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 won 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 Taylors 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 roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: *BUtterfield 8*(1960) and *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?* (1966).
Taylor's fame(名声) and popularity gave her a lot of power in 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 was a legend(传奇人物). Like Velvet Brown in *National Velvet*, she was lucky—she had beauty, fame and wealth. She was also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acted in movies any more in later life. Instead, she put 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.
( )4. 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 an interest
( )5. How many times did Taylor win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
A. Once.
B. Twice.
C. Three times.
D. Four times.
( )6. In her later life, 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
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇人物传记类的阅读理解细节题，解题的核心思路是通过题干的关键词定位到原文对应段落，将原文表述和选项逐一比对匹配即可得出答案：第4题抓取关键词"producers didn't let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first"回到第一段定位相关描述，就能找到制片人最初拒绝她的原因；第5题抓取关键词"Academy Award for Best Actress"回到第二段直接找获奖次数的表述；第6题抓取关键词"in her later life"回到最后一段定位她晚年的事业方向，就能匹配出正确选项。
【解析】
4. 定位原文第一段"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!"，可知制片人最初认为泰勒身形太小、身高不达标，对应A选项。B选项的"年龄太小"、C选项的"演技不好"、D选项的"没兴趣"原文均无提及。
5. 定位原文第二段"won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: *BUtterfield 8*(1960) and *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?* (1966)"，明确说明她一共获得2次奥斯卡最佳女主角奖，对应B选项。
6. 定位原文最后一段"Taylor seldom acted in movies any more in later life. Instead, she put her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others several years ago."，可知泰勒晚年将精力投入到经营生意和帮助他人的事业中，对应A选项。C选项仅提到为穷人筹款表述片面，D选项的投身科研教育是她创立的组织的用途，并非她本人直接从事的工作，B选项不符合原文逻辑。
【答案】
4.A 5.B 6.A
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位，人物传记阅读
【点评】
本题属于低难度的人物传记类阅读，全部为细节理解题型，没有设置复杂的干扰项，学生只要掌握题干关键词回原文定位的基础阅读方法，就能快速匹配到正确答案，同时还能了解伊丽莎白·泰勒的相关生平常识。
【难度系数】
0.8
