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The word, “photography”, was first used in 1839. It comes from the Greek words that mean “to write with light”. But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.
Back in 1872, people didn’t know exactly (確切地) whether all four of a horse’s hooves (蹄) left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn’t think so.
At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse’s legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn’t give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence (連續(xù)) of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse’s hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.
Though is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison’s invention.
53. The underlined word “static” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _______.
A. pretty B. dark C. moving D. still
54. What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about?
A. Whose horse ran faster.
B. whether a horse would fall over while running.
C. whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.
D.Whether a horse’s hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.
55. Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet in _______.
A. 1839 B. 1872 C. 1878 D. 1889
56. The passage mainly tells us _______.
A. that Thomas Edison created the first movie .
B. that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static pictures
C. how photography helped people know more about animals
D. how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion (移動(dòng)) successfully
Many people have to work on the weekend.Some people do not mind.Other people think it is terrible.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous.He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work.When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors.Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped(困住了)! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England.No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!
There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do.He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him.With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working.When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired.He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!
Now Mr. Coates says, “I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them.”
1. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.
A. it was broken B. it was a weekend
C. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor
2. How long did he stay in the elevator?
A. Twenty-four hours. B. From Saturday to Monday.
C. More than sixty hours. D. From Tuesday to Saturday.
3. What did he do in the elevator most of the time?
A. Shouted and screamed. B. Slept and waited.
C. Telephoned his boss. D. Ate and drank.
4. How did he make his way out in the end?
A. The vice-president found him.
B. Some one opened the elevator.
C. The elevator began to work on Tuesday.
D. He found a door in the elevator.
5. What is the best title for this story?
A. An Interesting Elevator B. A Busy Weekend
C. Elevator Safety D. Trapped in an Elevator
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