3. I made portraits as a part-time job. 根据词组on the side的含义可知答案。

2. take photos/photographs　 由For years my primary interest in life was photography.可知答案。教育博客

1. for 25 years　 由My first exposure to photography was 25 years ago.可知答案。

5. The best title of the passage is probably “_______”.

我的答案：　 1. _____　　 2. _____　　 3. _____　　 4. ______　　 5. ______　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

我的单词表　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

了解这些用法　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

retreat 　vi. (从…向…)撤退；后退；倒退；退却；教育博客(从…)退居；退缩

1) retreat from…to…

The defeated troops were forced to retreat to the coast. 教育博客

败军被迫撤退至海岸。

I wish I could retreat to an uninhabited island. 教育博客

但愿我能到无人岛去隐居。

2) retreat into silence 闭口不说话教育博客

3) retreat from a controversy 放弃争论

检验你的对与错：　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

4. The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve is covered with _______.教育博客

3. “I did portraits on the side.” means that ________.

2. What I love to do most in life is to _______.

1. I have taken photos __________.

9. Is …the proper title for the passage?

Passage 3

My first exposure to photography was 25 years ago. I was a freshman in college, looking for an interesting elective class, so I picked Basic Photography. I loved it so much, I ended up taking every photography class they offered. For years my primary interest in life was photography. I worked in a camera store. I did portraits on the side. I worked two seasons for the National Park Service and tried to work photography and video production into my duties. I got a job as a newspaper photographer so I could shoot every day. And when I wasn’t working, I did landscape photography.

If anything rivaled my love for photography, it was my love of the outdoors. So when I took a holiday, I went camping and hiking. My favorite places to visit were Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado, Death Valley, and Monument Valley. Heck, just about anywhere wild in the wide, open west.

While working as a newspaper photographer for The Californian in Temecula, California in 1988-1990, I discovered the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, a 6000-acre Nature Conservancy preserve. This gorgeous area of undeveloped grasslands and rolling, oak-studded hills is just a few miles from the city. I adopted it as my nearby wilderness retreat, usually turning to it for peaceful hikes, wildlife watching and photography.

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Read the passage and complete the sentences:　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

8. What do you think the proper title for the passage is?