19．About the year 1900，a small，darkhaired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London Theatre．He looked thin and hungry．He was hoping to get work in show business．He could sing and dance； above all，he knew how to make people laugh．But he couldn't get work and so he wandered about the city streets．Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents．
But twenty years later this name Chaplin became the greatest，bestknown，and bestloved comedian in the world．Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin's filmstrips（膠片）．People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces．Even people who don't understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films though most of them are silent．It isn't what he says that makes us laugh．His comedy doesn't depend upon words and languages．It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world．Acting out，without words，common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries．It's a kind of world language．
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day，1977，at the age of eightyeight．The world was astonished at the news of the death and burst into sadness．
21．Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre？C
A．Because he had no money to buy a ticket．
B．Because he wanted to get a returned ticket．
C．Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to make a living．
D．Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actresses after the performance．
22．It wasD that made people enjoy his films．
A．wonderful dialogues
B．the beautiful music
C．his funny appearance
D．his own manner of acting
23．The reason why Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy is thatD．
A．his films are most silent
B．he knew how to make people laugh
C．he could not only act but also write comedies
D．he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy．
分析 本文是一篇人物介紹．文章主要介紹了著名喜劇演員卓別林從出生，到成名，以及到去世．
解答 21．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段He was hoping to get work in show business．可知卓別林小的時(shí)候想在演出事業(yè)方面獲得一份工作．故A正確．
22．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段中的It depends upon little actions which mean the thing to people all over the word．可知卓別林喜劇依靠世界性的語言--動作．故D正確．
23．D．段意理解題．通讀第二段可知，他的電影盡管幾乎都是默劇，但通過表演出人們常見的生活情景，People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces，讓人們笑中帶淚．所以人們愛看他的電影，他也成為了喜劇之王，故選D項(xiàng)．
點(diǎn)評 本篇文章主要是細(xì)節(jié)理解方面的題型，需要考生通過跳讀迅速找到對應(yīng)的句子進(jìn)行詳細(xì)理解，句子的理解可以結(jié)合上下文意思，通過邏輯推理得到
