Listening: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor was perhaps the best actress of the

Golden Age in the cinema.

This special news report was broadcast by ABC News on

the morning of 3/23/11 to announce the death of screen

 legend Elizabeth Taylor.

Listen to this report and do the exercises on it.
Then, report your answers to me in the comments box.
Don´t forget to write your name!

 

 Elizabeth Taylor. ABC News Special Report

1. How old was she when she began acting?

            a. 20

            b. 6

            c. 12

            d. 44

2. Cleopatra

            a. made her the most famous actress in the world

            b. made her the best paid  actress

            c. gave her an income of 1000000 dollars.

3. Elizabeth

            a. won  two Oscars for the best actress.

            b. won an Oscar for the best Actress

            c. never won an Oscar.

4. She married

            a. twice

            b. three times

            c. seven times

            d. eight times.

5. She raised millions of dollars for:

            a. investigation on AIDS.

            b. children´s charities.

            c. developing vaccines.

True or False?

1. She performed Cleopatra in 1964.       ______________

2. Elizabeth Taylor had a happy childhood. ___________

3. She married and divorced Richard Burton  twice. __________

4. She met her last husband in a rehab clinic. ______________

5. Her last husband was an actor too. ______________