题目内容
Marilyn Monroe was certainly one of the most famous actresses of the twentieth century.She was known as the “Blonde Bombshell” and the “Sex Goddess of the Silver Screen”.However,surprisingly,this famous actress never won any major acting awards throughout her 15?year career in the movies.Critics(评论家) may not have thought highly of her acting ability,but the huge number of her fans flocking to see her movies ?propelled?(推进) her to fame and fortune.?
Being a teenager,she found a job in a parachute packing factory during World War Ⅱ.A picture of young Ms Mortenson in a magazine led her into modelling.Hoping to move from modelling into acting,the young woman began trying out for acting jobs with several movie studios in Hollywood.She finally got a one?year contract(合同)with Twentieth Century-Fox.However,Ms Monroe’s career as an actress did not start well.She was given small parts in several films which did not do very well at the box office,and the studio decided to drop her contract.With no money and no work,the actress agreed to let a photographer take pictures without any clothes on for a calendar,for which she was paid $50.?
In 1951,with the help of a friend,Ms Monroe got a seven?year contract with the same studio again.The studio began putting the actress in movies playing a “dumb blonde”and Ms Monroe became a hit.After playing “dumb blonde” in six more movies,she got her first lead role in the movie Niagara in 1953,which did well in box office.She proved that she could sing and dance in her own sexy way in movies like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire.She also showed that she could perform as a comic actress.
While her movie career went on well,her private life was not quite a successful.She had got married for three times,but all her marriage didn’t last long.Probably due to her addiction to alcohol and sleeping pills,she was difficult to work with and was fired.Two months later,she was found dead from an overdose.
63.How long did she stay in the field of the movie?
A.5 years. B.15 years.? C.10 years D.20 years.?
64.What did Ms Monroe do before she became an actress??
A.She made a calendar. B.She worked in a factory.?
C.She designed clothes. D.All of the above.?
65..In which movie did Ms Monroe have her first staring role??
A.Niagara.? B.How to Marry a Millionaire.??
C.Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.? D.Some Like It Hot.
66.We can infer from the passage that .
A.what she was after were fame and fortune?
B.what she liked most were alcohol and sleeping pills?
C.she couldn’t get on well with others?
D.she didn’t feel happy in spite of her fame and fortune?
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
Arthur Miller was born on October 17th, 1915 and died on February 10th, 2005.Over the course of seven decades(十年) of literature career(文学生涯), Arthur Miller created some of the most memorable stage plays(舞台剧) in American Literature. He is the author of DeathofaSalesmanandTheCrucible. Born and raised in Manhattan, Miller went through the best and the worst of American society.
Arthur Miller's childhood:His father was a productive shopkeeper and clothing manufacturer(制造商) until the Great Depression(大萧条时期) dried up nearly all business opportunities.Yet, despite being faced with poverty, Miller made the best of his childhood. He was a very active young man, in love with such sports as football and baseball. When he wasn't playing outside, he enjoyed reading adventure stories. He was also kept busy by his many boyhood jobs. He often worked alongside his father. During other times in his life, he delivered bakery goods and worked as a clerk in a car parts warehouse.
College life: In 1934, Miller left the east coast to attend the University of Michigan. He was accepted into their school of journalism. His experiences during the Depression made him skeptical (怀疑的) about religion. Politically, he began leaning towards the "Left”.And since the theater was the cutting edge way for socioeconomic liberals (自由主义者) to express their views, he decided to enter the Hopwood Drama competition. His first play, NoVillain, received an award from the university.It was an impressive beginning for the young playwright; he had never studied plays or playwriting, and he had written his play in just five days!
Miller's later years: In 1987, his autobiography was published. Many of his later plays dealt with personal experience. In particular, his final play, FinishingthePicture mirrors the last days of his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.In 2005, Arthur Miller passed away at the age of 89.
【小题1】What can we know about Arthur Miller from Paragraph 2?
| A.He was born into a poor family. |
| B.His father wasn't good at business. |
| C.He couldn't adjust himself to poverty. |
| D.He had to do lots of jobs to make a living. |
| A.when he was in college |
| B.when he was a small boy |
| C.because his father encouraged him to do so |
| D.because it was one of his school assignments(作业) |
| A.the University of Michigan is on the east coast of the USA |
| B.Miller's university education made him doubt religion |
| C.Miller learned playwriting all by himself |
| D.socioeconomic liberals were probably not politically "left” |
| A.Death of a Salesman. |
| B.The Crucible. |
| C.No Villain. |
| D.Finishing the Picture. |
| A.introduce Arthur Miller's plays |
| B.tell us about Arthur Miller's childhood |
| C.explain how Arthur Miller started to write plays |
| D.give us a brief introduction to Arthur Miller's life |