Question

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is (41).”

And he told the (42). He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always (43).”I’ll travel for my work, not for (44),” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have (45) to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to (46), and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good (47) or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t (48). “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he (49) about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild (50) there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

His wife was very (51), and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Denny went to off to (52) some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her (53). He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and (54) it at his wife and the lion.

Then he shouted, “(55), woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

41. A. dangerous        B. natural           C. convenient          D. impossible

42. A. lie              B. reason           C. news               D. truth

43. A. allowed         B. refused           C. failed              D. joked

44. A. wealth          B. prize             C. pleasure            D. luck

45. A. money          B. time             C. interest             D. ability

46. A. meet            B. work            C. shop               D. stay

47. A. meal            B. picnic            C. room              D. party

48. A. agree            B. understand       C. reply               D. complain

49. A. worried          B. forgot           C. asked              D. thought

50. A. land            B. flowers           C. animals             D. people

51. A. confused         B. excited           C. surprised           D. disappointed

52. A. find             B. feed              C. drive              D. shoot

53. A. singing           B. crying            C. laughing           D. cheering

54. A. threw            B. fired              C. showed            D. pointed

55. A. Hurry up         B. Look out          C. Slow down         D. Go ahead

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本篇短文是人物故事。講述了攝影愛好者Denny的故事。本文主要敘述了Denny一次帶著他的妻子去非洲拍野生動物的。當一頭獅子襲擊他的妻子的時候，他也沒忘記拍照。

41.A  通過下文的“He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars”可知，他去的都是危險的地方。

42.D  tell the truth為固定搭配，意思為“說實話”。

43.B  從后句“You won’t enjoy yourself,”可知他拒絕了他的妻子要求。

44.C  句意：我去是為了工作，不是為了打發時間。所以選C項。

45.B  因為是去拍照，所以沒有時間照顧。

46.D  從后句的“I have to sleep outside.”可知，經常沒有地方呆。

47.A  因為沒有地方呆，所以吃飯或洗澡也就成了問題，故答案為A。

48.A  從句意可知，他的妻子不同意他的說法，故答案為A。

49.D  固定短語think about…，表示為“考慮，思考”，故答案為D。

50.C  從句意理解去非洲應當是拍野生動物，所以選C。

51.B  通過后句“at first she had a very enjoyable time”可知，開始他的妻子非常興奮。

52.A  從句意可知應當是找獅子拍照。

53.B  從后句“A huge lion was chasing her.”可知，他老婆應當是哭了。

54.D  從整句可知他應當是掏出相機按下快門，所以答案為D。

55.C  句意：慢一點，女士。我不能讓你們兩個都在這個照片里。故答案為C。