Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) is considered to be of great importance in the world film industry (行业). She made over sixty films during her long career (事业) in Hollywood. She got so many special names, such as “the Legendary film star in Hollywood”, “the evergreen tree in Hollywood”, “forever blooming flower in Hollywood” and “the No. 1 beauty in the world”. She was much known for her beautiful purple eyes. She was also known for her private life and eight marriages (婚姻).

She was the first person who got over one million dollars for her playing the queen of Egypt in the 1963 movie Cleopatra. She won the Oscar Award twice. In 1999, she was chosen the seventh actress in a hundred years by Motion Picture Association of America.

She volunteered to help the patients of AIDs. In 1985, she helped create AMFAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. In 1991 she started the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. The organization helps people around the world who are living with AIDS.

She was very kind and honest. Many old actors and actresses, including Taylor, were invited to celebrate the sixtieth year of Oscar in 1988. But the USA attacked Iran that year. She gave an anti-war (反战的) speech. She hated wars and called for stopping the war.

Elizabeth Taylor died of heart failure at the age of 79. It’s said that the actress was always known not only for her beauty, success and treasure, but for her extreme intelligence, independence, courage and voluntary care for others.

1.There are __________Elizabeth Taylor’s special names mentioned in the passage.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5

2.Elizabeth Taylor was the first person who __________.

A. won the Oscar Award

B. gave an anti-war speech in public

C. earned over one million dollars for her acting in Cleopatra

3.Elizabeth Taylor gave a speech calling for_________in 1988.

A. stopping the war

B. fighting with Iran

C. caring for others

4.According to Paragraph 3, Elizabeth Taylor was__________.

A. popular B. charitable C. hard-working

5.Elizabeth Taylor was known for her__________.

a. beautiful purple eyes

b. film achievements

c. good speech skills

d. independence and courage

A. a, b, c B. a, b, d C. a, c, d

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Do you know Chai Jing? She is a former news hostess from CCTV. Recently, her latest documentary Under the Dome(穹顶之下)has aroused wide public attention. As we all know, smog is a big problem in many Chinese cities.

The 103-minute film was published on websites on Feb 28, 2015. In the film, Chai visits polluted places and talks to officials(官员) and scientists. She says that burning too much coal and oil is the main cause of PM2.5 and smog.

To make things worse, according to Chai, the coal and oil we are burning is of poor quality and don’t meet the standards for environmental protection, Therefore they have produced more harmful gas and particles(颗粒)to pollute the air.

To solve the problem, Chai suggests that factories should clean our coal and oil or replace them with cleaner energy.

In her film, Chai also thought that ordinary people can do something to help control smog too. For example, we can live a greener life by using more public transportation or if we see something that could harm the environment, we can try to stop it.

What can we do to help beat the smog?

*Take public transportation.

*Call the hotline 12369 for complaints about environmental problems.

*Clean the cooking area regularly to avoid extra harmful gas.

*Take a picture of any pollutant source and post it on your social media accounts.

*Add “@local environmental departments” on weibo.

*Don’t buy products made from factories that pollute the environment.

Chen Jinjing, the new minister of environmental protection, praised Chai. He said, “This film encourages us to care more about the environment. This is what we need in the future.”

Title: Let’s do something to fight 1. smog

Problem

Many 2. in China often suffer from smog.

3.

We burn too much poor coal and oil to 4. more harmful gas and particles.

Suggestions

5.

Clean our coal and oil, or replace them with cleaner energy.

Ordinary

people

Do something to help control smog like living a 6. life or 7. anything that could harm the environment.

We

*Use public transportation.

*Call the hotline and complain about environmental problems.

*Clean the cooking area regularly.

*Expose(曝光)pollutant source with your 8. media.

*Add“@local environmental departments” on weibo.

9. to buy products made from factories polluting the environment.

Chen Jinjing said the film encouraged us to pay more 10. to the environment for the future.

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