Question

“It’s So Good” in French, was one of Eartha Mae Kitt’s first hit songs. But her childhood wasn’t so good. She was born into a poor family in South Carolina in nineteen twenty-seven. When Eartha was eight, her mother remarried. Her stepfather did not like her so she was sent to New York City to live with an aunt, who helped pay for her piano and dance lessons.

Eartha Kitt worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day she tried out for a famous African-American dance company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe.

In Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was very attracting. She learned French quickly and gained French fans. Soon the film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha Kitt singing in Paris. Welles asked her to play a lead part in a play he was directing. The play made her find her acting talent for the first time.

After that Eartha Kitt returned to New York and appeared in the Broadway show with “Monotonous”, a song about a bored woman, and it became famous. She soon signed with a record company.

Then Eartha Kitt acted her first role in a film in nineteen fifty-seven in “Mark of the Hawk”. Kitt was very careful about choosing her roles in films. She refused parts that were not respectful to black people. In nineteen sixty-seven, Eartha Kitt got the part of Catwoman on the popular television series “Batman”. Fans loved the special way she said her “r”s to create a sound like a cat, which made her an unforgettable Catwoman.

She was strongly against the Vietnam War and in nineteen sixty-eight she became blacklisted (列入黑名單) in America. For about ten years, she could only find work in other countries. But that brought her a greater international achievement.

1.What did Eartha Kitt do when she first performed around the world?_____.

A. SingB. Dance

C. DirectD. Act

2.Who helped Eartha Kitt find her acting talent? _____.

A. Her motherB. Her aunt

C. Her stepfatherD. Orson Welles.

3.What is the order of the things that happened to Eartha Kitt? _____.

a. playing in her first film b. winning some French fans

c. living with an auntd. playing a role in a play

e. singing “Monotonous”f. receiving dance training

A. cfbdeaB. fcbdea

C. fcdeabD. cfbaed

4.What made Eartha Kitt an unforgettable Catwoman in “Batman”? _____.

A. Her walking steps.B. The looks on her face.

C. Her way of speaking “r”.D. Her good singing skills.

5.What might be talked in the following paragraph? _____.

A.Eartha Kitt’s bings.

B.Eartha Kitt’s families in America.

C.Eartha Kitt’s international success.

D.Eartha Kitt’s hard life after being blacklisted.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文是一篇人物簡介。文章主要介紹了Eartha Kitt的生平簡介及她所取得的成就。

1.根據文章第二段最后一句Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe..可知答案。選B

2.細節理解題。根據文章第三段The play made her find her acting talent for the first time.可知電影導演Orson Welles發現她的表演才能。選D

3.中Eartha Mae Kitt的生平簡介和事件，按照時間順序可知A選擇項符合。選A

4.細節理解題。根據倒數第二段句子Fans loved the special way she said her “r”s to create a sound like a cat, which made her an unforgettable Catwoman.可得知答案。選C

5.推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段及最后一句But that brought her a greater international achievement.可以推測下一段可能會對Eartha Kitt取得國際成功進行論述。選C

考點：考查人物簡介類短文閱讀