Question

【题目】根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。

About the year 1900, Charlie Chaplin (卓别林) was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theaters. He looked neither tall nor short. He was hoping to get work in show business. Luckily, he soon got a chance to act and it was also his first performance on the stage.

But twenty years later, this same Chaplin became the greatest, best-known comedian (喜剧演员) in the world. Any regular visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplin’s films. People everywhere have laughed at them until tears have run down their faces. Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they mostly have no sound. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. It is based on little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.

Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day in 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.

Charlie Chaplin
What he looks like	Being of 【1】 height
About the year 1990	Hoping to get work in show 【2】
Twenty years 【3】 finishing his first performance on the stage	Becoming the world’s greatest and best-known comedian
The feature of his films	Being mostly 【4】 but making people laugh until tears have run down their faces
How people feel about his 【5】	Feeling sad

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】medium

【2】business

【3】after

【4】silent

【5】death

【解析】

本文介绍了卓别林如何成为著名的喜剧演员，以及他的电影如何逗人大笑。

【1】根据He looked neither tall nor short.可知他既不高也不矮，因此是中等身材，故为medium。

【2】根据He was hoping to get work in show business. 可知他希望在演艺圈找份工作，故为business。

【3】根据Luckily, he soon got a chance to act and it was also his first performance on the stage.

But twenty years later, this same Chaplin became the greatest, best-known comedian (喜剧演员) in the world. 可知他在第一次登上舞台表演后二十年，他成为了世界上最伟大、最著名的喜剧演员，故为after。

【4】根据People everywhere have laughed at them until tears have run down their faces. Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they mostly have no sound.可知他的电影是无声电影，故为silent。

【5】根据There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.可知人们对于卓别林的去世感到伤心，故为death。