单选题
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 hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2) the early conventional wisdom about digital cameras — they’re neat (3) for your PC, but they’re not suitable for everyday picture taking. The fans are wrong. More 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 right 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) .
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 语义、惯用衔接题。根据文章意思可知,form an opinion与develop a point of view之间有一种递进关系,但不具有因果关系。[A]rather than“而不是”,表示转折关系;[B]let alone“更别说,更不用”表示递进关系,且前后两件事有因果关系;[C]much less“更不用说,更何况”,比较前后两件事发生的可能性;[D]so as to“为使,以便”。由上下文可以看出,这里所描述的两件事情不具有因果关系,只是比较发生的可能性,因此[C]更恰当。 [点拨] 注意let alone强调的是由于一事没有发生、不真实等而使另一件事更不可能发生或者真实,而much less含有比较意味,强调的是后—件事比前一事更不可能发生或者更不真实。
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用衔接题。(be)out of step with为固定搭配,指“与…(步伐)不一致,与…不合拍”,符合上下文文意。其余三个词都用于指“速度,速率”,但都不用在这一搭配中。 [点拨] 四个词各有自己的惯用搭配。at a rate of“以…速度,以…速率”,一般强调有节奏的“率”;keep pace with“(与…)齐步前进,(与…)并驾齐驱”;out of step with“与…(步伐)不一致,与…不合拍”;at a speed of“以…的速度”,强调速度。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。观察四个选项,首先[B]、[C]两项可以排除,它们都不能用computer直接修饰。而由上下文特别是前文中的conventional wisdom与fans、the way we live等词句可以看出,作者强调的是一种文化氛围,因此选[D]culture“文化”。[A]environment“环境”;[B]civilization“文明”;[C]community“社区,共同体”。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。由主语points of light“光点”与宾语image“图像”可以看出,二者之间是构成与被构成的关系。[A]constitute“组成,构成”;[B]illuminate“照亮,阐释”;[C]penetrate“刺穿,穿透”;[D]dissolve“溶解”。所以,本题答案为[A]。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用衔接题。由上下文文意及常识可知,空格前后所谈到的“将图像存在电子存储器”和“将图像印在胶片上”是两种不同的方法,所以它们之间应为转折关系,且否定的是后者,因此应该选择一个表示转折关系的词。[A]in case“以防万一”;[B]rahter than“而不是”;[C]as well as“也,还”;[D]as though“似乎,好像”,故本题答案选[B]。