下周一3月9号晚20点前,完成听力填空作业并在学习通上提交。 Listen to a short passage concerning the life story of Audrey Hepburn, and try to fill in the blanks. Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929. Although she was the daughter of a Dutch baroness (女男爵) and a wealthy English banker, Audrey had a difficult childhood. Her parents 1.________ when she was young and Audrey went to live with her mother in the Netherlands. Soon after, the German army 2.________ Holland. During the Nazi occupation, her family faced starvation and Audrey 3.____________ severe anemia (贫血), and respiratory problems. Audrey was sixteen when the occupation ended. She and her mother returned to London. Her big break came when the French novelist Colette 4.__________ her in a crowd and insisted that Hepburn be cast as Gigi in a Broadway adaptation of her novel. In spite of Hepburn’s 5.____________, audiences and critics alike were captivated (迷住) by her performance. Subsequently, William Wyler chose her to be the lead in Roman Holiday, 6._________ Gregory Peck. For her role as Princess Ann, she won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Actress and began a string of box office hits. Audrey Hepburn became a goodwill ambassador and spokesperson for UNICEF in 1986. Traveling to areas 7.___________ famine and devastation, Hepburn worked to raise public 8.__________ of the plight (困境) faced by children in times of crises. Her commitment to improve the welfare of children across the world was intense and genuine. This commitment earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the 9.____________ Award from the Congress on Racial Equality. Soon after her trip to Somalia in 1991, Hepburn 10.__________________ colon cancer. In 1993, Audrey Hepburn died at the age of 63.