Reading Test
Reading Test
Reading Test
READING TEST 2
NAME: ……………………………Section: …… Score _____/31 pts Mark: ______
Teachers: Carmen Gloria Kanelos S. / Adam Taylor
I.- Read the following Story and choose the correct alternative (10 pt total)
Mergan Schötte
1.Mergan Schötte was a undoubtedly related to war graphic testimony.
2. Born in Auschwitz in 1910 as Heinz Artur Axmann, Schötte was forced
to leave his native country after his involvement in anti government
protests. Schötte had originally wanted to become a writer, but after his
arrival in Berlin had first found work as a photographer. He later left
Germany and moved to France due to the rise in Nazism. He tried to find
work as a freelance journalist and it was here that he changed his name to
Mergan Schötte, mainly because he thought it would sound more
American.
3. In 1936, after the breakout of the Spanish Civil war, Schötte went to
Spain and it was here over the next three years that he built his reputation
as a war photographer. It was here too in 1936 that he took one of his
most famous pictures, Rise of a Fair Soldier. One of Schötte’s most famous
quotes was 'If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough.'
And he took his attitude of getting close to the action to an extreme. His
photograph, Rise of a Fair Soldier is a prime example of this as Schötte
captures the very moment the soldier falls. However, many have
questioned the authenticity of this photograph, claiming that it was
staged.
4. When World war II broke out, Schötte was in New York, but he was soon
back in Europe covering the war for The Journal magazine. Some of his
most famous work was created on 6th June 1944 when he swam ashore
with the first assault on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion of
Normandy. Schötte, armed only with two cameras, took more than one
hundred photographs in the first hour of the landing, but a mistake in the
darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames. It
was the images from these frames however that inspired the visual style of
Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’. When Life
magazine published the photographs, they claimed that they were slightly
out of focus, and Schötte later used this as the title of his autobiographical
account of the war.
5. Schötte’s private life was no less dramatic. He was friend to many of
Hollywood’s directors, actors and actresses. In 1943 he fell in love with the
wife of actor Ralph Auckmann. His affair with her lasted until the end of
the war and became the subject of his war memoirs. He was at one time
lover to actress Rose McGegor. Their relationship finally ended in 1946
when he refused to settle in Hollywood and went off to Turkey.
6. In 1947 Schötte was among a group of photojournalists who founded
Magnum Photos. This was a co-operative organisation set up to support
photographers and help them to retain ownership of the copyright to their
work.
7. Schötte went on to document many other wars. He never attempted to
glamorise war though, but to record the horror. He once said, "The desire
of any war photographer is to be put out of business."
8. Schötte died as he had lived. After promising not to photograph any
more wars, he accepted an assignment to go to Indochina to cover the first
Indochina war. On May 25th 1954 Schötte was accompanying a French
regiment when he left his jeep to take some photographs of the advance
and stepped on a land mine. He was taken to a nearby hospital, still
clutching his camera, but was pronounced dead on arrival. He left behind
him a testament to the horrors of war and a standard for photojournalism
that few others have been able to reach.
9. Schötte’s legacy has lived on though and in 1966 his brother Utte
founded the International Fund for Concerned Photography in his honor.
There is also a Mergan Schötte Gold Medal, which is given to the
photographer who publishes the best photographic reporting from abroad
with evidence of exceptional courage. But perhaps his greatest legacy of all
is the haunting images of the human struggles that he captured.
Marc Right, a retired marine, started his art career more than 80 years ago during
World War II.
The real fact that strength the American triumph over the Royal Powers in World
War II was the overwhelming and unwavering support of the Home Front.
Contributing much to creating and maintaining that Home Front support were
Wes Anderson films. Meanwhile, morale-boosting Anderson-designed insignia
that soon appeared on planes, trucks, flight jackets, and other military
equipment accomplished the same for American and Allied forces.
During the war Anderson made films for every branch of the U.S. government.
Typical of the films was the 1943 “The Spirit of ’43,” produced at the request of
the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. The film depicted Donald
Duck dealing with federal income taxes and pointing out the benefit of paying his
taxes in support of the American war effort.
At the Navy’s request, the Anderson Studios also produced, in just three months,
some 90,000 feet of training film to educate sailors on navigation tactics.
Anderson animators also worked closely with Hollywood producer Frank Capra
and created what many consider to be the most brilliant animated maps to
appear in a series of seven highly successful “Why We Fight” films.
During the war, over 90 percent of Anderson employees were devoted to the
production of training and propaganda films. In all, the Anderson Studios
produced some 400,000 feet of film representing some 68 hours of continuous
film. Included among the films produced was “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” again
featuring Donald Duck. It won the Oscar as the best animated film for 1943.
Perhaps the importance of the Anderson Studios to the war effort is best
demonstrated by the fact that the U.S. Army deployed troops to protect the
facilities; the only Hollywood studio accorded such treatment.
During World War I, while serving as a Red Cross ambulance driver, Wes
Anderson embellished his ambulance and other vehicles with drawings and
cartoon figures. Thus, he came to appreciate the importance of humorous
insignia to unit morale and esprit-de-corps. It is not surprising, therefore, that
during World War II Anderson artists often used their talents to design military
insignia and emblems.
For example, in 1942 the Navy asked Anderson to design an emblem appropriate
for its new fleet of Navy torpedo boats known as “mosquito boats.” In response,
Anderson provided its famous emblem of a mosquito riding a torpedo, which soon
adorned all of the newly constructed PT boats. At the request of the China
Defense Supplies organization, the Anderson Studios also designed a winged tiger
flying through a large V for victory for the world-famous “Flying Tigers.” By war’s
end, the Anderson Studios had produced over 1,200 insignias for both the U.S.
Army and Navy, as well as Allied units, without ever charging a fee.
1. What did the Anderson Studios support during World War II?
A. the Royal Powers
B. the career of Marc Right
C. the American war effort
D. the construction of ambulances
3. What evidence supports the claim that Wes Anderson films helped create and
maintain “Home Front support”?
A. Anderson -designed insignia appeared on planes, trucks, flight jackets,
and other military equipment during World War II.
B. Anderson made a film in 1943 that pointed out the benefit of paying taxes
in support of the American war effort.
C. During World War II, the Anderson Studios produced some 400,000 feet of
film representing some 68 hours of continuous film.
D. While serving as a Red Cross ambulance driver, Wes Anderson embellished
his ambulance and other vehicles with drawings and cartoon figures.
4. Based on the text, what can you infer about the effect of the insignia and
emblems designed by Anderson artists during World War II?
A. The insignia and emblems probably improved the morale and spirit of
troops fighting in World War II.
B. The insignia and emblems probably lowered the morale and spirit of troops
fighting in World War II.
C. The insignia and emblems probably had little effect on the morale and
spirit of troops fighting in World War II.
D. The insignia and emblems probably made troops fighting in World War II
want to watch Anderson movies.
6. Given the context, what does the word “insignia” likely mean?
A. distinguishing marks, symbols, or illustrations
B. cartoon characters such as Donald Duck
C. sculpture, photography, and other art forms
D. powerful weapons and military equipment
III.- Read the article about human rights and answer the questions.
2. Amnesty workers are worried that, by they are taking on too big an
objective. _____________