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河北省石家庄市栾城县2016高考英语 阅读理解及书面表达练习（9） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died on Monday at home in Woodside，California，from natural causes． “she was surrounded by her family and carers ,” a statement said． With her charm and blonde curls(金色的卷发)，she was one of the most popular stars of the 1930s．in hit movies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and Cheer．Her singing，dancing and acting won over fans worldwide．She was given a special Oscar for child in 1935， when she was just six years old．To this day，she is still the youngest child to receive an Academy Award． After retiring from films in 1950 at the age of 21，Temple returned to the spotlight as a politician and diplomat(外交家)． Shirley Temple started her film career at three．Between 1934 and 1938 she appeared in more than 20 feature films and was the top US movie star．She wore a grass skirt and played a ukulele (四弦小吉它)to promote the musical Captain January，directed by David Butler，in 1936．She attended her first big public performance for her film Wee Willie Winkie in Hollywood on 26 June， 1937． As well as being the youngest receiver of an Oscar(at the age of 6 years and 3 1 0 days)，Temple was also the youngest child to present one of the statuettes(小金人)．She stood on a chair to give Claudette Colbert the best actress prize for it Happened One night in 1935．At the age of 12 Temple’s star burnt out——her parents bought out the remaining time of her contract and sent her to an expensive girl’s schoo1．Her final film，A Kiss for Corliss，is available to watch online for free． This is the star’s final ever moment on the big screen．The actress retired from Hollywood in 1950， but she still appeared occasionally on TV．In 1958 she wore a fairy godmother costume to promote her series of dramatised fairy tales，Shirley Temple’s Storybook． In 2006，she accepted the Life Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards． 1．Shirley Temple was popular with the world main