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Choose A, B, C, or D for each gap to finish the following passage.
THE ORIGINS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The world's first surviving photograph was taken in 1827 by a Frenchman called Niepce.
Up to that (71) ...... it had been impossible to capture permanently a living image,
(72)..... in a painting or drawing. Niepce pointed his early camera at the window of his
country home and produced an image. It wasn't very (73)......, and it took him eight
hours in bright sunlight, but the image still survives to this day.
Another Frenchman, Daguerre, heard about Niepce's work and (74)....... him. They
became (75)..... and worked together to create a new photographic process. This process
was very complicated and (76)..... a great deal of skill. (77)...... the difficulties, it
became very popular and soon people around the world were taking daguerreotypes, as
they were known. In England, William Henry Fox Talbot (78).... developed his own
process at about the same time that Daguerre and Niepce were working on theirs. His
method (79) ........ more than one copy to be made, (80)....... the daguerreotype could
not be reproduced.
This new technology created all kinds of opportunities for (81)....... Brave enough to
travel to remote locations and to go into dangerous situations. Photographers (82)...... as
Roger Fenton of England and Mathew Brady of America took some of the first war
photographs.
C. occasion
D. mark
By the 1880s, (83)...... America George Eastman produced the first Kodak camera, the
world was ready for mass photography. The Kodak camera had roll of film inside and
was (84)....... easier to use than any previous camera. It was an instant success and soon
people were (85)..... their picture taken as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world.
71. A. point
72. A. although
73. A. clean
74. A. contacted
75. A. companions
76. A. claimed
77. A. In spite
78. A. had
B. period
B. except
D. otherwise
D. clear
D. greeted
D. opponents
D. mentioned
D. Despite
D. got
IV.
79. A. made
80. A. yet
81. A. those
82. A. even
83. A. where
84. A. considerable
85. A. being
B. shiny
B. communicated
B. partners
B. demanded
B. Though
B. was
B. allowed
B. even
B. some
B. so
B. when
B. extremely
B. having
C. despite
C. smooth
C. informed
C. rivals
C. asked
C. However
C. did
C. let
C. whereas
C. they
C. just
C. which
C. absolutely
C. doing
D. produced
D. otherwise
D. ones
D. such
D. while
D. completely
D. making