Snapshots, the new fashion for an artistic portrait (肖像) photo: Take it underwater. Zhang Xiaomei, a 20 something Shanghai native who works in the media industry, tried it out twice.
"It was a completely different experience," says Zhang of her first such experience last May. "You get the feeling that you're cut off from the rest of the world. But also it s romantic and like a fairy tale."
She then successfully convinced her husband to be to have their wedding photos taken underwater a couple of months after her first try. "Can you imagine a 1.87-meter-tall man trying out something like a fishtail under the water?" Zhang says, laughing.
A commercial underwater photo portrait is perfect for post 80 and post 90 generations who adore taking snapshots, but are looking for new ways to be artistic, says Ai Cheng, owner and photographer of No.55 Underwater Photography in Shanghai.
Ai opened a studio in Shanghai's suburb of Songjiang two years ago, building a 5-meter- deep, fan-shaped pool equipped with heating facilities to start up the business. A 30-minute training on how to smile under the water so that you won't drink too much water and how to open your eyes underwater is offered in his studio for those who don't know how to swim.
Ai says most of his customers are female—half of them coming for an artistic portrait photo and the rest for wedding pictures. "Some of them drag their boyfriends or husband-to-be, who are unwilling to go down to the water, to shoot as well," he says.
小題1:What would be the best title for the text?
A．The Best Smiles May Be All Wet.
B．The Sweetest Smile in the World.
C．Smiling, a Universal Language.
D．A New Challenge, a New Trend.
小題2:What does Zhang Xiaomei think of underwater snapshot?
A．Funny. B．Dangerous. C．Fantastic. D．Strange.
小題3:Who are most likely to take photos underwater?
A．Young people eager to be special.
B．Senior people to recall their old days.
C．Couples to celebrate their anniversary.
D．Artists to create new styles.
小題4:It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ______.
A．young people are in for this fashion
B．fewer men would show interest in this fashion
C．men are more romantic than women
D．women would like to take more adventures

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：文章介紹了一種現(xiàn)在的時(shí)尚—在水下拍照，通過(guò)一些親身體驗(yàn)過(guò)的人的描述，可知這是一種奇妙的體驗(yàn)，會(huì)受到年輕人的喜愛(ài)。
小題1:標(biāo)題確定題：從文章第一段的句子：Snapshots, the new fashion for an artistic portrait (肖像) photo: Take it underwater. Zhang Xiaomei, a 20 something Shanghai native who works in the media industry, tried it out twice.可知這篇文章講的是在水下拍照。所以 A. The Best Smiles May Be All Wet. 是最好的標(biāo)題，選A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子："You get the feeling that you're cut off from the rest of the world. But also it s romantic and like a fairy tale."可知Zhang Xiaomei 認(rèn)為水下拍照和奇妙的，選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第四段的句子：A commercial underwater photo portrait is perfect for post 80 and post 90 generations who adore taking snapshots, but are looking for new ways to be artistic,可知渴望與眾不同的年輕人最有可能在水下拍照，選A
小題4:推理題：從最后兩段的句子："Some of them drag their boyfriends or husband-to-be, who are unwilling to go down to the water, to shoot as well," he says.可以推斷出很少有男性會(huì)對(duì)這個(gè)時(shí)尚感興趣，選B
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