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  People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race.At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained-and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.

  Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932.Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons.When World War Ⅱ started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies.After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress:Butterfield 8(1960)and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966).

  Taylor’s fame(名声)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies.In 1963, she received $51 million for her part in Cleopatra-the highest pay received by any star up to that time.

  Elizabeth Taylor is a legend(传奇人物)of our time.Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky:she has beauty, fame and wealth.But she is also a hard worker.Taylor seldom acts in movies any more.Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others-several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.

(1)

The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ________.

[  ]

A.

was small in size

B.

was too young

C.

did not play well enough

D.

did not show much interest

(2)

What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both ________.

[  ]

A.

popular all their lives

B.

famous actresses

C.

successful when very young

D.

rich and kind-hearted

(3)

Taylor became Best Actress at the age of ________.

[  ]

A.

12

B.

28

C.

31

D.

34

(4)

In her later life, Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to ________.

[  ]

A.

doing business and helping others

B.

turning herself into a legend

C.

collecting money for the poor

D.

going about research and education work

答案:1.A;2.C;3.B;4.A;
解析:

(1)

这是一道细节推断题。根据第一段第二句“At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.”这里的small是指身高而不是年龄,因为剧组又等她长了3英寸才开始拍。所以选A项。

(2)

这是一道细节推断题。根据第一段“the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race”和第二段“After her success as a child star”可以推断两个人都是很小就成名了。

(3)

这是一道细节推断题。根据“Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932.”和“Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won twice for Best Actress:Butterfield 8(1960)and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)”可知第一次获得最佳女演员是1960年,28岁。

(4)

这是一道细节推断题。根据“Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others”可以知道她的后期生活主要是做生意和帮助他人,所以选A项。


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  More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men.He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son.The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed.When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master.He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest.Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head.

  "What have you done?" the Prince said.He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son.The cradle was lying on its side on the floor.The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.

  "So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily."You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog.Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark.Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.

  The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt.Near him was a dead wolf.Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf.

  The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late.Gelert was dead.The Prince was very sad indeed.Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faith-ful friend.The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there.After this, the Prince never smiled again.Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.

  If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried.There is a sign by his grave.It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog.

(1)

Gelert was the dog of the Prince of _________.

[  ]

A.

Scotland

B.

England

C.

Ireland

D.

Wales

(2)

The Prince told the dog to _________ when he was leaving.

[  ]

A.

watch the door

B.

take care of his baby at home

C.

welcome his friends

D.

stop the strangers

(3)

The dog was very _________ when his master came back from hunting.

[  ]

A.

glad

B.

fearful

C.

afraid

D.

tired

(4)

The Prince never smiled again because _________

[  ]

A.

the wolf was killed by Gelert

B.

he had buried the dog on the top of mountain

C.

he had killed his faithful friend Gelert

D.

Gelert had killed his baby son

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