Audrey Hepburn (奧黛麗·赫本) won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first
major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her aid work as for her acting.
Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey’s father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World War II, she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from Gerrnan attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college when she returned to London after the war. But she realized she wasn’t going to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演員). So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.
But it was Audrey Hepburn’s move to America that brought her true fame. In 1951 she played the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play of the same name to great critica1 praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.
Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was Holly Golightly in Breakftist at Tiff any’s in 1961. Three years later she played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
She was married two times and had one son by each husband. In 1989, the UN Chi1dren’s Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF(聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì))projects. The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to gain money and support for UNICEF projects.
Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War Ⅱ. She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid. She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from colon cancer.
【小題1】In Paragraph 1,“her aid work”means     .

A．winning an Academy Award as Best Actress
B．taking acting parts in stage shows
C．making her own movies
D．a(chǎn)cting as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
【小題2】The reason why Audrey lived and studied in the Netherlands was that     .
A．she wanted to be a ballerina
B．her parents were from Britain
C．it was safe there
D．the education there was excellent
【小題3】We can infer from the passage that     .
A．Audrey’s parents lived in Germany during World War Ⅱ
B．Audrey lived in America in the 1950s
C．Audrey was made to give up dancing
D．the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play was her most popular role
【小題4】     is NOT mentioned in the passage about Audrey Hepburn.
A．Marriage B．Identity C．Contribution D．Religion
【小題5】     is the right order for Audrey’s life.
①The first time she began to play in movies.
②She returned to London from the Netherlands.
③She won an Academy Award as Best Actress.
④She travelled all over the wor1d in support of UNlCEF projects.
⑤She played a part in My Fair Lady.
A．②①③⑤④ B．①②③⑤④ C．②①⑤③④ D．①②⑤③④


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹了著名影星Audrey Hepburn(奧黛麗·赫本)的生平事跡。1953年主演的《羅馬假日》使她一舉成名。從1989年直至1993年去世，赫本一直擔(dān)任聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì)的特使，為拉美和非洲兒童提供了很大的幫助。
【小題1】根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容來(lái)判斷。第一段是全文的概括，其重心在后面，即奧黛麗·赫本盡管獲得奧斯卡最佳女主角獎(jiǎng)，但她擔(dān)當(dāng)?shù)脑ぷ魍瑯邮谷算懹�。再結(jié)合文章接下來(lái)的敘述可知，D項(xiàng)正確。故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)第三段“Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks”和
“she returned to London after the war”可知，C項(xiàng)正確。故選C。
【小題3】根據(jù)第二段和第三段前半部分可知，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第三段中
“she realized she wasn’t going to be a ballerina”可知是她主動(dòng)放棄的，C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第四段中“In 1951 she played the character “Gigi”in the Broadway play”及后文判斷，這個(gè)角色并不是她扮演的最有名的角色，因此D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。由文章第四、五兩段可知B項(xiàng)正確。故選B。
【小題4】運(yùn)用排除法。她的婚姻、身份和貢獻(xiàn)在文章中都提到了，唯獨(dú)沒(méi)有提及她的宗教信仰，故選D。
【小題5】排序題。結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容可以判斷，A項(xiàng)順序正確。故選A。
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D．By comparing his present position with Douglas.
【小題4】What do you suppose the sentence “Mr. Douglas still sticks to his as firmly as ever means?”
A．Douglas was still talking about Lincoln’s low position in life.
B．Douglas was still standing on the other side of the counter.
C．Douglas remained a drunkard and had not changed a bit.
D．Douglas kept on going to parties and speaking ill of Lincoln.

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