B

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

C

Lions are opportunists. They prefer to eat without having to do too much work. When resting in the shade, they are also watching the sky to see what is flying by, and even in the heat of the day they will suddenly start up and run a mile across the plains to find out what is going on. If another animal has made a kill, they will drive it off and take the dill for themselves. A grown lion can easily eat 60 pounds of meat at a single feeding. Often they eat until it seems painful for them to lie down.

The lionesses (母獅) , being thinner and faster, are better hunters (獵手) than the males (雄獅). But the males don’t mind. After the kill they move in and take the test share.

Most kills are made at night or just before daybreak. We have seen many, many daylight attempts but only ten kills. Roughly, it’s about twenty daytime attempts for one kill.

When lions are hiding for an attack by a water hole, they wait patiently and can charge at any second. The kill is the exciting moment in the day-to-day life of the lion, since these great animals spend most of their time, about 20 hours a day, sleeping and resting.

Lions are social cats, and when they are having a rest, they love to touch each other. After drinking at a water hole, a lioness rests her head on another’s back. When walking, young lions often touch faces with older ones, an act of close ties among members of the group.

64. By describing lions as “opportunists” in the first paragraph, the author means to say that lions _______.

A. are cruel animals

B. are clever animals

C. like to take advantage of other animals

D. like to take every chance to eat

65. According to the text, which of the following is true?

A. Lions make most kills in the daytime.

B. Males care more about eating than active killing.

C. Lions are curious about things happening around them.

D. It doesn’t take lions too much time to make a kill.

66. How can we know that lions are social animals?

A. They depend on each other.?????????? B. They look after each other well.

C. They readily share what they have.???D. They enjoy each other’s company.

67. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Powerful Lions??????????? B. Lions at Work and Play

C. Lions, Social Cats????????D. Lions, Skilled Hunters