16．When my friend went to Europe last summer，instead of snapping photographs of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or Stonehenge，she brought back 32 rolls of…Cathedral（大教堂的） ceilings．Ceilings．For the 10 years I've known her I had never suspected that she was this passionate about stained glass．
Still one of the best things about such pictures-despite their obvious narrow appeal-is that they can't help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them．
So I shouldn't have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son's first camping trip．I opened the envelope，naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire，the sun setting over the forest，and possibly even a deer or two．
Instead，I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes．Not even his tennis shoes，mind you，but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin．Mystery shoes．And that's not all．
As I went through the stack，I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag，a penny he found in the gravel next to the car，a leaf，an orange sock，a close-up of his father's ear，a burned hot dog，his thumb，a piece of gum，and many other similar things．
There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack．I couldn't help thinking that if he'd wanted pictures of assorted junk，it would've been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard．
AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend，the mother of three teenagers，who said simply，"There's nothing wrong with these．"
But of course，this is just the type of answer you'd expect from someone who photographs ceiling．
Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel，restaurant，and gift shop．She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations．
I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better．
Then again，to a 5-year-old boy，finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel．And why would he waste good film on something like，say，some endangered water buffaloes，when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes？Or his shiny new green sleeping bag？
Face it：Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can't compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow．
So I did what any good mother would do：I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album-right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas．
59．Who might have taken a picture of the back seat of the family car in his or her trip mentioned in this passage？B
A．The author's friend．
B．The author's son．
C．The author．
D．The author's friend's daughter．
60．The author changed her mind on her son's picture taking becauseC．
A．her friend persuaded her to do so
B．her son's pictures finally struck her
C．she realized the truth by herself inspired by the surrounding examples
D．it suddenly occurred to her that she herself had also taken unique pictures before
61．What can we infer from this passage？A
A．Different people perceive the world from different angles，which may vary according to their age，gender，life experiences and soon．
B．The author's friend is a better mum in terms of educating children．
C．The author will educate her son to take pictures of nature instead of some boring things．
D．The author will take vacation pictures of different kind from her past ones．
分析 本文写了一位妈妈在教育孩子的过程中所体味到的教育真谛．
解答 59．B 细节理解题．根据第五段句子As I went through the stack，I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag，a penny he found in the gravel next to the car，a leaf，an orange sock，a close-up of his father's ear，a burned hot dog，his thumb，a piece of gum，and many other similar things．当我穿过烟囱时，我发现我的儿子也拍了一张睡袋的照片，他在车旁的砾石中发现了一便士，一片树叶，一只橙色的袜子，一张他父亲耳朵的特写，一只烧伤的热狗，他的拇指，一块口香糖，还有许多其他类似的东西．可知是作者的儿子，答案选B．
69．C 细节理解题．根据文中句子Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can't compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow．像美丽的日落和篝火比不上一袋超大的棉花糖，所以答案选C．
70．A 推理判断题．根据最后一段So I did what any good mother would do：I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album-right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas．我做一个妈妈该做的，为儿子的画标上日期，可以推断出作者已经认识到不同的人从不同的角度看世界，这可能会因他们的年龄、性别、生活经历而变化．所以答案选A．
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