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Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so pleased in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each others’ spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要向我们描述了作者一次无奈拍摄到的一张被女人干扰的照片, 却显得尤为生动, 也让作者明白了共享的美丽。
21. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?
A. A woman blocked her view.
B. Her camera stopped working.
C. Someone asked her to leave.
D. A friend approached from behind.
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段内容“Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view. ”可知, 当作者要拍照时一个女人挡住了她的视线。
22. According to the author, the woman was probably_______.
A. losing her patience
B. enjoying herself
C. waiting for the sunset
D. thinking about her past
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view. ”可知, 这个女人可能是在欣赏风景, 放松自己。
23. In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?
A. The rich color of the landscape.
B. The perfect positioning of the camera.
C. The soft sunlight that summer day.
D. The woman’s existence in the photo.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知, 现在当我看它的时候, 我认为她在照片里的出现使这张照片变得有趣。风景本身就很美, 但不知何故却活了起来, 呼吸了起来, 因为这位女士融入其中。所以作者认为, 是照片中的女人的存在使照片如此生动。
