People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race. At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World war II started, the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Taylor’s fame(名聲)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (傳奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
60. The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she      .
A. was small in size                            B. was too young
C. did not play well enough              D. did not show much interest
61. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both     .
A. popular all their lives                B. famous actresses
C. successful when very young            D. rich and kind-hearted
62. Taylor became Best Actress at the age of     .
A. 12     B. 28         C. 31     D. 34
63. In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to       .
A. doing business and helping others           B. turning herself into a legend
C. collecting money for the poor                 D. going about research and education work
60.A 61.C 62.B 63.A

60．這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第一段第二句。“At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet.”這里的small是指身高而不是年齡，因?yàn)閯〗M又等她長了3英寸才開始拍。所以選A.
61．這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第一段“the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race”和第二段“After her success as a child star”可以推斷兩個(gè)都是很小就成名了。
62．這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)“Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932.”和“Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)”可知第一次獲得最佳演員是1960年，28歲。
63．這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)“Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others”可以知道她的后期生活主要在做生意和幫助他人，所以選A.
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