Joel Sartore is a writer, teacher, and photographer. His words and beautiful images show his love of photography and of the natural world.
Question 1: How did you become a National Geographic photographer?
My first job was for a newspaper. After a few years there, I met a National Geographic photographer. He liked my photos and said I should send some to the magazine. So I did. That led to a one-day job. And that led to a nine-day job, and so on.
Question 2: __________________________________________
To get into National Geographic, you have to give them something they don’t have. It’s not enough just to be a great photographer. You also have to be a scientist, for example, or be able to dive under sea ice, or spend maybe several days in a tree.
Question 3: Is it hard to get a job as a photographer today?
It’s now harder to work for magazines. Technology makes it easy to take good pictures, which means there are more photos and photographers. Also, the Web is filled with photos from all around the world that are free, or cost very little. These photos are often good enough to be put in books and magazines. What the magazines need to do these days is to pay for these photos.
Question 4: I want to be a photographer. Do you have any advice for me?
Advice? Well, work hard. Be passionate (热情的) about every project you work on. Take lots of pictures in different situations. Look at others’ photos thoughtfully and learn from them. And be curious about everything. There’s something to photograph everywhere.
1. What kind of passage is it?| A．An interview. | B．A story. | C．A quiz. | D．An advertisement. |
| A．teach in a school | B．work as a scientist |
| C．work for a newspaper | D．work in a forest |
| A．Why do you want to work for National Geographic? |
| B．What do National Geographic photographers like to do? |
| C．What kind of photos do you give to National Geographic? |
| D．What kind of photographer is National Geographic looking for? |
| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
| A．Take as many photos as possible |
| B．There is beauty everywhere |
| C．It’s easy to be a good photographer |
| D．Photographers should travel everywhere |
| A．Hanson, a photographer who has worked for many magazines. |
| B．Bowie, a photographer who learnt to take photos at an early age. |
| C．Marina, a photographer who is good at science and diving. |
| D．Jason, a photographer who keeps developing skills and ideas. |
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【推荐1】Joe moved to Canada with his family at the age of 41. There were many stressful(压力重的) days for them in the beginning. Since Joe had no job, the savings(存款) they brought with them were diminishing quickly.
One day, Joe went out to look for a job. As he walked, he saw many things on the street that people threw away. Joe could not believe his eyes. “Why would people throw away such things?” he asked himself. Joe saw a “new” television and decided to take it home to see what the problem was.
Since he was 12 years old, Joe’s main hobby has been electronics(电子产品). As a teenage boy, he began to repair radios, TVs and so on.
Joe brought the television home and turned it on. There were pictures on the screen, but there was no sound. He opened the back cover. Before long, Joe found the problem. The loudspeaker(扬声器) was broken. He went out again. Among the waste on the street, he found a toy piano. He carried the piano home. Luckily its loudspeaker worked. Fifteen minutes later, Joe had a TV with both pictures and sound.
Joe began to question people about why they were throwing away electronics. The answer was the same from everyone: getting them repaired was too expensive. People would rather(宁愿) buy new products.
Joe decided to open an electronics repair shop that would offer fair prices.
Today, Joe has been very successful in his new country. Instead of losing hope, he chose to make the best out of a difficult situation.
1. The underlined word “diminishing” means “________” in Chinese.| A．增加 | B．减少 | C．节省 | D．饱和 |
| A．Surprised. | B．Angry. | C．Bored. | D．Tired. |
| A．Watching TV. | B．Playing the piano. |
| C．Listening to the radio. | D．Repairing electronics. |
| A．To play it for fun. | B．To put it in his shop. |
| C．To repair the television. | D．To sell it for money later. |
| A．the people there were really wealthy (富有的) | B．they wanted to offer Joe some help |
| C．the government asked them to do so | D．the cost of getting them repaired was too high |
【推荐2】
 It was the beginning of the school holidays and I was bored! Then my mum’s friend Jess phoned. She has a small safari park and she needed some help for a day. At 7 a.m. the next day, Jess walked with me around the safari park and showed me all the different animals. I liked the giraffes best with their amazing dark blue tongues (舌). After that, I started to work. First, I carried food to the different animal houses. I walked outside and watched the workers feed the animals. The tigers and the bears were very hungry and finished all their food quickly. The monkeys played a noisy game with their food. They weren’t hungry! Next, I cleaned some of the animal houses. I even cleaned the snake house! After lunch, the safari park opened for visitors. I worked at the ticket office — I took money from the visitors and gave them information about the safari park. Most people wanted to know the crocodile (鳄鱼) feeding time because that’s fun to watch. The safari park closed at 5 p.m. I really enjoyed my day and Jess asked me to go back and help the next day. In the end, I helped in the safari park for two weeks and it was fantastic. |
| A．Mum prepared it for her. | B．Jess provided it. |
| C．Sally asked for it. | D．The school offered it. |
a. Sally sold tickets and answered visitors’ questions.
b. Sally watched the workers feed the animals.
c. Sally carried food to the different animal houses.
d. Sally cleaned some of the animal houses.
| A．a – b – c – d | B．a – b – d – c | C．c – b – d – a | D．c – b – a – d |
| A．Helpful. | B．Humorous. | C．Interesting. | D．Careful. |
【推荐3】Hello, everybody. My name is Jimmy Green. I am thirty years old. I am from New York. I work at a lost and found office in New York.
At the lost and found office, there are some different things. Let's have a look.
Look! There are five wallets on the table. When you open these wallets, you can find some money in them. There is a shelf behind the table. There are some mobile phones and cameras on the shelf. Maybe we have about one hundred cameras. Are these your cameras? Come here and have a look. You miss your camera. Maybe your camera misses you, too. After finding it, you can take it home.
We are open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from Monday to Friday. We don't close at noon. Welcome here! Maybe you can find what you have lost.
1. In the lost and found office, there are some things EXCEPT______.| A．wallets | B．mobile phones |
| C．cameras | D．computers |
| A．On the table. | B．Under the table. |
| C．On the shelf. | D．Under the shelf. |
| A．Some money. | B．Some wallets. |
| C．Some cameras. | D．Some computers. |
| A．at 8:00 on Monday | B．at 10:00 on Sunday |
| C．at 9:30 on Saturday | D．at noon on Friday |
| A．Jimmy Green is twenty years old |
| B．Jimmy Green is from London |
| C．Jimmy Green works in New York |
| D．Jimmy Green has a camera |
【推荐1】What will the future be like? Almost every person has a picture of the future world in his or her mind. Then, how did people in the past dream of today’s world? Did their dreams come true?
Jules Gabriel Verne, a French writer, was a big dreamer. He was famous for his science fiction (科幻小说). His stories are very interesting. More surprisingly, he created so many wonderful things in his books, and those things have become a reality (现实) in today’s world.
In the book From the Earth to the Moon, Verne discussed the idea of taking a trip to the moon. He described so many things about how to take people to the moon. About one hundred years later, scientists made it possible. Not only that, but in his book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the characters go all around the world on an electric submarine (电动潜艇). He finished the book in 1870. The idea of the electric submarine was surprising as the use of electricity was not common at the time. Although Verne didn’t invent the submarine, his book helped some people come up with wonderful ideas to make submarines work better.
Many people are surprised at Verne’s creative mind. In fact, his creative predictions went hand in hand with his hard work. He read a lot of different subjects, studied science and often talked with scientists so that he knew what was happening in his time and let the new things feed the fires of his creative ideas.
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．Jules Gabriel Verne and his books. |
| B．Those things Jules Gabriel Verne created in his books have become reality. |
| C．How Jules Gabriel Verne became so creative. |
| D．Why Jules Gabriel Verne’s dream can come true. |
| A．Jules Gabriel Verne finished the book From the Earth to the Moon in 1870. |
| B．Jules Gabriel Verne invented the submarine. |
| C．Jules Gabriel Verne was a writer. |
| D．It was common to use electricity at Jules Gabriel Verne’s time. |
| A．Because it is very famous. |
| B．Because it sells well. |
| C．Because it helped some people come up with wonderful ideas to make submarines work better. |
| D．Because it was awarded the Nobel Prize. |
| A．He was very clever. |
| B．He was able to predict future. |
| C．Some people on other planets helped him. |
| D．He read lots of books, studied science and often talked with scientists. |
【推荐2】A group of frogs(青蛙) were traveling through a forest, and two of them fell into a deep pit(坑). When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.
The two frogs didn’t mind what they said and tried to jump up out of the pit as possibly as they could.
The other frogs kept telling them to stop and that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs heard what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the other frogs shouted at him to stop the jumping and just died. He jumped even harder and finally made it out.
When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He could hear nothing. He thought they were encouraging him all the time.
1. The two of them fell into a deep pit when they were ________.| A．looking for food | B．traveling through a forest |
| C．playing games in the forest | D．digging a deep pit |
| A．the pit was so deep that they couldn’t jump out | B．they were hurt badly |
| C．their legs were broken | D．other animals would eat them |
| A．the other frogs left alone |
| B．the other frogs stopped shouting to him |
| C．the other one gave up anti died too |
| D．the other one went on jumping until he jumped out of the pit |
| A．哑的 | B．盲的 | C．聋的 | D．死的 |
| A．People should be careful in the forest. |
| B．Deaf people have more power(力量). |
| C．Shouting in danger may be of great help to others. |
| D．An encouraging word may help one out of trouble while a bad word may kill him/her. |
【推荐3】Many people make their living with their hand. But Tom makes his living with his feet.
Tom lived in a small town in England. His parents were very poor. Seven people lived in a small house. Tom had no place to play but in the street.
Tom's father often played football. Tom wanted to play football, too. So his father made a soft ball for him to kick. The little boy kicked it hard every day.
At last Tom kicked a real football, and a few years later he can play football very well. Now he is one of the best football players in the world.
1. How many people are there in Tom's family?| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7. |
| A．in the house | B．in the street | C．in the school | D．with his father |
| A．poor | B．bad | C．sad | D．good |
| A．soft | B．real | C．hard | D．small and hard |
| A．in England | B．in America | C．in the world | D．in the small town |
| A．poor | B．like his father | C．a football player | D．young |
