
2025学年第一学期高三年级学业质量调研 英语学科 (测试时间105分钟,满分115分) I.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits the blank Would You Pay $1,000 for a Family Photo Kirsten Bethmann started photographing families in 2005.She was living in North Carolina, and found the era's typical style to be pretty uninspired,with families (1) _(stand) awkwardly amid low,windswept sand hills. So,when she entered the field,she drew inspiration (2)her background in photojournalism and tried something more natural.She instructed families to play on the beach for most of their hour-long session,and then spend 10 minutes taking traditional,(3) (pose)photos.She even drafted contracts requiring clients to promise that they (4) not style)in matching outfits. The first year,she had a dozen customers.Twenty years later,her services have become among(5)(popular)in the field,which is why some people fly her out of the state,even out of the country,and spend $7,000 for a day-long shoot. (6) we are living in an age when almost anyone can produce high-quality images with merely a smartphone,people like Bethmann find it easier than ever to secure work.The number of working professional photographers(7)trIse)by roughly 15 percent over the past decade and is expected to keep increasing.Family photography is one of the field's most popular specialties.Rates as steep as Bethmann's are uncommon.Still,nearly 40 percent of customers dish out more than $1,000 for a shoot. Putting so much money toward professional photos might feel like a luxury.But family pictures have long been highly treasured objects,(8)value lies less in their material form than in the memories they preserve.The deep-seated urge (9)(hold)on to a memory is almost instinctive,as seen in our ancestors'cave drawings or storytelling around a fire. Today,that age-old instinct of preservation is facing new pressures from social media for people to measure up to(10)they are exposed to online,fueling demand and transforming how and why families capture their memories:what the photos look like,what they cost,and,crucially, who they are for. 第1页共11页
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