People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she acted in the movie National Velvet — the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who won first place in a famous horse race. At first, the producers of the movie told Elizabeth Taylor that she was too short to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for four months until three inches (英寸) added to her height. Elizabeth Taylor’s acting in National Velvet is still considered to be the best and National Velvet became Elizabeth Taylor’s first success.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved to London for business. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to California, where Elizabeth Taylor started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Elizabeth Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won the Academy Award twice for Best Actress for her performance in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966).
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, Elizabeth Taylor was very lucky, and she was hard-working, beautiful, famous and rich. When Elizabeth Taylor got older, she seldom acted in movies. Instead, she spent most of time on her business, and she often helped others. Several years ago, she raised more than $40 million for research and education. In March, 2011, Elizabeth Taylor died at the age of 79.
【小题1】The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because ______.

Banbury House　　　　Tel: 564839

　　Enjoying mixing with other students in pleasant accommodation (住宿) 30 minutes from the station and close to all main bus routes. Single and double rooms. Students provide own food but all cleaning services offered. Please bring your own bed things.

Three Seasons　　　　 Tel: 445987

　　We can provide all types of accommodation for all types of single students. Rooms are fully prepared with bed things and have reasonable prices. Full board possible 35-40 minutes from main universities and the city.

Sturtin Hostel　　　　 Tel: 876333

　　We offer beautiful views. It lies in pleasant countryside. Relax after a long day by swimming in the pool or using the exercise gym. Separate study rooms available. No children. Bar & restaurant.

First Shop　　　　　　Tel: 223300

　　Ideal for new students, we provide double rooms. If you wish, we can offer help in finding a suitable person to share a room with. All washing and cleaning services offered at extra charge. Large canteen and three bathrooms on each floor.

(1) Which number would you ring if you are interested in sports?

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(2) ________ offers help in finding a roommate.

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(3) If you live in Banbury House, you have to ________.

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(4) The articles above are mainly for ________.

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(5) The four texts above are most probably ________.

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Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China．  36  , Daisy Raffan, an   37  girl in Britain, hopes to bring the language to the young people．Daisy has   38  an online learning website(网站) to teach the language to as   39  people as possible all over the world．  40  China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   41  important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later．Daisy has   42  Putonghua since the age of five．Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, this teenager   43  the idea for the website, kids Chinese club．com．She said, “People are afraid to learn Putonghua．One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44  language to learn, but I have had fun   45  it．And I hope what have done is easy and fun．”Her   46  offers a series(系列)of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture．

Daisy’s website has   47  the support of several important persons—the teenager   48  she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister(首相)．

She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49 ．He said that what I was doing was a really good  50 ．I thought it was amazing．I was excited that someone so important was supporting what we’re doing．”

1.                A．Otherwise      B．Therefore       C．However  D．By the way

2.                A．5-year-old      B．18-year-old      C．8-year-old D．28-year-old

3.                A．invented        B．discovered      C．wrote    D．set up

4.                A．much          B．few            C．many D．little

5.                A．As             B．When          C．With D．But

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．/

7.                A．taught          B．learnt          C．drew D．talked

8.                A．came out       B．came on        C．came over D．came up with

9.                A．impossible      B．interesting      C．excellent D．easy

10.               A．telling          B．learning        C．writing    D．speaking

11.               A．e-mail          B．magazine       C．essay D．website

12.               A．won           B．made          C．given D．beaten

13.               A．wonders        B．asks           C．doubts    D．says

14.               A．in             B．back           C．down D．up

15.               A．girl            B．design         C．idea  D．person