Section C (12 marks) 

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died at the age of 85.

The actress became famous   48   a young girl in the 1930s in films like Bright Eyes, Stand Up and Cheer and Curly Top.

    She died on Monday at home in Woodside, California,   49   natural causes. "She was surrounded by her family and caregivers," a statement said.

Born in 1928,   50   sweet-faced, curly-haired Temple was   51   of the most popular child stars in Hollywood history, getting her first film role at the age of three.

    Her singing, dancing and acting won over fans worldwide. She was given a special teenage Oscar in 1935,   52   she was just six years old. To this day, she is still the   53   person to receive an Academy Award because nobody else got it at such a young age.

    Temple starred in a total of 43 feature films — but found   54   difficult to maintain her career in adulthood   55  retired from Hollywood in 1950.

48. 【答案】 as/when  

【试题解析】如果使用as，就形成一个介词短语as a young girl相当于when she was a young girl；如果使用when，我们就认为在when的后面省略了she was。

49. 【答案】 from / of  

【试题解析】本句中的名词cause表示原因，该词经常和介词of连用，表示“…的原因”

50. 【答案】 the  

【试题解析】本句中使用定冠词the修饰sweet-faced, curly-haired Temple，表示特指，指这个长相甜美的卷发女孩是当时最受欢迎的童星之一。

51. 【答案】 one  

【试题解析】本句是一个固定搭配one of…“…之一”；后面要接可数名词复数形式。

52. 【答案】when  

【试题解析】本句是一个定语从句，先行词是前面的名词1935,后面定语从句中句子结构很完整，而先行词又是表示时间的名词，所以使用when来引导这个定语从句，并在句中做状语。

53. 【答案】 youngest 

【试题解析】根据后半句because nobody else got it at such a young age因为没有人在这样的年龄获得奥斯卡奖，所以她是最年轻的奥斯卡奖获得者。句义:直到今天，她仍然是获得奥斯卡奖最年轻的演员。

54. 【答案】 it 

【试题解析】本句中的it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式to maintain her career in adulthood；在英语中能够作为形式主语或者形式宾语的只有it。

55. 【答案】 and 

【试题解析】本句是一个并列结构，动词retired与前面的found构成并列关系，所以都使用过去式。
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