Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

   “I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is

  16  .”

   And he told the   17   . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

   He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    18  . “I’ll travel for my work, not for   19  ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have

    20    to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   21  , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good    22   or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

   “Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   23  . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

   Denny did not say anything, but he   24   about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild

   25   there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

   His wife was very    26  , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

   Then Denny went off to   27   some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

   Suddenly, Denny heard her   28  . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

   Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   29   it at his wife and the lion.

   Then he shouted, “  30  , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

16. A. dangerous       B. natural           C. convenient            D. impossible

17. A. lie              B. reason           C. news                D. truth

18. A. allowed          B. refused           C. failed                D. joked

19. A. wealth          B. prize             C. pleasure             D. luck

20. A. money          B. time              C. interest              D. ability

21. A. meet            B. work            C. shop                D. stay

22. A. meal            B. picnic            C. room               D. party

23. A. agree            B. understand       C. reply                D. complain

24. A. worried         B. forgot          C. asked                  D. thought

25. A. land             B. flowers         C. animals               D. people

26. A. sad             B. excited          C. surprised                    D. amazed

27. A. find             B. feed           C. drive                  D. shoot

28. A. singing           B. crying         C. laughing               D. cheering

29. A. threw           B. fired           C. showed               D. pointed

30. A. Hurry up        B. Look out        C. Slow down            D. Go ahead