Passage 4
(2006 安徽 B)
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 (名聲) 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 $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (傳奇人物) 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
【重點(diǎn)詞匯】
fall in love with 與……相愛(ài)， 這里意為喜歡star v. 使成為明星， 讓(一個(gè)演員)擔(dān)任主角
win first place 獲第一名play the part of (在戲中)扮演……
popularity n. 流行up to 直到
up to that time 直到那時(shí)have trouble 在……有困難
raise v. 籌集raise money 籌款
【疑難長(zhǎng)句】
However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months!
這句話的難點(diǎn)在于as一詞。這里as 引導(dǎo)的是時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句， as she exercised and trained意思為在她鍛煉身體和訓(xùn)練的時(shí)候。
(參考譯文)不過(guò)， 他們?nèi)匀坏攘颂├諑讉€(gè)月， 那時(shí)她在鍛煉身體和訓(xùn)練， 4個(gè)月后她的身高增加了3英寸。
【答案解析】
1. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題目問(wèn)的是： 制片人起初不讓Taylor扮演Velvet是因?yàn)槭裁?。根?jù)文章第1段中的At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.“起初制片人告訴Taylor她太小巧了， 不適合扮演Velvet。”可知， A項(xiàng)為正確答案。
2. C 推理判斷題。題目問(wèn)的是Elizabeth Taylor 和Velvet Brown的共同之處是什么。 根據(jù)文章大意， 當(dāng)Elizabeth Taylor扮演了Velvet Brown之后， 她便成為了公認(rèn)的最好的兒童演員， 這也為她以后出演成人角色的電影提供了非常有利的條件， 而影片中Velvet Brown是一名獲得賽馬冠軍的小女孩， 兩者可謂是年少得志。因此C為正確答案。
3. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Taylor曾獲得兩次最佳女演員， 分別在1960年和1966年， 而她出生于1932年， 不難算出她首次獲得最佳女演員是在28歲。因此B為正確答案。
4. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題目問(wèn)的是Elizabeth Taylor退出演藝圈后專心從事什么。選項(xiàng)A， 經(jīng)商和幫助他人; 選項(xiàng)B， 使她自己成為一名傳奇人物; 選項(xiàng)C， 為窮人籌款; 選項(xiàng)D， 研究和教育工作。根據(jù)文章最后一段， “Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others.” 她退出演藝圈后便開(kāi)始經(jīng)商和幫助他人， 因此A為正確答案。
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