Three decades ago，Steve McCurry took arguably the most famous picture of all even after all this time，the photographer is filled with enthusiasm when he talks about Afghan Girl.
“I knew she had an incredible look，a sharp gaze，”he recalls.“It was before digital camera and with the big crowd and dust all around，you never knew what would happen with the I developed the picture，I knew it was special.I showed it to the editor of the National Geographic，and he jumped to his feet and shouted，‘That’s our next cover’.”
Not only did Afghan Girl become the magazine’s next cover，but the most successful in its distinguished striking portrait of 12yearold Sharbat Gula，in a refugee camp，was taken in December 1984 and published the following year.
When McCurry reflects upon its popularity，what excites him most is the impact that this single image has had on the real world.
“People volunteered to work in the refugee camps because of that photograph，”he says.“Afghans are incredibly proud of it，as the girl is poor but shows great pride，strong will and drew attention to their poor situation，and inspired a lot of people.” It also led the National Geographic to set up the Afghan Children’s Fund—and meant that to this day，McCurry is never charged a fare by appreciative Afghan taxi drivers.
The portrait forms the centerpiece of a major exhibition of McCurry’s work，which opened recently in Monza，Italy，and will run until 6 famous photograph is just one of thousands of extraordinary pictures that McCurry has taken over a 40year career，during which he has won dozens of many years，frontline war photography like this was McCurry’s stock in ed，it enabled him to make his name.
can be inferred about Portman is Harvard from her speech?
experienced a hard time.
got wide attention as an actress.
tried hard to prove herself a good actress.
enjoyed the life as a university student.
解析：选A。推理判断题。从第三段“dark moments”可以推出A为正确选项。
h of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
can speak six foreign languages.
r she entered Harvard University，she starred in Star Wars.
has twice been published in art journals.
won an Oscar Award.
 
;解析：选D。细节理解题。从第三段“the Oscar winner revealed that...”可以推出D为正确选项。
did Portman overcome her disadvantages?
her fame and education.
means of her belief and hard work.
ugh her beauty and smarts.
her fear and inexperience.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知，她战胜自己的局限性，一半靠信心，另一半靠勤奋。
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