15."Wanna buy a body?"That was the opening line of more than a few phone calls I got from self-employed photographers when I was a photo editor at U.S.News.Like many in the mainstream press,I wanted to separate the world of photographers into"them",who trade in pictures of bodies or run after famous people like Princess Diana,and"us",the serious newspeople.But after 16years in that role,I came to wonder whether the two worlds were easily distinguishable.
Working in the reputable world of journalism,I told photographers to cover other people's difficult life situations.I justified marching into moments of sadness,under the appearance of the reader's right to know.I worked with professionals talking their way into situations or shooting from behind police lines.And I wasn't alone.
In any American town,after a car crash or some other horrible incident when ordinary people are hurt or killed,you rarely see photographers pushing past rescue workers to take photos of the blood and injuries.But you are likely to see local newspaper and television photographers on the scene-and fast…
How can we justify doing this?Journalists are taught to separate,doing the job from worrying about the consequences of publishing what they record.Repeatedly,they are reminded of a news-business saying:Leave your conscience in the office,A victim may lie bleeding,unconscious,or dead.Your job is to record the image (图象).You're a photographer,not an emergency medical worker.You put away your feelings and document the scene.
But catastrophic events often bring out the worst in photographers and photo editors.In the first minutes and hours after a disaster occurs,photo agencies buy pictures.They rush to obtain the rights to be the only one to own these shocking images and death is usually the subject.Often,an agency buys a picture from a local newspaper or an amateur photographer and puts it up for bid by major magazines.The most sought-after special pictures command tens of thousands of dollars through bidding contests.
I worked on all those stories and many like them.When they happen,you move quickly:buying,dealing,trying to beat the agencies to the pictures.
Now,many people believe journalists are the hypocrites (伪君子) who need to be brought down,and it's our pictures that most anger others.Readers may not believe,as we do,that there is a distinction between clear-minded"us"and mean-spirited"them".In too many cases,by our choices of images as well as how we get them,we prove our readers right.
67.When journalists are working,they are told toC.
A.work with their conscience
B.respect the privacy of the victim
C.separate their work from feelings
D.ask police for permission to take photos
68.The 5th and 6th paragraphs mainly tell us thatD.
A.speed determines the success of a news story
B.photo agencies are greedier than serious newspeople
C.photographers have free access to photos of accidents
D.profit is the driving force beliind the competition for photos
69.It can be learned from the last paragraph that serious newspeopleB.
A.obtain photos differently from news agencies
B.are no better than self-employed photographers
C.are more devoted to work than non-professionals
D.have a higher moral standard than self-employed photographers
70.The underlined word"them"in the last paragraph refers toD.
A.photo editors B.photo agencies
C.serious newspeople D.self-employed photographers.
分析 作者通过讲述记者和摄影师的职责,告诉我们他们的不同.
解答 CDBD
67 C 细节题.由第二段"I justified marching into moments of sadness,under the appearance of the reader's right to know."可知在读者的知情权的表象下,我有理由进入悲伤的片刻,说明记者必须把感情和工作分开,正确答案为C.
68 D 细节题.由第五段第三、四句"They rush to obtain the rights to be the only one to own these shocking images and death is usually the subject.Often,an agency buys a picture from a local newspaper or an amateur photographer and puts it up for bid by major magazines."可知这两段讲了大灾难发生后,摄影师第一时间跑去拍摄是为了拿到独家照片来赚钱,由此可知这两段告诉我们摄影师去竞争独家照片是有利益驱使的,所以D项正确.而A、B、C项在这两段没有相关内容,所以A、B、C项错误.故正确答案为D.
69 B 推断题.由最后一段最后一句"In too many cases,by our choices of images as well as how we get them,we prove our readers right."可知作者想表达的观点是读者认为记者是"伪君子"的看法是对的,所谓严肃的新闻人其实和自由摄影师没有根本的差别,所以B项正确.而另外三项在最后一段没有相关内容,所以A、C、D项错误.故正确答案为B.
70 D 猜测词义题.由最后一段形容 them 所使用的形容词"mean-spirited"以及形容他们记者的 clear-minded 可知作者想把有职业素养的新闻人与那些为了利益而去拍照片的人分开,由此可推断 them 指的是那些 self-employed photographers,故正确答案为D.
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