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Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died on Monday at home in Woodside，California，from natural causes．"She was there with her family and caregivers around her，"a statement said．
With her adorable charm and blonde curls （金色的卷发），she was one of the most popular stars of the 1930s，in hit movies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and Cheer．Her singing，dancing and acting won over fans worldwide．She was given a special Oscar for child in 1935，when she was just six years old．To this day，she is still the youngest child to receive an Academy Award．
After retiring from films in 1950，Temple returned to the spotlight as a politician and diplomat（外交家）．Shirley Temple started her film career at three．Between 1934and 1938she appeared in more than 20feature films and was the top US movie star．She wore a grass skirt and played a ukulele to promote the musical Captain January，directed by David Butler，in 1936．She attended her first big public performance for her film Wee Willie Winkie in Hollywood on 26 June，1937．
As well as being the youngest receiver of an Oscar （at the age of 6years and 310days），Temple was also the youngest child to present one of the statuettes．She stood on a chair to give Claudette Colbert the best actress prize for It Happened One night in 1936．At the age of 12Temple's star burnt out-her parents bought out the remaining time of her contract and sent her to an expensive girl's school．Her final film，A Kiss for Corliss，is available to watch online for free．This is the star's final ever moment on the big screen．The actress retired from Hollywood in 1950，but she still appeared occasionally on TV．In 1958she wore a fairy godmother costume to promote her series of dramatised fairy tales，Shirley Temple's Storybook．
In 2006，she accepted the Life Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards．
21．For what was Shirley Temple popular with the world？D
A．Her acting in movies．
B．Her role as a politician．
C．Her wonderful singing．
D．Her adorable charm and blonde curls．
22．What can we infer from the reading passage？B
A．Shirley Temple retired in 1950as a politician．
B．Shirley Temple took part in political work after she was 21．
C．Shirley Temple was the most popular child star of the 20
th century．
D．Shirley Temple was the youngest person to receive the Life Achievement Award．
23．Which is the CORRECT order of the following events？A
a．Shirley Temple became a politician．
b．Shirley Temple was awarded a special Oscar．
c．Shirley Temple acted in the film A Kiss For Corliss．
d．Shirley Temple presented an actress with the best actress prize．
A．b d c a
B．b a c b
C．a b c d
D．c b d a
24．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．The film career of Shirley Temple．
B．An autobiograpghy （自传） of Shirley Temple．
C．The legendary （传奇的） life of Shirley Temple．
D．How Shirley Temple became popular and successful．
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