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【題目】Charlie Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family was very poor, and life was difficult. Charles often wandered (流浪) the city streets to look for food and shelter. Charlie used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.

At the age of 17, 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 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. He won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period. He is regarded as “The King of Comedy”.

Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got the US nationality (國籍). Then Chaplin, his wife and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.

【1】Charlie Chaplin used to do his mother's job in the theatre when .

A. he wanted to eat something

B. his mother was ill

C. he wandered the city streets

D. he had nothing to do

【2】Charlie Chaplin went to the USA at the age of .

A. 10 B. 17 C. 24 D. 28

【3】The third paragraph mainly tells us .

A. the Chaplin family

B. Chaplin’s personal details(細節(jié)）

C. Chaplin’s first real job

D. Chaplin’s acting career（生涯）

【4】Chaplin and his family had to move to Switzerland because .

A. he didn’t get US nationality

B. he got a new job there

C. he was born there

D. he made a film there

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文是一篇人物傳記。介紹了卓別林的生平經(jīng)歷，演藝生涯及最后在瑞士逝世。

【1】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段最后一句話Charlie used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.可知，當Charlie母親生病時，Charlie過去常常在劇院里做他母親的工作。故選B。

【2】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中第二段前三句可知，Charlie17歲的時候，得到了作為演員的第一份工作。他所做的就是在劇院做一些滑稽的事情引人發(fā)笑。七年之后他去了美國。因此他去美國的時間應(yīng)是17+7=24. 由此可知選C。

【3】D 段落大意題。短文中第三段第一句話是主題句，接下來介紹了他出名的電影，以及電影所揭示的主題，最后他被譽為“喜劇之王”。因此這一段都在介紹Charlie的演藝生涯。故應(yīng)該選D。

【4】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句可知，Charlie從來都未得到美國國籍，然后Charlie和他的妻子及五個孩子不得不移到了瑞士。所以他和家人不得不去瑞士的原因應(yīng)是他沒有得到美國國籍。故選A。