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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 (照相机).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 picture 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 film 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 photographers. He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photod were nor just cooies of the real world .They showed and feelings,like other kinds of art. 1. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________ A. his business B. his house ··········· C. his garden D. his window 2. The Daguerrotype was____________. A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture ···· C. a kind of camera D. a photographer 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. 4. Mathew Brady______________. A. was very lifelike ·························· B. was famous for his unusual pictures C. was quite strong ··························· D. took many pictures of moving people 5. This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed ·············· B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures C. how to take pictures in the world ············· D. how to use different cameras
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On the evening of June 21,1992,a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful all of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi'an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in \"the kingdom of bicycles\".
Robert Friedlander, an American,arrived in Xi'an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.
When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road . Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi'an and his early dreams were coming true.
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Robert Friedlander's next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc.He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
6. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be______.
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles ···················· B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi'an C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road ··················· D. An American Achieving His Aims A. he asked to see the manager ··················· B. he entered the hall with a bicycle C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
A. China, India, and Pakistan ····················· B. India, China, and Pakistan C. Pakistan, China, and India ····················· D. China, Pakistan, and India A. The stories about Marco Polo. ··················· B. The famous sights in Xi'an. C. His interest in Chinese silk. ··················· D. His childhood dreams about bicycles. A.clever B .friendly C .hardworking ········ D. strong-minded
7. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because______.
8. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order:
9. What made Friedlander come to China?
10. Friedlander can be said to be_____
C
Let’s learn more about each other
Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In lots of ways, they are very different. But what are the differences?
Hu Peng of Wuhan and four friends decided to find them out. Earlier this month, they went to live for a week in Caidian, a village near Wuhan. Hu and his Junior 1 classmates went door to door in Caidian and asked kids there lots of questions. They wanted to learn more about village kids’ everyday lives, so they asked questions like—Do your parents teach you how to do housework? How much money do you usually spend on dinner? What would you do if a thief came into your house? They also asked 150 city kids the same questions. What are the differences?
On April 12, the team gave a report to their class. They told about lots of differences between children’s lives in cities and those in villages. The biggest difference is independence(自立，). Hu’s team saw that 60 percent of city kids can’t do much housework, but 90 percent of village kids can care for themselves.
City kids told Hu they cared about school a lot, and they had no time for washing clothes or making their beds. Village kids said they helped their parents with a lot—They cook, clean house and feed pigs. Hu’s team also saw that village kids had less pocket money. Many never use computers. They play in rivers or on mountains. Some don’t really like to make new friends.
Hu and his friends said their trip gave them more self-confidence because they were doing something by themselves. But it also worried them a bit because they saw they still had a lot to learn. “When we grow up, our parents can’t take care of us,” Hu said. “We have to learn to take care of ourselves.” Shen Guanquan, one of Hu’s friends, said, “When people learn to care for themselves, they learn to do lots of difficult things.”
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11. How many city kids went to learn about village kids’ everyday lives? ____. A. Three B. Four ················· C. Five D. Six 12. They found that most village kids ____. A. have no time for their study ···························· B. don’t care much about school C. help their parents with a lot of housework ··········· D. have much pocket money 13. Their report shows that most city kids ____. A. help their parents with a lot of housework ··········· B. have less pocket money C. always take care of themselves ························ D. still have a lot to learn 14. The underlined word “it” in the sentence means ____. A. their trip B. their report ······· C. village kids D. city kids 15. Hu Peng and his friends finished their report by ____. A. visiting schools in the village ·························· B. questioning village kids from door to door C. watching village kids’everyday lives ··············· D. questioning village kids’parents
D
同学们即将升入高中学习。请你根据以下五位同学的兴趣爱好，帮助他们选定各自感兴趣的高中选修课程，并将选修课的序号(A-E)分别填入答题卷和相应的空格。 Subjects Names Hobbies A.Peking Opera 16．________ Bill He’d like to go to the USA one day. He likes Lincoln, Washington and other presidents. He wants to know more about this country. She enjoys delicious food. She often helps her mother with meals. She’d like to learn how to make dishes. His hobby is to take photos. He hopes to do it better Lanfang is his favorite star. He likes Chinese traditional music. He often watches plays at the theatre or on CCTV-11 She is good at drawing. She wants to learn how to make films like Mickey Mouse. Linda Wang Qiang Chris Mei Maria B.American 17.___________ history C.Cartoon making 18.__________ D.Cooking 19.__________ E. Photography 20.__________ 3 / 3
