Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it, much less (1)_____ a point of view. But this hasn"t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing (2)_____ the early (3)_____ wisdom about digital cameras—they"re neat (4)_____ for your PC, but they"re not suit able for everyday picture-taking. The fans are wrong: more than anything else, digital cameras are radically (5)_____ what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography as we know (6)_____ is beginning to seem out of (7)_____ with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder culture, saving pictures (8)_____ digital files and watching them on TV is no less (9)_____ and in many ways more (10)_____ than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be (11)_____. Paper is also terribly (12)_____ Pictures that are incorrectly framed, focused, or lighted are nonetheless (13)_____ to film and ultimately processed into prints. The digital medium changes the (14)_____. Still images that are (15)_____ digitally can immediately be shown on a computer monitor, 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 (17)_____ memory, (18)_____ being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted on-line. 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】
D
【答案解析】解析:空白前说我们没有"form an opinion",更别说...a point of view。也就是说我们连想法都没有,更别说一种具体的观点了。这里"a point of view"前面的动词应该与"form"类似,develop意为"展开,发挥,阐述",与文意相符。refute驳斥,反驳,明显不符文意;evaluate评估,这里是讲人们没有形成自己的观点,上下文语境并没有涉及到评估什么人的观点;represent表现,象征,放在这里也不合逻辑。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:agree on对…取得一致意见。如:We agree on this count.在这一点上,我们的意见一致。句意:但这种情况并不妨碍摄影和电脑爱好者认同对数码相机的一般认识,即它是微机的附属装置,但不适用于日常摄影。agree of无此搭配;agree to同意,许诺,一般表示赞同某项计划或某人意见;agree with sb,同意某人的话。
【答案解析】解析:it指代the venerable medium of photography。as we know it就我们所知,在这里作插入语。句意:就我们所知,摄影这一历史悠久的媒体似乎与我们的生活方式开始不一致了。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:step步伐,脚步。out of step不一致,不协调。如:He is out of step with modern life.他与现代生活格格不入。out of touch with...和…不联系;out of action失去作用,损坏;out of place不合适,不在合适的位置。
【答案解析】解析:本句在谈数码相机的优点,显然"saving pictures as digital files and watching them on TV"都是数码相机的新功能,也是非常实用的功能,由此分析四个选项,不难看出"practical"正确。valuable有价值的、useful有用的、economical经济的,均不能反映该功能的特点。
【答案解析】解析:processed处理,冲洗。如:One has to process a photographic film to print pictures from it. 必须先冲洗照相底片才能印出相片。loaded装(胶卷);又如:load a camera(with film)把胶卷装入照相机;exposed使曝光,使感光;又如:This film has been exposed.这张胶片已经曝光了。rewound倒卷。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:unforgiving不原谅人的,不饶恕人的,无情的。unforgiving的英文注释为"providing little or no opportunity to prevent undesired results or mistake",即"几乎不给人机会来避免不愿出现的结果或错误"。句意:传统摄影 (相纸)不容出半点差错。这个句子中运用了提喻(synecdoche)的修辞方法(以局部代表全部和以全部指部分,如以bread代表food;用the army代表a soldier),"paper"代表传统的摄影,因为传统摄影的最终结果是用相纸冲成的照片。unnecessary不必要;uncharitable严厉的,无情的;unworthy不值得的。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:commit to交付,把…投入。句意:虽然有些照片的取景、焦距或光线不适当,还要冲成底片并最终印成照片。传统照相在技术指标上要求很严格,即使取景、焦距、曝光不合适的拍摄也须最终送去冲印才能看到结果。faithful to忠心于;loyal to忠诚于;dedicated to献给。nonetheless尽管如此。如:He was very tired,nonetheless(nevertheless) he kept working.他很累,不过他仍然继续工作。
【答案解析】解析:constitute=make up=form构成,组成;如:Seven days constitutes a week;一星期有七天。comprise=consist of=include=be made up of包含,由…组成;如:The US compromises 50 states.美国由五十个州组成。This plan consists of three parts.这个计划包括三个部分。include包括。句意:而且由于组成影像的光点是以数码单位形式储存在电子记忆器里,而不是永久地附着在胶片上,所以可对其进行删节、修描和网上传输。
【答案解析】解析:此处语境意为:可以将电子内存里的图像删除、修描,而不是"being permanently etched onto film"。故rather than(是…而不是)正确。less than 少于;much less更不用说;apart from除此之外。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:shoot为…拍照,拍摄。如:shoot a film拍摄影片;shoot a take拍摄一个镜头。discharge开炮;manipulate操作。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:possibilities可能性。feasibilities可行性,可能性;lucks运气;chances机会。句意:有点像初次约会—兴奋、不知所措而结果却难以预料。fraught充满的,如:fraught with danger充满危险;The journey was fraught with difficulties.旅途充满艰辛。