题目内容
Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting, _______ people were crazy about.
A．one B．the one C．that D．this
B
【解析】
试题分析：考察代词辨析。One指代可数名词单数，表示泛指；the one指代可数名词单数，表示特指；that指代可数名词单数或者不可数名词，后面一定要有定语修饰，表示特指。This指代说明的某件事情。句意：卓别林形成了展开的独特的表演的风格，这是很多人都为指疯狂的风格。本句中的the one和前面的his own manner of acting形成同位语关系，均表示特指。故B正确。
考点：考察代词辨析
点评：代词的词义辨析考查的较为细致：One 指代可数名词单数，表示泛指；其特质形式为the one。It指代上文出现的同一事物；that指代可数名词单数，或者不可数名词，后面必须有定语修饰。起复数形式为those，同样后面也应该有定语修饰。
Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting, _______ people were crazy about.
| A．one | B．the one | C．that | D．this |
Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. From “Easy Street” (1917) to “Modern Times” (1936), he made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time. He was best known for his character, the naive and lovable Little Tramp. The Little Tramp, a well meaning man in a raggedy suit with cane, always found himself wobbling into awkward situations and strangely wobbling away. More than any other figure, it is this kind-hearted character that we associate with the time before the talkies (sound films).
Born in London in 1889, Chaplin first visited America with a theater company in 1907. Appearing as “Billy” in the play “Sherlock Holmes”, the young Chaplin toured the country twice. On his second tour, he met Mack Sennett and was signed to Keystone Studios to act in films. In 1914 Chaplin made his first one-reeler, “Making a Living”. That same year he made thirty-four more short films, including “Caught in a Cabaret”, “Caught in the Rain”, “The Face on the Bar-Room Floor”, and “His Trysting Place”. These early silent shorts allowed very little time for anything but physical comedy, and Chaplin was a master at it.
Though Chaplin is of the silent movie era, we see his achievements carried through in the films of today. With the appearance of the feature-length talkies, the need for more subtle acting became apparent. To maintain the audience’s attention throughout a six-reel film, an actor needed to move beyond constant comedy. Chaplin had demanded this depth long before anyone else. His strictness and concern for the processes of acting and directing made his films great and led the way to a new, more sophisticated, cinema.
【小题1】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．“The little Tramp” was the only character that Charlie Chaplin acted. |
| B．Charlie Chaplin signed to Keystone Studios in 1906. |
| C．Charlie Chaplin made five short films in 1914. |
| D．Charlie Chaplin has a great effect on today’s sound film. |
a. Charlie Chaplin made the film “ Easy Street”.
b. The film “Caught in the rain” was made.
c. Charlie Chaplin first visited America.
d. Charlie Chaplin met Mack Sennett.
e. “Modern Times” was made.
A. d, c, a, e, b B d, c, b, a, e C. c, d, b, a, e D. c, d, a, b, e
【小题3】Which word can best describe Charlie Chaplin according to the passage?
| A．lovable | B．kind-hearted | C．strict | D．awkward |
| A．Life of Chaplin | B．Works of Chaplin |
| C．Characters of Chaplin | D．An introduction of Chaplin |
Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are mostly silent. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. It depends upon actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. He is master of the art – a kind of world language.
As a young man, he and his brother traveled to America in a small company of actors. Chaplin was then invited to join a new company that was making film comedies. Very soon he had made dozens of short films for this company. And it was in his second film that he wore the clothes which made his reputation – black hat, tight coat, baggy trousers, huge shoes, moustache and walking stick. He intended simply to make people laugh. But the odd make-up made him look both comic and sad.
By the time he was thirty, Chaplin was the greatest, best known and best loved comedian in the world. He received thousands of dollars for each film he made. He had formed his own manner of acting. He was welcomed by excited crowds wherever he went. But he worked very hard and had few close friends. Perhaps that is why the sad side of the little tramp began to show more clearly in the films he made. The little man began to want more than food and a roof over his head. He began to want love.
In one of his most famous films “The Gold Rush” a girl plays tricks on the little man. Then she begins to feel sorry for him and treats him kindly. He mistakes her pity for love. The girl in “City Lights” is blind. She thinks he is the most wonderful man she has ever met. But then she recovers her sight and sees what a foolish figure he is. This sadness gives Chaplin’s films a depth of human experience which few comedians can equal.
After living in America for forty years he moved to Switzerland. There he died on Christmas Day 1977. He once described himself as a citizen of famous pictures that were made during the 1920s and 1930s, the time of the silent films. But, to many people all over the world Chaplin will always be the king of comedy.
【小题1】What’s the meaning of the underlined word in the first paragraph?
| A．A man in control of people, animals or things. |
| B．A man who is head of a house or a family. |
| C．A man of great skill in art or work. |
| D．A skilled workman with his own business. |
| A．was famous |
| B．didn’t want to have friends |
| C．was not good at making friends |
| D．spent most of his time in working and had no time to make friends |
| A．a girl | B．a girl and little man |
| C．a little man | D．a wonderful man |
| A．after the 1920s and 1930s | B．in the 1930s |
| C．in the 1970s | D．after the 1930s |
| A．The little man didn’t want love. | B．Chaplin made a lot of money. |
| C．He didn’t live in the same country. | D．He became famous in a short time |