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.

           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 __

           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.

           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 __

           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.

           A. the acting         B. the art             C. the film          D. the music

Last year Tome left school. He came to Taipei to _1_ a job(工作). He went from one company(公司) to another but _2_ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt _3_ and tired. It was very late at night and _4_ was full of people. They were waiting _5_ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it _6_ he did. After _7_ left, he sat on the bench(长凳) and didn’t know _8_ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I _9_ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like _10_. Would you like to work for me?”
(     ) 1. A. find          B. see          C. look for     D. buy     
(     ) 2. A. everyone      B. no one          C. nothing      D. somethi 
(     ) 3. A. happy     B. interesting     C. sad          D. glad    
(     ) 4. A. the city      B. the company  C. the farm     D. the station 
(     ) 5. A. to buy        B. to sell         C. to give      D. to pass 
(     ) 6. A. less than     B. more than        C. smaller them D. worse th
(     ) 7. A. Tom           B. the bus      C. the train        D. the old
(     ) 8. A. what          B. which           C. why          D. where
(     ) 9. A. have seen     B. don’t know  C. don’t like       D. have done   
(     ) 10. A. the woman    B. you          C. the baby     D. her

My friend Mr. Smith is a famous doctor and has a hospital. So he has enough money to __11__ all over the world. And he’s been to a lot places of interest. He likes to __12__ children and has a lot of little __13__. They often ask him to tell them all kinds of funny things he __14__. It makes them happy and his room is always full __15__ children when he’s free.
It was my little son’s seventh birthday yesterday. The boy wanted to __16__ his old friend Mr. Smith to the party. He __17__ Mr. Smith himself and told him about it. the doctor accepted his __18__ happily. At half past seven the boy was waiting for his coming at the gate. __19__he saw his car, he ran towards him. Mr. Smith __20__ on time, with a nice present in his hand. After dinner the children sat around the traveler and asked him to __21__ them some funny stories. Mr. Smith agreed and his stories made them __22__ again and again. At last th told them the funniest story. He said, “ Once I reached a city __23__a foggy day. The fog was the thickest in the world …”
Please wait a__24__, Mr. Smith,” said my son, “ It’s said the fog in London is the thickest in the world.”
“You’re __25__, my clever boy.” Said the funny doctor. “ The city had much fog that day …”“ What’s it, the?” the boy couldn’t wait to ask again.
“ The fog was so thick that I couldn’t see it at all,” the funny doctor said with a smile.

【小题11】

A．speak B．say C．tell D．talk