Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. While vacationing with her mother in Holland, Hitler’s army suddenly took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a model, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found her position in life—until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, she was signed up for a bit part in the European film Nederlands in 7 Lessons in 1984. Later, she headed to America to try her luck there.

Audrey gained immediate prominence (成功) in the U.S. with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a big success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and many more roles. Roman Holiday was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face (1957). In 1959, she received yet another nomination(提名) for her role in Nun’s Story. Audrey reached the top of her career when she played Holly Golightly in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961. For this she received another nomination. One of Audrey’s most radiant(輝煌的) roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady in 1964. Her co-star Rex Harrison once was asked to choose his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, “Audrey Hepburn in My Fair lady”.

By the end of the sixties, after her divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey decided to retire while she was on top. Later she married Dr. Andrea Dotti. In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador(大使) to the United Nations UNECEF fund helping children in Latin, American and Africa, a position she retained until 1993. Audrey Hepburn died on January 20, 1993 in Switzerland. She had made a total of 31 high quality movies.

Where did Audrey Hepburn become famous?

A. England.  B. America.  C. Switzerland.  D. Belgium.

We can infer that Audrey Hepburn was ______.

A. a learned woman         B. satisfied with her marriage

C. a woman with sympathy   D. very popular as a model

Choose the right order about the life of Audrey Hepburn.

a. Audrey began a modeling career.

b. Audrey went to London with her mother.

c. Audrey became popular in the film Roman Holiday.

d. Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund

e. Hitler’s army suddenly took over the town.

f. Audrey married Dr. Audrey Dotti.

A. a, b, c, d, e, f                B. b, e, a, c, f, d

C. c, a, b, f, e, d,               D. b, e, f, c, a, d

The underlined word “spotted” in the first paragraph can be replaced by ______.

A. seen   B. shot   C. recognized   D. dropped

【小題1】B

【小題2】C

【小題3】B

【小題4】A


解析:

【小題1】本題考查理解文章細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。 根據(jù)第二段第一句“Audrey gained immediate prominence in the U.S. with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953.” 可以看出,奧黛麗·赫本是在美國(guó)成名的。

【小題2】本題考查根據(jù)短文相關(guān)內(nèi)容進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。根據(jù)最后一段第三句話“In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador(大使)to the United Nations UNECEF fund helping children in Latin American and Africa, a position she retained until 1993.”可知,奧黛麗·赫本退出影壇以后,被任命為聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì)特使,赴拉丁美洲和非洲救助貧困的孩子,據(jù)此可以推斷她是一個(gè)很有愛心和同情心的。

【小題3】本題考查對(duì)所述事件進(jìn)行排序的能力?捎檬孜捕ㄎ环ā5谝粋(gè)事件是“Audrey went to London with her mother”, 最后一個(gè)事件是“Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund”,因而可排除A和C項(xiàng),再仔細(xì)比較可知B為最佳答案。

【小題4】本題考查根據(jù)短文相關(guān)內(nèi)容對(duì)詞語含義進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)單推斷的能力。從語境中我們可以了解到奧黛麗·赫本是正在進(jìn)行模特表演時(shí)被一個(gè)制片商看中從而進(jìn)入電影界的。因而我們可以看出,spot意為“察出,看出”。

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