Question

Shirley Temple, who died on February 10, 2014, was that rare example of a Hollywood child star who, when the cameras stopped rolling, carved out a new career.

For four years, she was Hollywood’s biggest box-office star representing the kind of sweet, innocent girl that everyone wanted as their daughter. However, years later, she reappeared as a successful politician.

Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California on 23 April 1928. Encouraged by her mother, she learned to dance while she was just three.

In 1934, Stand Up and Cheer became her first film and the film was a great success. At the age of six she was earning $1,250 a week — more than $21,000 at today’s values.

Across the world, audiences flocked to see her in films such as Little Miss Marker, The Little Colonel and The Littlest Rebel.

In 1935 she was awarded a special Oscar (Academy Award) and her foot and hand prints were added to those of stars such as Jean Harlow and Mary Pickford outside Grauman’s Chinese theatre in Hollywood. The peak of her film career came in 1939 when The Little Princess became a box-office success.

Temple starred in a total of 43 feature films. But she found it difficult to maintain her film career in adulthood and retired from Hollywood in 1950.

She disappeared from the spotlight for nearly 20 years. She returned to the public eye in 1967, as a Republican candidate for Congress. When Nixon became president, he rewarded her with an appointment to the American delegation to the United Nations. Then, in 1974, President Ford appointed her the United States Ambassador(大使) to Ghana. George Bush Snr, appointed her Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

Shirley Temple drew a line between her childhood stardom and her later political career. “Some people are stuck on this image of the little girl,” she once said. “She is not me. We shouldn’t live in the past; my life is now.” Nevertheless, for many across the world, the name Shirley Temple always called to mind a superstar child.

1.Shirley Temple died at the age of _____.

A. 75 B. 80 C. 86 D. 90

2. What happened to Shirley Temple when she was 7 years old?

A. She won a special Oscar. B. She began to learn to dance.

C. She appeared in her first film. D. She retired from Hollywood.

3. Which of the following represents the peak of Shirley Temple’s film career?

A. Stand Up and Cheer. B. Little Miss Marker.

C. The Little Colonel. D. The Little Princess.

4. We can infer that _____.

A. the films in which Shirley Temple starred in adulthood were not popular

B. Jean Harlow and Mary Pickford appeared in the same film with Temple

C. Shirley Temple succeeded in being elected as Congresswoman in 1967

D. Shirley Temple was the youngest person to receive an Academy Award

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】本文敘述了好萊塢著名童星Shirley Temple的一生，從她扮演兒童電影到最后參與政治生活。

1.C

【試題解析】計算題。根據(jù)文章第三段Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California on 23 April 1928.可知她是1928年出生的。在根據(jù)第一行Shirley Temple, who died on February 10, 2014她是在2014年去世的，也就是在86歲的時候去世的。故C正確。

2.2】A

【試題解析】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第6段In 1935 she was awarded a special Oscar (Academy Award)在1935年她獲得了a special Oscar，她是在1928年出生的，也就是說1935年的時候，她7歲。故A正確。

3.3】D

【試題解析】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第6段最后一句The peak of her film career came in 1939 when The Little Princess became a box-office success.可知她演藝生涯的巔峰是1939年的The Little Princess故D正確。

4.4】A

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第7段Temple starred in a total of 43 feature films. But she found it difficult to maintain her film career in adulthood and retired from Hollywood in 1950.可知她發(fā)現(xiàn)在成人電影里要維持自己在兒童電影里的名譽很困難。也就是說她出演的成年人的電影不如她所扮演的兒童電影受歡迎。故A項說法正確。

【長難句解析】

Shirley Temple, who died on February 10, 2014, was that rare example of a Hollywood child star who, when the cameras stopped rolling, carved out a new career.

【翻譯】在2014年2月10去世的Shirley Temple是罕見的當攝影機停了仍然開創(chuàng)了新的事業(yè)的好萊塢童星。

【分析】本句中有兩個定語從句。第一個是who died on February 10, 2014修飾先行詞Shirley Temple。第二個是who, when the cameras stopped rolling, carved out a new career修飾先行詞a Hollywood child star，在第二個定語從句中插入了一個when引導的時間狀語從句。