CHARLIE CHAPLIN 1889     Born in London． Mother   Dancer Father    Actor(演員), not much money． 1894     Started dancing and singing for money． 1904     Joined a traveling theatre company and went to America． 1910     Someone offered him a part(角色) in a film．Went to Hollywood(好萊塢)． 1914     Became a film director(導(dǎo)演)． 1914-1966 Made many funny films． 1977     Died in Switzerland．People were very sad．

1．Charlie Chaplin was born in          ．

A．England        B．America             C．France                 D．Japan

2．Charlie Chaplin’s parents          ．

A．made a lot of money by giving performance

B．were not very rich

C．had a traveling theatre company

D．were born in London

3．Charlie began to make money when he was           years old．

A．15                    B．21                 C．5                     D．18

4．Charlie became a film actor in          ．

A．1894          B．1904                C．1910                   D．1914

5．Which of the four is NOT TURE?

A．Charlie was only 15 when he came to the US．

B．Charlie worked as an actor and a film director for more than 50 years．

C．Charlie worked in Hollywood．

D．When Charlie died．Nobody was sad．

Charlie Chaplin

　　About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres(劇院). He looked thin and hungry. He was 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 (所以) wandered (流浪) about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.

　　But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian (喜劇演員) in the world . Any regular (經(jīng)常的) visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplin's films. 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 because they are mostly silent(無(wú)聲的) . It isn' t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn' t depend upon words or language. It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out without words of common(普通的) human situations(狀況) 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 eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.

1．Chaplin was born in ________.

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2．Little does Chaplin's comedy depend on ________.

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3．One of the reasons that people all over the world can enjoy Chaplin's films is that ________.

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A．most of them have been translated into different languages

B．they can enjoy films silently

C．they are most comedies

D．most of them are not sound films

4． ________is a kind of world language according to the passage.

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5．Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because

________.

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A．he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy

B．his films are mostly silent

C．he knew how to make people laugh

D．a(chǎn)ny regular visitor has seen some of his films