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

A poor farmer had a good friend. He was famous for the wonderful apple trees that he grew.

One day,his friend gave him a young apple tree.The farmer was pleased with the gift,but he did not know where to plant it.

He was afraid that if he p;anted the tree near the road,strangers would steal the fruit.If he planted the tree in one of his field,his neighbours would come at night and steal some of the apples.If he planted the tree near house,his children would eat the fruit.Finally he planted the tree in his woods. Without sunlight and good soil, the tree soom died.

Later his friend asked him why he planted the tree in such a poor place.”What ‘s the difference?” the farmer said angrily and then told him what he had thought.

“Yes ,”said his friend,”but at least someone could enjoy the fruit.Now you not only have had no fruit ,but also you have destroyed a good apple tree!”

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误 (F)

1.The farmer’s friend was good at growing vegetables.

2.The farmer was unhappy to get the young apple tree.

3.In the end, the farmer planted the tree in his woods.

4.The farmer knew where to plant the apple tree.

5.We learn “You can’t get anything if you don’t want to give “from the story.

完形填空 阅读短文 ，从每小题所给的A、B、C 、D四个选项中先出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（共15空；每空1分，满分15分）
Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and  1  P. E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him  2 . The boy is clever and always  3   that he knows more than his little friends do.
　　 One morning Tom ' s father  4  earlier. His school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course, he was going to be   5  than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later, Tom's grandma 6  sick. Her head hurt but she couldn't go to see a  7   by  herself. She called her son, but 8  answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it
As soon as Tom went out, he 9    his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting; and they  10  went there happily. Then they got to school, there were a lot of people on the  11 and the boy ' s 400 metre relay race(接力赛)　12  . They stopped to watch it. And Tom  13  what his grandma told him to do. They were interested in the race. Henry asked, "Why is the front boy running so fast?"
Tom didn ' t know about it. He  14  for a minute and said, "What a fool( 傻瓜) ! Don't you see the other boys with  15  in their hands are running after him?"

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.