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.
【小题1】 Chaplin used to __ when his mother was ill.

A.look after herB.do the housework
C.do his mother’s jobD.do his father’s job
【小题2】From Paragraph 2, we can know that __
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
【小题3】  __ Chaplin made his most famous films.
A.From 1889 to 1936B.From the 1920s to th~ 1950s
C.From 1953 to 1975D.From the 1950s to the 1980s
【小题4】 We can infer.from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of __
A.his familyB.his work
C.the US governmentD.the Swiss government
【小题5】 Chaplin won the Oscar for __ when he was 83 years old.
A.the actingB.the artC.the filmD.the music

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves(奴隶). His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.

“J.C.,” he replied.

She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.

Owens ran his first race at the age of 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time in order to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

A week before the Big Ten games, Owens fell down when he went downstairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he was helped in and out of the car that drove him to the games. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he should give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens’ success at the Olympic Games in Berlin(柏林) the next year, and his success would come to be considered as not only athletic but also political(政治的). Hitler(希特勒) did not give congratulations to any of the black American winners.

“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.”

After returning from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.

Owens’ Olympic success made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and racing against cars and dogs.

“Sure, it worried me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”

In the end, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”

1.In the Big Ten games, Owens         .

A.hurt himself in the back

B.was successful in setting many records

C.tried every sports event but all failed

D.had to give up all events

2.We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because         .

A.he was the grandsonof black slaves

B.he was the son of a poor farmer

C.he didn’t shake hands with Hitler

D.he didn’t talk to the US president on the phone

3.When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the medals          .

A.have been changed for money to help him live on

B.have made him famous in the US

C.have encouraged him to face difficulties in life

D.have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Jesse Owens — A Great American Sportsman B.The Big Ten Games

C.Making a Living As a Sportsman             D.How to Be a Successful

 

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