Question

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is

  1 .”

And he told the   2  . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    3 . “I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have

  5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good    7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he  9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild

   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

His wife was very    11 , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Denny went off to  12  some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her   13 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14  it at his wife and the lion.

Then he shouted, “  15 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.                A．dangerous      B．natural         C．convenient    D．impossible

 

2.                A．lie             B．reason          C．news     D．truth

 

3.                A．allowed         B．refused         C．failed D．joked

 

4.                A．wealth         B．prize           C．pleasure  D．luck

 

5.                A．money         B．time           C．interest   D．ability

 

6.                A．meet           B．work           C．shop     D．stay

 

7.                A．meal           B．picnic          C．room     D．party

 

8.                A．agree          B．understand      C．reply     D．complain

 

9.                A．worried        B．forgot          C．asked    D．thought

 

10.               A．land           B．flowers         C．animals    D．people

 

11.               A．sad            B．excited         C．surprised D．amazed

 

12.               A．find           B．feed           C．drive D．shoot

 

13.               A．singing         B．crying          C．laughing   D．cheering

 

14.               A．threw          B．fired           C．showed   D．pointed

 

15.               A．Hurry up        B．Look out        C．Slow down     D．Go ahead

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：丹尼是一個愛好攝影的人，并且在這方面獲得了很多大獎。他的妻子很想和他一起去，在妻子的再三請求下，丹尼終于帶著妻子去了非洲。在一次他們外出拍照時，由于失散，妻子受到獅子追趕，但是丹尼不是想到救助妻子，而是拍下這一場面。短文既贊揚了丹尼的敬業，又諷刺了他的無情。

1.詞義辨析。Dangerous危險的； natural自然的；convenient方便的；impossible不可能的。聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是，即使這個地方很危險。故選A。

2.詞義辨析。A.謊言；B. 理由，動機；C. 新聞，消息；D. 事實，真理。聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是，他說了實話。故選D。

3.聯系下文可知他拒絕了他的妻子。故選B，拒絕。

4.聯系下文可知句意為，不是為了取樂。故選C，娛樂。

5.聯系上下文可知他沒有時間照顧妻子，故選B，時間。

6.聯系下文and I have to sleep outside. 可知他有時甚至連住的地方都沒有。故選D，停留。

7.詞義辨析。meal 一頓飯； picnic野餐；room房間； party聚會。聯系下文a bath for days.可知句意為有時連續幾天吃不上一頓飯。故選A。

8.聯系上下文可知他的妻子不同意他的說法，故選A。

9.詞義辨析。A. 擔心B. 忘記C.要求D.考慮。聯系下文可知他考慮了妻子的意見。故選D。

10.聯系上下文可知是去給野生動物拍照，故選C，動物。

11.聯系上文描述可知他的妻子應該是興奮的，故選B。

12.聯系下文some lions to photo 可知丹妮應該是出去找獅子拍照，故選A，尋找。

13.聯系下文A huge lion was chasing her.可知是哭喊，故選B。

14.結合語境可知句意為：丹尼快熟的從盒子里取出相機對準他的妻子和這只獅子，故選D，指向。

15.短語辨析。A. 趕緊，快點   B. 注意，當心C.減速D.繼續。聯系下文可知他是讓妻子注意拍照問題，故選C，拍照時的職業語言。

考點：關于一個攝影家的記述文

點評：這篇短文以事件發生順序進行描述，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，區分詞義，選出最能使語句通順的答案。