Chaplin, one of the greatest and funniest actors, was born in London in 1889．When a poor boy, he was often seen waiting outside the London theatres, hoping to get work in show business．He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh．But he couldn’t get work and therefore wandered about the city streets．
Charlie Chaplin first acted when he was five．He broke into show business because his mother, a music-hall performer, lost her voice during the performance and had to leave the stage, and Charlie went on and sang a well-known song．Halfway through the song, a shower of money poured onto the stage．Charlie stopped singing and told audiences he would pick the money first and then finish the song．The audiences laughed．This was the first of millions of laughs in Charlie Chaplin’s fabulous(神话)career．
Twenty years later the same Chaplin became the greatest and best loved comedian in the world．His dream came true in the world．His dream came true in the end．Chaplin became world-famous and almost a king in the world of the film．
Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are mostly silent．The equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed．The development of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about making films with dialogues．Instead, he coninued to make films without dialogue, but he added music, which he wrote himself．It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh．His comedy doesn’t depend on words．It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people the world over．
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and the last years in Switzerland, where he was buried at Christmas 1977, at the age of eighty-eight．There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death．
In his book, Chaplin tells us how to succeed in life．He says, “You have to believe in yourself．That’s the secret．”
(1)
Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because ________．
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A．
lots of people have seen his films
B．
he could sing and dance well
C．
he knew how to make people laugh
D．
he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy
(2)
What makes people laugh in Chaplin’s films?
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A．
It isn’t his words but his actions．
B．
Neither his words nor actions．
C．
Either his words or his actions．
D．
Not only his words but also his actions．
(3)
The only secret of Charles Chaplin’s huge success is that ________．
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A．
he can make all people, men and women, old and young laugh
B．
he has full trust in himself
C．
he is always active and hard-working all his life
D．
though he is always in trouble, he never loses heart
(4)
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
He was too shy to meet the managers of the theatres．
B．
People won’t stop laughing until tears run down Chaplin’s face．
C．
People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin’s films without translation because most of them are silent．
Women might have a higher position at work, but at home their careers tend to give way to their husband’s job, with women most likely to quit when both are working long hours, according to a U．S．study．
Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more likely to end up quitting their jobs．
An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 nonprofessionals from dual-earner(双职工)families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week it increased the woman’s possibility of quitting her paid job by 42 percent．Cha said the possibility of quitting increased to 51 percent for professional women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week, and for professional mothers the possibility they would quit their jobs jumped 112 percent．
However, it did not significantly affect a man’s possibility of quitting his job if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week, according to the study published in the American Sociological Review in April．For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours were negligible, according to the study．
“As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often solve conflict in ways that prioritize husbands’ careers,”Cha, who used data from the U．S．Census Bureau, said in a statement．“This effect is magnified(突出)among workers in professional and managing occupations, where the criterion of overwork and the culture of looking after children tend to be strongest．The findings suggest that the popularity of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional family pattern－breadwinning men and homemaking women．”
(1)
According to the text, we know that ________．
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A．
men prefer work long hours
B．
women prefer to work outside
C．
men’s careers are unimportant
D．
women are more likely to quit jobs
(2)
The underlined word“negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means ________．
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A．
unimportant
B．
limited
C．
different
D．
obvious
(3)
Which statement is true according to the text?
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A．
When there’s conflict between work and family, a husband will give up his work．
B．
Women may still do most of the housework and care for babies or children．
C．
Professional women are more likely to quit the job than professional mothers．
D．
A man’s chance of quitting jobs was influenced if his wife works long hours．
(4)
We can infer from the last sentence that ________．
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A．
all the workers pay more attention to looking after children
B．
overwork may have no influence on dual-earner couples
C．
traditionally, men usually worked to support the family
D．
most dual-earner couples will return to a traditional family pattern
(5)
In which column of China Daily can you find this passage?
