Part ШCloze (10%)
Section ADirections:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1.
In the U.S., the camera is commonplace in almost every household. At scenic spots, no photo studios or free-lance cameramen are (26)_____. If you want to have photos (27)_____ for credentials, you’ll have to go to a photo studio, where only two copies are given for each (28)_____ and you can’t take away the negatives(底片). If three copies are needed, you'd better sit still and let the cameraman shoot twice (29)_____ Of course, for this you’ll be charged double, but that is still cheaper than having (30)_____ copies developed by the negatives. For each credential copy, seven to eight dollars will be paid.
Before entering Canada as a tourist, 1 had to (31)_____ photos for visa (32) _____. The business hours of the studio coincided with my daughter’s shift hours, so she couldn’t (33) _____ the time to take me there. While shopping at the weekend, I had an (34) _____ discovery: the automatic photo kiosk(亭子), and my problem was settled in less than 10 minutes.
The kiosk was built of plastics, covering less than two square meters and located at the (35) _____ of the snack bar of the shopping center. Inside, at one end of the kiosk, there (36) _____ a swivel chair (37) _____ height was adjustable and behind which was a background cloth of three colors (red, white and blue) for your choice. Straight ahead, about a meter (38) _____ in the opposite wall was inlaid a mirror showing your future (39) _____ in the photo. I sat in the chair and (40) _____ the position by the (41) _____ marks beside the mirror. I couldn't help (42) _____.
How did the automatic snapping happen? On the right of the mirror there were two slots, one for coins and the other for bank notes. After I (43) _____ two one-dollar notes, the green light by the mirror flickered; I hastened to pose and about ten seconds (44) _____ the lamp flashed with a snap. When all came to an end, 1 waited outside the kiosk for five minutes until the photos jumped out of a small opening where they were claimed; four 2-inch colored copies of good (45) _____.