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  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.

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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.

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A.

the acting

B.

the art

C.

the film

D.

the music

仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. When Mencius(孟子) was a small boy, his father died. So Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth(布). It was very beautiful and expensive. "How much of your book have you read today " Mencius' mother asked him. Mencius threw down his book. "I haven't read any of it" He replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields. " When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth. "Why have you cut your cloth " Mencius asked. "It was so beautiful and now you've wasted it. " "You have wasted your time," His mother said. "Now I have wasted time. Look at the terrible thing we have done. " Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.

(1)

When did this story happen

A. Not long before liberation(解放).

B. More than 2000 years ago.

C. About 400 years ago.

D. In the 18 th century.

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(2)

Mencius and his mother were quite poor because ________.

A. they had to spend a lot of money on beautiful and expensive cloth

B. Mencius was young and he couldn't work

C. his father died when Mencius was a child

D. Mencius' schooling cost them much money

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(3)

What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth

A. He was reading his book.

B. He was playing in the fields.

C. He was trying to help her.

D. He was watching strangely.

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(4)

When the mother knew Mencius had played in the fields, she felt ________.

A. pleased

B. surprise

C. sad

D. happy

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(5)

The mother cut the cloth because ________.

A. she thought making cloth was wasting time

B. she wanted to make more beautiful cloth

C. she wanted to teach her son a lesson

D. she wanted her son to do his lessons at once

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