单选题
· You will hear the conversation twice.
单选题 Why does Hannah think that she was pretty privileged?
  • A. Because she was growing up in Hollywood as an only child.
  • B. Because she has such a famous mother.
  • C. Because she had things most other kids only dream about.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 23-30
M: So, Hannah, what was it like growing up in Hollywood as an only child, and having such a famous mother?
F: Well, I guess I was pretty privileged as I had things most other kids only dream about. For instance, when I was 14, I just loved Harrison Ford films, and my mother arranged for me and a few friends to go to the film set to see him working on his latest film, as a treat for my birthday. I don't think I was particularly spoilt though, even though I was an only child, and I didn't get into trouble like some of the kids I knew did.
M: You, yourself, are an actress now. Did she ever try to put you off acting?
F: Not at all. Just the opposite. She felt I should follow my feelings, I guess in the same way she had done when she was younger. My grandparents hadn't wanted her to take up acting, you know, especially as she had to move from Europe to Hollywood. I don't think her family took her seriously at first and I think she was quite homesick and felt she could have done with a little more family support.
M: Now, you look very like your mother, don't you?
F: Oh, yes. My mouth, the shape of my face, my jaw line is my mother's. My nose too, but only the tip of it, not the bridge, that is unique, like no one else's in the family. My eyes, my forehead, my coloring, my height are different from my mother's but everyone tells me I look like her. When I say everyone, I mean everyone. People stop me in shops, on the subway, in the street.
M: What does your mother say about this?
F: Well, we both looked in the mirror one day and came to the same conclusion--people exaggerate. Then one day I went into a dress shop, I was alone except for another customer. I thought to myself, ' She looks like my mother. ' Then I walked too close to her and crashed into a mirror--the lady was me~ I hadn't recognized myself!
M: What qualities do you think your mother possesses?
F: Great physical energy. She used to walk fast, and when she wasn't acting she cleaned and organized the house perfectly. She loved acting more than cleaning; she loved acting most and above all. It took me some time not to feel hurt by this. I wanted to come first. When asked what was the most important thing in her life, she got real embarrassed and nervous, but my mother couldn't lie ; she had to say ' acting' ; though I know for our sake she wished she could say 'family'. She is terribly practical, and I am too. We consider it one of the greatest qualities in people. We give it the same status as intelligence. Practicality is what made my mother advise me to learn to be an accountant. 'If you know how to do it, you know you'll never be cheated out of any money,' she says. I didn't finish the course as I decided I wanted to act.
M: Did she have any personal experience of being cheated out of money?
F: Well, my mother has always been a very generous person to people she likes. I think another actor who she fell out with started the rum our that she is a bit stingy. She does say that I'm a bit extravagant.
M: Now, you don't sound like your mother, do you?
F: Oh no. She still has a bit of an accent. But her voice is definitely an actress's voice-the clearest speech, the most commanding delivery, and loud. The family used to tell her that she didn't need a phone, she could have just talked to us on the other side of town and we would have heard her. She justifies it with ' I picked it up in the theatre. My voice has to reach all the way to the last row. '
M: Thank you for coming today to talk to us Hannah, and good luck in your new film, which I believe, is released on Tuesday?
F: Yes, that's right. Thank you.
单选题 Which of the statements is NOT true?
  • A. She went to the set to see Harrison Ford working on his latest film on her 14th birthday.
  • B. She was particularly spoilt.
  • C. She was an only child, but she didn't get into trouble like some of the kids.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】原文中说I don't think l was particularly spoilt though,她并不认为这是对她特别的娇惯,因此B选项错误。
单选题 Which of the following statements is true?
  • A. Hannah's grandparents hadn't wanted her mother to take up acting.
  • B. Hannah's grandparents had to move from Europe to Hollywood.
  • C. Hannah didn't receive much family support.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】原文My grandparents hadn't wanted her to take up acting她的祖父母并没想让她的母亲从事表演事业。
单选题 Hannah looks very like her mother except her
  • A. nose.
  • B. forehead.
  • C. jaw line.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】
单选题 According to Hannah, one of the greatest qualities in people is
  • A. having great physical energy.
  • B. putting family first.
  • C. being practical
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】选项A. having great physical energy是她母亲的特点,B是她希望母亲能够把家庭放在生活中的第一位,但事实上她和母亲都认为现实些being practical是人们最重要的品质。
单选题 According to Hannah, an actress's voice should be
  • A. the clearest speech.
  • B. the most commanding delivery.
  • C. Both A and B
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】
单选题 The family used to tell Hannah's mother that she didn't need a phone because
  • A. her voice will be modified by the phone and the audience won't enjoy her pure voice.
  • B. they will play a record for her on the stage.
  • C. her voice is loud enough to reach all the way to the last row in the theatre.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】原因是她的声音很大,后面两个选项只是在夸张地形容她的声音大。
单选题 What is Hannah?
  • A. She is an actress.
  • B. She is an accountant.
  • C. She is a reporter.
【正确答案】 A
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