle distance. When photographers show you their pictures, they have a clear idea of what they want to bring to your attention, but it often does not appear in the picture. If they had given just a little of their time to think about their future judgment before taking the picture, then the picture would relate its own story. Good pictures can show their subjects quickly and easily.

67．It can be concluded from the passage that　　　 .

　　　 A．in the author’s eyes, the breakdown of the two-parent family in China will be more serious than that in

　the U. S. in the future.

B．today young Americans should reduce their material comforts in the interests of their children’s future

C．Chinese marriage is said to be all perfect

D．at present, nearly one half of all new marriages end in divorce in China

66．According to the passage, the American family value in the past is that　　　 .

　　　 A．Americans love their families more than their jobs.

B．Americans often set aside their children’s needs

C．Americans have a strong work desire

D．American parents place the needs of their children above their own

65．The main point of the passage is　　　　 .

　　　 A．family plays a very important role in America.

B．there is something about family for Americans to learn from China.

C．a proper balance between work and family needs to be found for Chinese

D．the Chinese have a proper balance between work and play

54．A．keeping up　　　　　 B．being caught up　 C．catching up　　　　　 D．being kept up with