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湖北省孝感市云梦县伍洛中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月学情调研英语试卷
Do you like watching old movies? Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous actress in the 1930s. She died when she was only 34 years old. .
Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the street near the home. She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last movies without sound. At 16, she left school to act.
The studio gave her a new name, and she acted in several films. Then at the age of 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not give up. She continued to act.
It was Paramount Studio that make Lombard a star. She made many movies for the studio. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months. But seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.
A. She acted so well that she won the hearts of some people.
B. She also married two of their stars.
C. In her short life she made 70 movies.
D. In 1925, she had an agreement with a film studio, 20th Century Fox.
E. She wanted to live a simple life.
F. A movie director (导演) saw her and decided to put her in a movie.
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