Question

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. 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 (攝影) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, 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 improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films 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 photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.

Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art.

1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________

A. his business B. his house

C. his garden D. his window

2.The Daguerreotype 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.

4.This passage tells us_____________.

A. how photography was developed

B. how to show feelings in pictures

C. how to take pictures in the world

D. how to use different cameras

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文運(yùn)用敘述的方式，主要介紹了攝影術(shù)的發(fā)展歷史，其中重點(diǎn)介紹了每個(gè)歷史階段的重要代表人物。

1.He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden.”D 描述可知,首張照片是他花園的照片。故應(yīng)選C。

2.根據(jù)短文“In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerrotype”的描述可知， Daguerreotype是一種照片。故應(yīng)選B。

3.根據(jù)短文“That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines”的描述可知，攝影師要搬運(yùn)很多膠片和其他一些機(jī)器。故應(yīng)選D。

4.這篇短文主要介紹的是攝影術(shù)的發(fā)展歷史，故選A，攝影術(shù)是怎樣發(fā)展的。

考點(diǎn)：歷史發(fā)展類短文閱讀。