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Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking picture 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 ___1___.” And he told the ___2___. He had a photo 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 ___3___. “I’ll travel for my work, not for ___4___,” he told her. “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have ___5___ to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to ___6___, and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good ___7___ or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t __8___. “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but __9___ abo
ut 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 ___10___there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very ___11___, and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went off to ___12___ 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 ___13___. 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 ___14___ it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “__15___, woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”
( ) 1. A. dangerous B. natural C. convenient D. impossible
( ) 2. A. lie B. reason C. news D. truth
( ) 3. A. allowed B. refused C. failed D. joked
( ) 4. A. wealth B. prize C. pleasure D. luck
( ) 5. A. money B. time C. interest D. ability
( ) 6. A. meet B. work C. shop D. stay
( ) 7. A. meal B. picnic C. room D. party
( ) 8. A. agree B. understand C. reply D. complain
( ) 9. A. worried B. forgot C. asked D. thought
( )10. A. land B. flowers C. animals D. people
( )11. A. confused B. excited C. surprised D. disappointed
( )12. A. find B. feed C. drive D. shoot
( )13. A. singing B. crying C. laughing D. cheering
( )14. A. threw B. fired C. showed D. pointed
( )15. A. Hurry up B. Look out C. Slow down D. Go ahead