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 (确切地) 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 (连续) 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 (移动) successfully
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The word Sandwich
(三明治)is an English word. Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived about two hundred years ago. Sandwich had lots of money. He was very rich. But he liked to play cards for money. He often played all day and all night. One time, he played twenty-four hours without stopping. He did not leave the card table to eat. He asked his servant(仆人)to bring him some meat and some bread. He did not want to stop playing while he ate. He put the meat between two pieces of bread. In this way he could go on playing cards. From the name of this man, Sandwich, we have the word“Sandwich”today.(1)The word Sandwich is from ________.
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A .the name of a Frenchman |
B .the name of an Englishman |
C .the name of an Englishwoman |
D .the USA |
(2)Which of the following is true?
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.Sandwich was poor but he liked playing cards for money.B
.Sandwich was rich but he didn't like playing cards at all.C
.Sandwich usually liked playing cards in the morning.D
.Sandwich often played cards from morning till night.(3)In order to
(为了)save more time for playing cards ________.[
]A
.he played all day and all night without eatingB
.he asked his friend to eat somethingC
.he once put meat between two pieces of bread and ate itD
.he decided to eat nothing(4)Which of the following is not mentioned
(提到)?[
]A
.Sandwich is easy to make.B
.The people in America like Sandwich.C
.Sandwich has two pieces of bread.D
.From then on, people called this kind of bread Sandwich.查看答案和解析>>
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A.both day and night | B.day |
C.neither day nor night | D.night |
A.the pushing | B.the pulling | C.the spinning | D.the passing |
A.sometimes | B.never | C.usually | D.always |
A.less | B.more | C.all | D.no |
A.the USA is tilted toward the sun |
B.the South Pole is tilted away from the sun |
C.the North Pole is tilted toward the sun |
D.the North Pole is tilted away from the sun |
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The word“day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using“day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转)of the earth. At the equator(赤道)day and night are sometimes the same length(长度). They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜)toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球)gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
【小题1】When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ________.
A.both day and night | B.day |
C.neither day nor night | D.night |
A.the pushing | B.the pulling | C.the spinning | D.the passing |
A.sometimes | B.never | C.usually | D.always |
A.less | B.more | C.all | D.no |
A.the USA is tilted toward the sun |
B.the South Pole is tilted away from the sun |
C.the North Pole is tilted toward the sun |
D.the North Pole is tilted away from the sun |
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The word“day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using“day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转)of the earth. At the equator(赤道)day and night are sometimes the same length(长度). They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜)toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球)gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
1.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ________.
A. both day and night B. day
C. neither day nor night D. night
2.A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ________ of the earth.
A. the pushing B. the pulling C. the spinning D. the passing
3..At the equator day is as long as night ________.
A. sometimes B. never C. usually D. always
4.When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets ________ sunlight.
A. less B. more C. all D. no
5..When it is winter in China, ________.
A. the USA is tilted toward the sun
B. the South Pole is tilted away from the sun
C. the North Pole is tilted toward the sun
D. the North Pole is tilted away from the sun
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