【阅读理解PeoplefellinlovewithElizabethTaylorin1944,whenshestarredinNationalVelvet－thestoryofVelvetBrown,ayounggirlwhowinsfirstplaceinafamoushorserace．Atfirst,theproducersofthemovietoldTaylor】

　　阅读理解

　　PeoplefellinlovewithElizabethTaylorin1944,whenshestarredinNationalVelvet－thestoryofVelvetBrown,ayounggirlwhowinsfirstplaceinafamoushorserace．Atfirst,theproducersofthemovietoldTaylorthatshewastoosmalltoplaythepartofVelvet．However,theywaitedforherforafewmonthsassheexercisedandtrained－andaddedthreeinchestoherheightinfourmonths!HeractinginNationalVelvetisstillconsideredthebestbyachildactress．

　　ElizabethTaylorwasborninLondonin1932．Herparents,bothAmericans,hadmovedthereforbusinessreasons．WhenWorldWarⅡstarted,theTaylorsmovedtoBeverlyHills,California,andthereElizabethstartedactinginmovies．Afterhersuccessasachildstar,Taylorhadnotroublemovingintoadult(成人)rolesandwontwiceforBestActress：Butterfield8(1960)andWho’sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?(1966)．

　　Taylor’sfame(名声)andpopularitygaveheralotofpowerwiththemovieindustry,soshewasabletodemandveryhighpayforhermovies．In1963,shereceived＄51millionforherpartinCleopatra－thehighestpayreceivedbyanystaruptothattime．

　　ElizabethTaylorisalegend(传奇人物)ofourtime．LikeVelvetBrowninNationalVelvet,shehasbeenlucky：shehasbeauty,fameandwealth．Butsheisalsoahardworker．Taylorseldomactsinmoviesanymore．Instead,sheputshertimeandeffortsintoherbusinesses,andintohelpingothers－severalyearsago,shefoundedanorganizationthathasraisedmorethan＄40millionforresearchandeducation．

　　(1)

　　Theproducersdidn’tletTaylorplaythepartofVelvetatfirstbecausetheythoughtshe________．

　　[]A．

　　wassmallinsize

　　B．

　　wastooyoung

　　C．

　　didnotplaywellenough

　　D．

　　didnotshowmuchinterest

　　(2)

　　WhatElizabethTaylorandVelvetBrownhadincommonwasthattheywereboth________．

　　[]A．

　　popularalltheirlives

　　B．

　　famousactresses

　　C．

　　successfulwhenveryyoung

　　D．