Question

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 Taylor 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 $1 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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】文章介绍了著名的Elizabeth Taylor！

1.细节题。根据第一段3,4行the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.可知是因为她太矮小了。故A正确。

2.细节题。根据最后一段第2句Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth.他们都很成功也都很年轻，可知C正确。

3.计算题。根据第三段最后两行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)可知她第一次获得最佳女演员是在1960年，那时她28岁。故B正确。

4.细节题。根据最后一段最后3行内容可知在晚年她做生意很成功也为教育事业筹集资金。