第二节:完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意然后从31-50各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
In this day and age taking a photograph is easier than ever. There are 31 built into our phones, computers . . . The way we share photos has 32 changed. There was a time when you'd 33 your photos and file them away into photo albums, but 34 the advances in technology and the Internet, all this has changed.
Not only do we have what seems like a (n) 35 amount of space to 36 photos on our devices(设备), but we also have the Internet and social media. Social networks such as Facebook 37 us to post our pictures and albums to share with friends and family.
While you could argue this 38 way to store, share and enjoy photos is fantastic, it also could be said that photographs have 39 some of their meaning. I have over 1,000 40 on my smartphone and several thousand stored on my computer. I love Instagram and occasionally post my pictures to Facebook. Sometimes, 41 , I'll be in the middle of taking or posting a photo and think, is this something worth 42 ? I try to ask myself, will I 43 want to look back at this picture of a coffee or a selfie(自拍照) taken in a bathroom by myself? Probably not.
Even though I'm guilty of occasionally taking 44 and boring pictures like this, a couple of years ago I decided to find a way to make my photographs more meaningful . 45 did I do this? Disposable cameras! When I go on a trip, I always try to 46 a disposable camera. With only 24 pictures you can take, you really 47 the photographs you're taking. It's also kind of 48 that you can't see the photograph straight away. And 49 , it's so much fun to get the pictures 50 and look through them.
31. A. players B. readers C. cameras D. calculators
32. A. even B. only C. also D. just
33. A. print B. check C. share D. forget
34. A. in case of B. in spite of C. instead of D. because of
35. A. limited B. equal C. exact D. endless
36. A. beautify B. store C. show D. take
37. A. force B. need C. allow D. expect
38. A. easy B. traditional C. bad D. similar
39. A. carried B. expressed C. lost D. refused
40. A. numbers B. songs C. articles D. pictures
41. A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. besides
42. A. doing B. watching C. correcting D. knowing
43. A. hardly B. really C. nearly D. suddenly
44. A. interesting B. meaningless C. ordinary D. precious
45. A. When B. Where C. How D. Why
46. A. sell B. fix C. carry D. donate
47. A. learn about B. think about C. depend on D. put away