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While firing off pictures of a curious five-month-old fox, photographer Simon Czapp soon realized his subject had quite an interest in photography herself. The clever fox was so curious about the camera equipment that she climbed right on top of it. And while she was supposed to be the subject of the shoot, the fox stood on the shutter release button (快门按钮) and took her own frames.
Mr.Czapp visited the New Forest Wildlife Park to capture images of new arrival Jessie. She has been at the animal park in Ashurst, Hampshire — home to wolves, deer and other animals in 25 acres of ancient woodland — after being abandoned by her mother.
Mr.Czapp said, “Jessie was very playful and curious and not at all camera shy. Soon after I arrived she was chewing my shoes and everything seemed to be a game to her. Then she started exploring the camera I had set up on a tripod (三脚架). She stood on her back legs to look at the back of the camera. She balanced her front paws on it and at one point knocked it over.”
He put the camera back on the tripod and Jessie soon jumped back up. At one point she had all four paws on the camera and was keeping her balance. Mr.Czapp added, “She jumped up there several times and I realized it could make a good picture. As I was leaving with the public’s viewing window behind me, I thought I heard the camera go off but didn’t think much of it. But when I checked the memory card afterwards, I was amazed to see Jessie had actually taken two pictures of me photographing her. I couldn’t believe a fox had gained an advantage over me! Jessie is a lovely little fox. There were some lovely photos of her but she obviously thought the photographer was worthy of a picture too!”
The underlined word “frames” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.

A．photographers

B．pictures

C．buttons

D．advantages

What do we know about Jessie from the passage?

A．She arrived at the park five months ago.

B．She lives at the park together with some wolves.

C．She was sent to the park because her mother left her.

D．She loved the life in the park so much that she left her mother.

What is the RIGHT time order of the following steps in Jessie taking a photo?
a. Jessie pressed the shutter release button.
b. MrCzapp left the camera to take a photo.
c. Jessie climbed onto the camera and balanced herself.
d. MrCzapp set up his camera on a tripod.
e. Jessie stood up to look at the back of the camera.

A．d, e, c, b, a

B．a, b, c, d, e

C．c, b, e, a, d

D．d, e, b, c, a

From the passage we can infer that _________.

A．sometimes foxes are better at photographing than men

B．some foxes are more friendly than humans

C．Mr.Czapp felt ashamed that the fox gained an advantage over him

D．Mr.Czapp and Jessie took photos for each other

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