课时分层作业(十九)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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These smart actresses attended Ivy League schools，even if they were already busy with the red carpet.
◆Claire Danes
Claire Danes got her start on the teen drama My SoCalled Life which won her a Golden Globe Award.By the time she started attending Yale in 1998，she was already a famous movie star.It wasn't surprising that Danes didn't last very long in college because she was busy as an in demand actress.Danes has won two Primetime Emmys
for her character in Homeland.
◆Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman starred in Star Wars and had a good performance in Black Swan，but she's also a total bookworm.The actress is extremely serious about her studies and graduated from Harvard in 2003.After filming Where the Heart Is，Portman moved right into the
Harvard University to complete a degree in psychology(心理学)．Portman took a four-year leave from acting to focus on her studies.
◆Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal isn't just an actress；she's an Ivy League graduate and full-time mommy！The daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs had Hollywood in her blood but moved away to attend Columbia University in New York and graduated in
1999.Presently，Gyllenhaal focuses on acting.She's done work for many charities including Witness，an organization that supports people in using video to fight for human rights.
◆Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is the third Ivy League graduate to go on to star
in The Office.Kaling graduated from Dartmouth in 2001 with a theater degree.In her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me？she joked that she attended such a famous college to“pursue(追求)her love of white people”．After graduating，the funny woman pursued acti