2017--2018学年人教版必修三Unit 5 Canada-The True North reading课时作业6
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11. Recently many Americans question __________.

   A. the value of receiving college education B. the ability of college graduates

   C. the quality of college education D. the high cost of a college degree

12. According to the passage, Bill Gates was __________.

   A. a self-taught college student B. a hardworking undergraduate

   C. a successful college dropout D. a unsuccessful college graduate

13. The writer seems to agree that __________.

  A. there is no need to go to college

  B. anti-college feelings are a new thing

  C. college cannot guarantee employment

  D. college education remains a wise choice

14. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. The slow economy might result in more unemployment.

  B. Most college graduates feel it necessary to receive college education

  C. People's earnings depend on their educational background to some extent.

  D. As doubts about college education arise, people's desire to go to college weakens.

15. What's the main idea of this passage?

   A. Poor quality and high costs make college less popular among the Americans nowadays.

   B. Despite the dissatisfactions with college, most Americans still favor college education

   C. People with a college degree earn better money in America than those who don't

  D. American students are getting tired of college education.

  

Audrey Hepburn (奥黛丽·赫本) won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her aid work as for her acting.

Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey' s father was British and her mother was Dutch.

Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World War II, she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college when she returned to London after the war. But she realized she wasn' t going to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.

But it was Audrey Hepburn' s move to America that brought her true fame. In 1951 she played the character "Gigi" in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.

Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961. Three years later she played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

She was married two times and had one son by each husband. In 1989, the UN Children' s