Question

Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured (捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized (使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each others’ spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1.What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A. Her camera stopped working.    B. A friend approached from behind.

C. Someone asked her to leave.    D. A woman blocked her view.

2.In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A. The woman’s existence in the photo.

B. The perfect positioning of the camera.

C. The rich color of the landscape.

D. The soft sunlight that summer day.

3.The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.

A. the need to be close to nature    B. the shared passion for beauty

C. the joy of the vacation in Italy    D. the importance of private space

4.The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon _______.

A. the art of photography    B. the pleasure of traveling

C. a particular life experience    D. a lost friendship

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者在意大利旅游时发生的事。通过那些经历作者懂得了每个人都可以欣赏美，美是要共享的。

1.细节理解题。根据“Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. ”可知当作者正要拍照的时候一个女人站在了作者的前面挡住了他的视线。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据“ And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. ”可知照片中的女人的存在使照片更生动。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据“Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.”可知大家可以共同欣赏美。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。纵览全文，可知作者是通过一次特别的生活经历懂得了每个人都可以欣赏美，美是要共享的。故选C。