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    Marilyn Monroe

    　　At 9∶30 a.m.on June 1st, 1926 Norman Jean was born in Los Angels General Hospital．At the age of six months, she was placed with foster parents．She went back to live with her mother when she was seven．She went to school at the Hollywood Grammar School．In 1934 her mother became ill and entered Los Angeles State Mental Asylum．Some kind-hearted neighbours offered to look after the child．Two years later she went into an orphanage in Los Angeles and stayed there for two years．

    　　She left school in 1942．On June 18th, three weeks after her sixteenth birthday, she married an 18-year-old young man whose name was Jim Dougherty．She got a job as a parachute packer．While she was working, a photographer used her as a model for a magazine article．In 1944 she became a full-time photographic model．Soon she appeared on several national magazines and calendars．Two years later, she wrote to her husband, who was stationed in the navy in Shanghai, to say that she wanted a divorce．

    　　On July 16th, 1946, she went to Twentieth Century For studios and asked to see Ben Lyon, the casting director for Fox films．Lyon agreed to see her．“I want, more than anything to get into pictures,” she said．Lyon looked at her and told her “Honey, you’re in pictures．” He immediately offered her a seven–year contract．During the next sixteen years Norman Jean (now known as Marilyn Monroe) made over thirty films．On Saturday, August 4th 1962, she took an overdose of sleeping pills and died．She was just thirty-six．

    (1)

    Who took care of Marilyn Monroe when her mother was ill?

    [　　]

    A．

    Her father．

    B．

    Her grandparents．

    C．

    Some kind-hearted neighbours．

    D．

    Nobody．

    (2)

    What childhood did she have?

    [　　]

    A．

    a happy one．

    B．

    An unhappy one．

    C．

    An exciting one．

    D．

    A usual one．

    (3)

    How long did she work as a film actress?

    [　　]

    A．

    For sixteen years．

    B．

    For twelve years．

    C．

    For twenty years．

    D．

    For eighteen years．

    (4)

    How did she die?

    [　　]

    A．

    Her husband killed her．

    B．

    She died in an accident．

    C．

    She killed herself by taking an overdose of sleeping pills．

    D．

    She died of an illness．

    答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．C;
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