Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889．His parents were music hall actors．The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London．Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill．
When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor．What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre．Seven years later he went to the USA．And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art．He developed the character(~J ~,)of a homeless gentleman which became very popular．
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films．The film Modern Times(1936)shows his care about the modern industry workers．Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period．
Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953．But he never got US nationality．Then Chaplin, his wife' and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died．When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight．He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85．Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975．
(1)
Chaplin used to _________ when his mother was ill．
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A．
look after her
B．
do the housework
C．
do his mother's job
D．
do his father's job
(2)
From Paragraph 2, we can know that _________
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A．
Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years old ~
B．
Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years old
C．
people liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentleman
D．
Chaplin did many silly things to make people laugh in the street
(3)
_________ Chaplin made his most famous films．
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A．
From 1889 to 1936
B．
From the 1920s to th~ 1950s
C．
From 1953 to 1975
D．
From the 1950s to the 1980s
(4)
We can infer．from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of _________
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A．
his family
B．
his work
C．
the US government
D．
the Swiss government
(5)
Chaplin won the Oscar for _________ when he was 83 years old．
Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world．Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world．Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then．
Tea has a history of over 4, 000 years and China is the home of tea．In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily．
Longjing, Pu'er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea．Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces．
The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like "cha'i" in Russian．And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese．
Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on．Tea is also popular in some sayings, like "A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea．" In dances, songs, poems and novels, tea is often mentioned．loo．
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
(1)
How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?
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A．
Three．
B．
Four．
C．
Five．
D．
Six．
(2)
Tea is produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan because _________．
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A．
they are all big provinces
B．
they are all close to the sea
C．
there are quite a lot of mountains there
D．
the climate ia mild and the soil is rich there
(3)
The underlined sentence “ A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea．" in the last paragraph means _________．
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A．
一个朋友就是一杯茶
B．
君子之交淡如水
C．
看到朋友就会想起茶
D．
绅士才能够喝茶
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
Tea, cocoa and silk are important Chinese exports．
B．
Tea has more than 1, 000 years of history．
C．
Japan is the home of tea．
D．
In ancient China, people used tea as a kind of medicine．
