Rod Taylor, famous for his role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller The Birds has died of a heart at the age of 84. 

The Australian actor, who also played Winston Churchill who was a president in UK, died in Los Angeles. He had retired from acting when Tarantino offered him the role, Taylor went on to win a Screen Actors Guild award in 2010 for playing Churchill. 

But it was for his role in the Hitchcock film that he will be most remembered, and his friend Hedren told People magazine: "Rod was a great pal to me and a real strength. We were very, very good friends. He was one of the most fun people I have ever met, thoughtful and friendly, there was everything good in that man."

Recalling his role in The Birds, Taylor said: " We really talked about 'making movies' and how I loved it, and how I was interested in his work. I brought that up and said the right thing. And we just got on extremely well. That was it. I was absolutely glad and astonished that he wouldn't mind working with me"

Born in Sydney, Taylor made a variety of film and television appearances in the Fifties. But his big break in Hollywood came with his starring role in director George Pal's The Time Machine in 1960, in which he played George. 

He went on to make dozens of films. He also appeared with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in The V.I.P.s. The actor lived with his third wife Carol Kikumura, whom he married in 1980, and by his daughter before he died.

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1.Rod Taylor died at the age of________.

A 74

B 78

C 84

D 87

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“Rod Taylor has died of a heart at the age of 84.”可知。

2.Where did Rod Taylor die?

A In Australia

B In UK

C In USA

D In Canada

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句“The Australian actor, who also played Winston Churchill who was a president in UK, died in Los Angeles.”可知。

3.From the third paragraph, we know that Rod Taylor was a_______ man.

A brave

B cruel

C funny

D strong

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第三句“He was one of the most fun people I have ever met” 可知。

4.What does the underlined word “extremely”mean in Chinese?

A 恶劣地

B 痛苦地

C 非常地

D 幸运地

解析：选C。C 词义理解题。根据第四段最后一句“I was absolutely glad and astonished that he wouldn't mind working with me”可知，他们相处得很好。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A A famous actor—Rod Taylor

B A famous man—Winston Churchill.

C Hollywood films

D Rod Taylor's family life.

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。 全文都在讲Rod Taylor的一生，他的出生以及他的演员之路，故选A。