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1. What is the passage mainly about? 
A) how Ansel Adams learned to photograph nature 
B) the ability of art to change public opinion 
C) the importance and benefits of national parks 
D) a nature photographer’s work to preserve nature 
2. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to … . 
A) describe one of Adams’ photographs 
B) help readers see the power and beauty of nature 
C) show the challenges of being a nature photographer 
D) explain what Adams did in Yosemite National Park 
3. The word eventually in the passage is closest in meaning to … . 
A) in turn B) on time C) by accident D) in the end 
 
4. Which is NOT true about Adams’ relationship with Yosemite National Park? 
A) Adams first visited it when he was 14. 
B) Adams was inspired by the landscape there. 
C) Adams photographed it throughout his career. 
D) Adams helped convince the government to make it a park. 
5. Why did Adams go to Washington in 1936? 
A) to photograph a national park that had just opened 
B) to get support for a wilderness area in California 
C) to encourage people to visit Yosemite National Park 
D) to ask the government to make California attractive to tourists 
6. What can be inferred about Adams’ critics? 
A) They did not visit national parks. 
B) They thought the growth of cities was necessary. 
C) They thought he should photograph human subjects. 
D) They did not consider photography to be a real art. 
103. PHOTO MANIPULATION 
Everyone knows that photographs cannot lie. Or can they? Photo manipulation can change a photograph to 
show something other than the truth. Through darkroom tricks or software like Photoshop, a photo editor can 
make an image tell a lie. In fact, throughout history, people have used photographs to tell lies. Joseph Stalin, 
the leader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953, is one example. He was known to manipulate photos in 
order to keep the public from seeing certain images. In many cases, the images he wanted to hide were images 
of people. At that time, people who did not agree with the Soviet government were seen as enemies. When 
Stalin considered someone an enemy, he had that person killed and removed from all records and 
photographs. Essentially, he erased them from history. The Soviets were not the first to manipulate photos to 
influence the public. In 1865, when President Lincoln was assassinated, newspaper publishers wanted to 
represent the late president as a hero to the nation. They looked for a photo that showed Lincoln’s leadership 
and strength but couldn’t find anything that worked. What they found, however, was a very heroic photo of an 

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old vice president, John Calhoun. So they took Calhoun’s body and pasted Lincoln’s head onto it. The image 
was presented as a real portrait of the president. The irony is that, politically, Calhoun and Lincoln were 
opposites. Calhoun was a famous supporter of slavery, while Lincoln’s greatest achievement was ending 
slavery. Photo manipulation remains common today, and technology makes it easier than ever before. People 
should learn to identify manipulated images and question the intent of the people using them. Everyone must 
think critically, otherwise they may be manipulated by these messages.