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.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】本文叙述了好莱坞著名童星Shirley Temple的一生，从她扮演儿童电影到最后参与政治生活。

1.C

【试题解析】计算题。根据文章第三段Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California on 23 April 1928.可知她是1928年出生的。在根据第一行Shirley Temple, who died on February 10, 2014她是在2014年去世的，也就是在86岁的时候去世的。故C正确。

2.2】A

【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第6段In 1935 she was awarded a special Oscar (Academy Award)在1935年她获得了a special Oscar，她是在1928年出生的，也就是说1935年的时候，她7岁。故A正确。

3.3】D

【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第6段最后一句The peak of her film career came in 1939 when The Little Princess became a box-office success.可知她演艺生涯的巅峰是1939年的The Little Princess故D正确。

4.4】A

【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第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.可知她发现在成人电影里要维持自己在儿童电影里的名誉很困难。也就是说她出演的成年人的电影不如她所扮演的儿童电影受欢迎。故A项说法正确。

【长难句解析】

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.

【翻译】在2014年2月10去世的Shirley Temple是罕见的当摄影机停了仍然开创了新的事业的好莱坞童星。

【分析】本句中有两个定语从句。第一个是who died on February 10, 2014修饰先行词Shirley Temple。第二个是who, when the cameras stopped rolling, carved out a new career修饰先行词a Hollywood child star，在第二个定语从句中插入了一个when引导的时间状语从句。