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    NEW YORK—Gordon Parks, who experienced the struggles and victories of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with " The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, his family said.

Parks, who also wrote fiction and was a gifted composer, died at his home in New York, according to a former wife, and nephew Charles Parks.

"Nothing came easy," Parks wrote in his autobiography(自传)."I was just born with a need to explore every tool shop of my mind, and with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness. "

He covered everything from fashion to politics to sports at Life from 1948 to 1968.

But as a photographer, he was perhaps best known for his photo essays on the effects of poverty in the United States and abroad and on the spirit of the civil rights movement.

He went through a series of jobs as a teen and young man, including piano player and railroad dining car waiter. The breakthrough came when he was about 25 , when he bought a used camera in a pawn shop (典当行) for $7.50. He became a freelance (自由投稿的)fashion photographer, went on to Vogue magazine and then to Life in 1948.

" Reflecting now, I realize that, even within the limits of my childhood vision, I was on a search for pride, meanwhile taking measurable glimpses of how certain blacks, who suffered from racism, were against it," he wrote.

When he accepted an award from Wichita Stale University in May 1991, he said it was "another step forward in my making peace with Kansas and Kansas making peace with me."

1.Which of the following jobs didn't Gordon Parks do?

A.A photographer. B.A director.

C.A composer. D.A politician.

2.What can you infer from the passage?

A.Parks thought not everything was easy.

B.Parks was later fond of exploring every person.

C.Parks worked at Life for 20 years.

D.Parks married only once.

3.What directly helped Parks be a fashion photographer?

A.His photo essays. B.A used camera。.

C.A pawn shop。 D.Vogue magazine.

4.The passage is most probably taken from _____ .

A.a short 一 story collection. B.a popular science magazine.

C.a research paper. D.a newspaper.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇新闻报道。戈登.帕克斯于周二去世，文章简要介绍了他作为摄影师、黑人导演和作家的一生。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段的Gordon Parks, who experienced the struggles and victories of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with " The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, his family said. (戈登.帕克斯作为“生活”杂志的摄影师，经历了美国黑人的艰难困苦和胜利， 此后他成为了好莱坞首位黑人导演，导演了The Learning Tree和Shaft，据家人说他于周二去世)和第二段的Parks, who also wrote fiction and was a gifted composer (帕克斯也写小说，他是一个有天赋的作家)可知帕克斯的身份有：摄影师，导演和作家。D. A politician. (政治家)不符合以上说法，故选D项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第四段的He covered everything from fashion to politics to sports at Life from 1948 to 1968. (1948年到1968年他在Life工作的时候，报道了从时尚到政治再到运动的各种新闻)可知从1948年到1968年帕克斯在Life工作，即他在那儿工作了20年。C. Parks worked at Life for 20 years. (帕克斯在Life工作了20年)符合以上说法，故选C项。

3.细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段的The breakthrough came when he was about 25 , when he bought a used camera in a pawn shop (典当行)for $7.50. He became a freelance (自由投稿的)fashion photographer (巨大的突破发生在他25岁，那时他从典当行用7.5美元购买了一个使用过的相机，此后他成为了一个时尚杂志的自由摄影师) 可知让帕克斯成为一个摄影师的直接原因是一个用过的照相机。B. A used camera. (一个使用过的相机)符合以上说法，故选B项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第一段的NEW YORK—Gordon Parks, who experienced the struggles and victories of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with " The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, his family said. (纽约——戈登.帕克斯作为“生活”杂志的摄影师，经历了美国黑人的艰难困苦和胜利， 此后他成为了好莱坞首位黑人导演，导演了The Learning Tree和Shaft，据家人说他于周二去世)可推测这是一则新闻的导语，故本文可能是从报纸上摘下来的。故选D项。