Jessica Tandy probably is best known for winning an Academy Award in 1989 for th

    Jessica Tandy probably is best known for winning an Academy Award in 1989 for themovie Driving Miss Dairy. She was the oldest person to have won the award. Butfor many years, she had received praise for her great performances.

    Jessica Tandy was born in London in 1909. After her father died, her mothertaught and took other jobs at night to make extra money to raise her, threechildren. Jessica’s older brothers showed an interest in the theater and oftenput on shows at home. Jessica said later that she was terrible in all of them.But she said taking part in those plays as a child created a desire in her tobe someone else.

    Jessica loved going to the theater. This love led her to attend an actingschool in 1924. She performed in her first play called The Manderson Girls at18. But few people watched this play. In 1932, she married the famous actorJack Hawkins. Their wedding pictures were on the front page of many Britishnewspapers. In the same year, critics in London recognized her great actingskill in her performance in the play Children in Uniform.

    In 1940, Jessica ended her first marriage and moved to the USA. In New York,she met actor Hume Cronyn. Two years later, they married and moved toHollywood.

    Her turning point came in 1947 when she played the lead part in TennesseeWilliams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. Tandy won the first of her four Tonyawards for best actress in it. After that Hollywood producers began to chooseher to be in the movie.

    Jessica Tandy said she hated seeing herself in the movies. She was surprisedwhen she won the Academy Award for Driving Miss Daisy. She said that thewonderful part she had made up for her lack of experience in movies.

68. Jessica’s earlyinterest in acting came from __________.

   A. hernatural gift foracting                  B. her brothers’ influence

   C. herhope of helping raise herfamily          D. her mother’sencouragement

 69. What madeJessica first widely known to the public?

   A.Attending an actingschool.             

   B. Herfirst play The Manderson Girls.

   C. Hermarriage with Jack Hawkins.        

   D. Herwonderful performance in Driving Miss Daisy.

70. Which is thecorrect order of the following events?

   a. Jessicaperformed in The Manderson Girls.

   b. Jessicamarried Hume Cronyn

   c. Jessicaplayed the lead part in A Streetcar Named Desire.

   d. Jessicamoved to the USA.

   A. a, d,b, c         B. a, b, c,d         C. b, d, a,c          D. b, c, a, d

71. From the lastparagraph, we can learn that __________.

   A. Jessicawasn’t interested in acting in movies

   B. winningthe Academy Award was a surprise to Jessica

   C. Jessicawould perform better if given a better part

   D. Jessicawas as confident as commonly considered

试题答案

【答案】

 B

 C

 A

 B

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