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Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America’s spirits as a bright-eyed child movie star during the Great Depression and later became a US diplomat(外交官), died at the age of 85 at her home in Woodside, California, on Monday.
A family statement said, “We announce with great sadness that diplomat Shirley Temple Black, former Hollywood child star and forever America’s little darling peacefully passed away at her Woodside, California, home from natural causes, at the age of 85, on February 10, 2014.” She was surrounded by her family and caregivers.
“We respect her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and good wife for fifty-five years of much-missed Charles Alden Black, who has passed away.”
Temple’s film career began in 1932 and she found international fame two years later aged in the film Bright Eyes, famous for the song On the Good Ship Lollipop. The youngster was seen with her hair in curls, and the unforgettable performance made her one of the biggest box office draws (有票房影响力的明星) of the times. She was awarded a Juvenile Academy Award in 1935 and starred in films such as Curly Top and The Littlest Rebel, helping the US deal with the depression of the 1930s. And she was credited with helping save the film company 20th Century Fox from being bankrupt(破产).
But after retiring from the entertainment world in her early 20s with a special Oscar under her belt for the movie Stand up and Cheer when she was six, she created a role as an outstanding diplomat, serving as the US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
Temple was also a delegate to several international commissions and was involved with the United Nations. She was the first woman to serve as US chief of protocol(礼仪) in the Department of State.
According to the family statement we can know that         .

A.Shirley Black had been ill in bed for a long time
B.Black’s family was of five generations before she died
C.no doctors and nurses were allowed in Black’s home
D.Shirley Black survived her husband Charles Black

What movie did Shirley Temple win the Oscar in?

A.The Littlest Rebel. B.Stand up and Cheer.
C.On the Good Ship Lollipop. D.Bright Eyes.

It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that          .

A.Shirley saved the falling American government
B.most film companies had already gone bankrupt
C.Shirley ever brought in big incomes to herself
D.Century Fox was the biggest company on earth

What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.Shirley Temple performed in a lot of films.
B.Shirley Temple became famous as a child.
C.Shirley Temple, a former child star, died.
D.Shirley Temple acted as an excellent diplomat.
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