Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form. an opinion about

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET I. (10 points)

Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form. an opinion about it, (1) develop a point of view. But this bash' t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early conventional wisdom about digital cameras—they' re neat (3) for you？ But they're not suitable for everyday picture taking.

The fans are wrong: Moro than anything else, digital cameras are radically (4) what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography (5) we know it is beginning to seem out of (6) with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder (7) saving pictures as digital (8) and watching them on TV is no less practical—and in many ways more (9) than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (10)

Paper is also terribly (11) . Pictures that are incorrectly framed, (12) ,or lighted are nonetheless committed to film and ultimately processed into prints.

The digital medium changes the (13) . Still images that are (14) digitally can immediately be shown on a computer (15) , a TV screen, or a small liquid - crystal display (LCD) built fight into the camera. And since the points of light that (16) an image are saved as a series of digital bits in electronic memory, (17) being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted (18) .

What's it like to (19) with one of these digital cameras？ It's a little like a first date--exciting, confusing and fraught with (20) .

1. A) rather than

B) let alone

C) much less

D) so as to

of high-speed Web. For decades, Americans have anxiously (1)_____ each war through a new communications (2)_____, from the early silent film of World War I to the 24-hour cable news (3)_____ of the first Persian Gulf War.

Now, (4)_____ bombs exploding in Baghdad, a sudden increase in wartime (5)_____ for online news has become a central test of the (6)_____ of high-speed Internet connections. It is also a good (7)_____ both to attract users to online media (8)_____ and to persuade them to pay for the material they find there, (9)_____ the value of the Cable News Network persuaded millions to (10)_____ to cable during the last war in Iraq.

(11)_____ by a steady rise over the last 18 months in the number of people with high-speed Internet (12)_____, now at more than 70 million in the United States, the Web sites of many of the major news organizations have (13)_____ assembled a novel collage(拼贴) of (14)_____ video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry (15)_____, interactive maps and other new digital reportage.

These Internet services are (16)_____ on the remarkable abundance of sounds and images (17)_____ from video cameras (18)_____ on Baghdad and journalists traveling with troops. And they have found a (19)_____ audience of American office workers (20)_____ their computers during the early combat.

A．notified

B．publicized

C．followed

D．pursued

n declining for years due to advance in technology and changes in the global economy. The following is a list of careers that are disappearing. Stage Performers The five-year decline for this career was a surprising 61% .Stage performances have fallen out of fashion and have been almost entirely replaced with movies and home entertainment technologies. Postal service mail sorters After losing almost 57,000 jobs between 2004 and 2009, a further 30% decline in this occupation can be seen by 2018.With more automatic processes for mail sorting and increasing correspondence via e-mail and fax; this job is quickly becoming unnecessary. Office support workers About 300,000 office support jobs disappeared between 2004 and 2009.Secretaries and file clerks are no longer in demand as companies cut costs. Moreover, technologies like voicemail and easy-to-use word processors have enabled professionals to do their own office work. Photo processors With the rise of digital photography and automatic printing, positions for manual photo printers are rapidly disappearing. The occupation has been steadily losing jobs in the last five years and there might be a 24% decline by 2018. Radio operators As technology advances, the need for workers to monitor communications via radio telephone equipment is disappearing. This already small field saw a five-year decline of 43%. 问题：According to the first paragraph, because of the advances in technology and global economic changes,_________A.Many jobs are disappearing sharply

B.Many new occupations are emerging

C.People are attracted to higher-paying jobs

D.Part-time jobs have become more popular

One reason why the career of stage performers is declining so fast is that_________.A.Stage performers can no longer earn big money

B.Fewer people are qualified as stage performers

C.There is less investment in in stage performances

D.Stage performances have become less popular

The benefit of using new technologies in the office is that__________.A.Office workers can work on a flexible work system

B.Professionals are able to do their own office work

C.Secretaries and file clerks are badly in need

D.Employees can enjoy better social welfare

The author expects that by 2018 the occupation of photo processors might decline by__________.A.61%

B.43%

C.30%

D.24%

Which of the following might be best title of the passage？A.Advanced Technologies

B.Rising Unemployment

C.Disappearing Careers

D.Global Economy

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

been declining for years due to advance in technology and changes inthe global economy. The following is a list of careers that are disappearing.

Stage Performers

The five-year decline for this career was a surprising 61%. Stage performanceshave fallen out of fashion and have been almost entirely replaced with moviesand home entertainment technologies.

、Postal service mail sorters

After losing almost 57,000 jobs between 2004 and 2009, a further 30% decline inthis occupation can be seen by 2018.With more automatic processes for mailsorting and increasing correspondence via e-mail and fax, this job is quicklybecoming unnecessary.

Office support workers

About 300,000 office support jobs disappeared between 2004 and 2009.Secretaries and file clerks are no longer in demand as companies cut costs.Moreover, technologies like voicemail and easy-to-use word processors haveenabled professionals to do their own office work.

Photo processors

With the rise of digital photography and automatic printing, positions formanual photo printers are rapidly disappearing. The occupation has beensteadily losing jobs in the last five years and there might be a 24% decline by2018.

Radio operators

As technology advances, the needfor workers to monitor communications via radio telephone equipment isdisappearing. This already small field saw a five-year decline of 43%.

1.According to the first paragraph, because of theadvances in technology and global economic changes, _________.

选项格式：A.Part-time jobs have become more popular

B.Many new occupations are emerging

C.Many jobs are disappearing sharply

D.People are attracted to higher-paying jobs

2.One reason why the career of stage performers is declining so fast is that __________.

A.There isless investment in in stage performances

B.Stage performances have become less popular

C.Fewer people arequalified as stage performers

D.Stage performers can no longer earn big money

3.The benefit of using new technologies in the officeis that ______________.

A.Office workers can work on a flexible work system

B.Profession alsare able to do their own office work

C.Secretaries and file clerks are badly in need

D.Employees can enjoy better social welfare

4.The author expects that by 2018 the occupation ofphoto processors might decline by ______.

A.24%

B.30%

C.43%

D.61%

5.Which of the following might be best title of thepassage？

A.Global Economy

B.Advanced Technologies

C.Rising Unemployment

D.Disappearing Careers

（填写适当形式的词汇）His work is a _____(mix) of photography and painting.

A．swimming or drawing

B．drawing or photography

C．singing or photography

D．swimming or photography

A.Drawing

B.Swimming

C.Photography

D.Singing

摄影(Photography)是一门影像技术、视觉艺术;1839年在法国公布于世，是18世纪重要的发明之一。()

A．Looking at some photographs.

B．Selling cameras.

C．Teaching a photography class

D．Repairing camera equipment.

A.take

B.took

C.is taking

D.taken