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【題目】The word, “photography”, was first used in 1839. It comes from the Greek words that mean “to write with light”. But photography could only give people____pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.

Back in 1872, people didn’t know exactly whether all four of a horse’s hooves (蹄) left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn’t think so.

At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse’s legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn’t give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence (連續(xù)) of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse’s hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.

Though is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison’s invention.

【1】The underlined word“static”in Paragraph 1 most probably means _______.

A. pretty B. dark C. moving D. still

【2】What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about?

A. Whose horse ran faster.

B. whether a horse would fall over while running.

C. whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.

D. Whether a horse’s hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.

【3】Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet _______.

A. next year. B. at the same year.

C. after six years. D. after seventeen years.

【4】Which is TRUE from the passage?

A. The word, “photography” means to make pictures that can move from the Greek words .

B. Leland Stanford made a bet with Edison in 1872.

C. It is very easy for Muybridgea to record the movement of a running horse.

D. Stanford believed all four of the horse’s hooves were off the ground at the same time.

【5】The passage mainly tells us _______.

A. that Thomas Edison created the first movie .

B. that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static pictures

C. how photography helped people know more about animals

D. how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion (移動(dòng)) successfully

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】試題分析：這篇文章是通過(guò)一個(gè)有趣的故事來(lái)說(shuō)明Eadweard Muybridge是如何使攝影中照片移動(dòng)，也是他的發(fā)明和他打的那個(gè)賭導(dǎo)致了愛迪生的發(fā)明。

【1】D詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中信息But photography could only give peoplestatic pictures.（但攝影只能給人們靜止的圖片。）可知此詞的意思是靜止的意思，故選D。

【2】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中信息Back in 1872, people didn’t know exactly whether all four of a horse’s hooves (蹄) left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. 可知此題應(yīng)選D。

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中信息這個(gè)賭是在1872年打的，但在1878年才找出答案，故選C。

【4】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中描述A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn’t think so.可知答案D的描述是正確的。

【5】D主旨大意題。根據(jù)文中描述可知這篇文章Eadweard Muybridge如何使照片移動(dòng)的事情，故選D。