题目
Although photography (the Greek word for "writing with
light") and Filmmaking are now so much a part of our visual world
that we take them for granted, they are relative recent inventions. 【1】______
From the time of the Renaissance, many artists had used the
CAMERA OBSCURA draw forms and linear perspective accurately. 【2】______
A camera obscura was a dark room or box With light entering in a 【3】______
tiny hole, perhaps focused on by a lens. An inverted image from the 【4】______
world beyond would be thrown on the opposite wall or side, and its
outlines could be traced on paper. But it was until the first half of【5】______
the nineteenth century that several researchers working independent 【6】______
of each other found ways to capture this image permanently.
Late in the nineteenth century, sequences of still pictures began【7】______
to lead to “movies.” In the mid-twentieth century, the technology 【8】______
of capturing moving images from the world had evolved wireless 【9】______
television broadcasts. And now computer video graphics have opened
up vast new range of possibilities that may or may not originate in 【10】______
the world that we see.
【M1】
第1题
An immediate consequence of Eastman's invention was a number of amateur (业余的) photographs that soon became known as snapshots. The word was borrowed from hunters' jargon. When a hunter fired a gun from the hip, without taking careful aim, it was described as a snapshot. Photographers referred to the process of taking pictures as shooting, and they would take pride in a good day's shoot the way country gentlemen would boast about the number of birds brought down in an afternoon.
The Kodak made photography not easy but fun. Almost overnight photography became one of the world's most popular hobbies. A new and ubiquitous(普遍存在的) folk art was born; the showing of one's latest pictures and the creation of family albums became popular social pastimes. Camera clubs and associations numbered their members in the millions. One amateur was the French novelist Emile Zola, who took innumerable photographs of his family, friends, and travels. Interviewed about his favorite hobby in 1900, he observed, "In my opinion you cannot say you have thoroughly seen anything until you have got a photograph of it."
"The little black box," as the Kodak was affectionately dubbed, revolutionized the way people communicated. "A picture is worth a thousand words" was the claim and there were literally billions of pictures. In one year alone--1988, the centenary of the invention of the Kodak--it is estimated that close to thirty billion pictures were taken worldwide. Haft of these, fifteen billion, were taken in the United States alone. The impact of the sale of photographic equipment on the economy is equally incredible.
Photography has played an essential role in the media revolution. It has vastly enhanced our ability to convey information, so that the concept of the global village has become a commonplace. Photographs have immeasurably extended our understanding of and compassion for our fellow human beings.
Did Mr. Eastman have the faintest idea of the power residing in his "little black box" ?
What is the underlying significance of the invention of the Kodak?
A.It marked the beginning of manufacturing small cameras.
B.It met the need of photographers in America and Europe.
C.It made picture-taking suddenly popular among ordinary people.
D.It made the work of professionals more enjoyable.
第2题
A.swimming or drawing
B.drawing or photography
C.singing or photography
D.swimming or photography
第5题
(填写适当形式的词汇)His work is a _____(mix) of photography and painting.
第6题
A.Looking at some photographs.
B.Selling cameras.
C.Teaching a photography class
D.Repairing camera equipment.
第7题
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。()
第8题
A.Business
B.Dancing
C.The art of photography
D.The art of painting
第9题
A.photography
B.biocide
C.biography
D.benefit
第10题
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
第11题
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