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
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