ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, PEOPLE IN BRITAIN REFUSE PUBLIC TRANSPORT BE...

Câu 42:

According to the passage, people in Britain refuse public transport because

.

A.

they like to share rides with neighbours

B.

they think it is not good enough

C.

they see no reason to use their cars less

D.

petrol is relatively cheap in Britain

Read the following passage and mark the letter A., B, C, or D on your answer sheet

to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niépce needed pictures for his business. He was not a

good artist, so he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and

took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.

The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre,

another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a

different process. In his pictures, you could see everything clearly, even the smallest

details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process. Travelers brought back

daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities,

and mountains.

In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of

people and moving things. The process was not simple and photographers had to carry lots

of film and processing equipment. However,

this

did not stop photographers, especially in

the United States. After 1840, daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.

Matthew Brady was one well-known American photographer. He took many

portraits of famous people. The portraits were unusual because they were

lifelike

and full

of personality. Brady was also the first person to take pictures of a war. His 1862 Civil

War pictures showed dead soldiers and

ruined

cities. They made the war seem more real

and more terrible.

In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy

film ready- made in rolls, instead of having to make the film themselves. Also, they did

not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and

develop it later. They did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of

the small

handheld

camera made photography less expensive. With a small camera,

anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun.

They took pictures of their families, friends, and favorite places. They called these pictures

"snapshots".

Documentary photographs became popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon

magazines and books also used them. These pictures showed true events and people. They

were much more real than drawings.

Some people began to think of photography as a form of art. They thought that

photographycould do more than show the real world. It could also show ideas and

feelings, like other art forms.

From “Reading Power” by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries