题目内容
People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velve－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(英寸) 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. did not show much interest. B. was too young.
C. did not play well enough. D. was small in size.
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
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.A
【解析】
试题分析：本文介绍了美国好莱坞著名影星伊丽莎白·泰勒的生平。
1.细节理解题。根据At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.得知电影制片人一开始认为当时伊丽莎白·泰勒个子太小不能演剧中角色，故选 D。
2.推理判断题。根据After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles和when she starred in National Velve－the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place得知伊丽莎白和Velvet Brown 有很多相似之处，其中一点就是她们都是少年成名，故选C。
3.推理判断题。根据Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960)伊丽莎白·泰勒是在28岁获得最佳女演员奖的，选B。
4.细节理解题。根据最后一段得知伊丽莎白·泰勒在晚年致力于经商和帮助他人。选A。
考点：人物故事类文章
