阅读理解。 Charlton Heston was bom in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton discovered his interest in acting while performing plays at his high school. He late-高中英语-n多题

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     Charlton Heston was bom in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton discovered his interest in acting while
performing plays at his high school. He later spent two years studying theatre at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois. But he left college to join the army during the Second World War.
     After the war, Charlton Heston found small roles in the theatre as well as in television shows. His
performance in a film version of the book Jane Eyre caught the attention of the Hollywood producer Cecil B.
DeMille who later asked Charlton Heston to play the role of Moses in his movie The Ten Commandments
which came out in 1954. The role in this film made Charlton Heston famous and decided his career as an
actor playing the role of heroes. His face and body represented (体现) strength and heroism (英雄气概) in
many different roles. He played cowboys, soldiers and athletes.
     The movie Ben-Hur (1959) made Charlton Heston an even bigger star. Ben-Hur won eleven Academy
Awards, including Best Actor. Charlton Heston starred in many adventure movies during the 1960s. In the
1970s, Charlton Heston appeared in popular disaster movies like Earthquake, Skyjacked and Airport 1975.
     Charlton Heston was also very active in the movie industry. He worked to help build the American Film
Institute. In 1977 he was honored for his service in the industry, receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
Award. In 1997 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor. And, in 2003, President Bush gave Charlton
Heston a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor for ordinary people.
    In 2000, the doctor found Charlton Heston had Alzheimer's disease. He died in 2008 at his home in Beverly
Hills, California.

1. What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films?

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A. Heroes
B. Cowboys
C. Soldiers
D. Athletes

2. Which film won Best Actor for Charlton Heston?

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A. Jane Eyre
B. The Ten Commandments
C. Ben-Hur
D. Earthquake

3. The two films belonging to the same kind are _____.

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A. Jane Eyre and Ben-Hur
B. The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur
C. Skyjacked and Airport 1975
D. The Ten Commandments and Earthquake

4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

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A. How Charlton Heston began his career.
B. How Charlton Heston become famous.
C. Who made Charlton Heston a popular star.
D. Who made Charlton Heston win so many awards.

5. Which is the correct order of the things that happened to Charlton Heston?
    a. Catching the attention of Cecil B. DeMille.
   b. Studying at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
    c. Acting in the film Skyjacked.
   d. Catching Alzheimer's disease.
    e. Playing in the movie The Ten Comandments.

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A. abced
B. baecd
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D. abecd

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