Robert Capa is a name that has for many years been associated with war photography．
Born in Hungary in 1913，Capa was forced to leave his native country after his involvement in anti-government protests．Capa had originally wanted to become a writer，but after his arrival in Berlin he first found work as a photographer．He later left Germany and moved to France and it was here that he changed his name to Robert Capa，mainly because he thought it would sound more American．
In 1936，after the breakout of the Spanish Civil War，Capa went to Spain and it was here that he built his reputation as a war photographer．It was here too in 1936 that he took one of his most famous pictures，The Death of a Loyalist Soldier．One of Capa’s most famous quotes was“If your pictures aren’t good enough，you’re not close enough．”And he took his attitude of getting close to the action to an extreme．His photograph，The Death of a Loyalist Soldier is a prime example of this as Capa captures the very moment the soldier falls．However，many have questioned the reality of this photograph，claiming that it was staged．
When World War II broke out，Capa was in New York，but he was soon back in Europe covering the War for Life magazine．Some of his most famous work was created on 6th June 1944．Capa，armed only with two cameras，took more than one hundred photographs in the first hour of the Normandy landing(諾曼底登陸)，but a mistake in the darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames．It was the images from these frames，however，that inspired the visual style of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar winning movie Saving Private Ryan．
小題1:Capa originally wanted to be ____________．
A．a(chǎn) journalistB．a(chǎn) writerC．a(chǎn)n American D．a(chǎn) photographer
小題2:Why did Capa change his name?
A．To hide his identity．
B．Because he had been involved in protests．
C．To sound more American．
D．Because he had to leave Hungary．
小題3:Capa went to Spain to ________________．
A．fight in the civil warB．build his reputation
C．have a holiday D．take photographs
小題4:Capa’s famous picture Death of a Loyalist Soldier _______________．
A．was taken by someone elseB．was definitely real
C．wasn’t even taken in Spain D．cannot be proven real or staged
小題5:A mistake meant that ______________．
A．most of Capa’s images of the Normandy landing were destroyed
B．Capa lost both of his two cameras
C．Capa’s images inspired an Oscar winning movie
D．only one hundred of Capa’s photographs were published
   
小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：文章大意：文章主要講述一名著名的戰(zhàn)地記者——羅伯特·卡帕。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。從第二段Capa had originally wanted to become a writer，but after his arrival in Berlin he first found work as a photographer．可知他原想當(dāng)一名作家。故B正確。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。從第二段it was here that he changed his name to Robert Capa，mainly because he thought it would sound more American．可知他改名的原因。故C正確。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段In 1936，after the breakout of the Spanish Civil War，Capa went to Spain and it was here that he built his reputation as a war photographer．可知他去西班牙是為了拍照片。故D正確。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段However，many have questioned the reality of this photograph，claiming that it was staged．可以得出答案。故D正確。
小題5:細節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Some of his most famous work was created on 6th June 1944．Capa，armed only with two cameras，took more than one hundred photographs in the first hour of the Normandy landing(諾曼底登陸)，but a mistake in the darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames．可以得出答案。故A正確。
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