Question

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 (国籍). 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(细节）

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.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文是一篇人物传记。介绍了卓别林的生平经历，演艺生涯及最后在瑞士逝世。

1.B细节理解题。根据短文第一段最后一句话Charlie used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.可知，当Charlie母亲生病时，Charlie过去常常在剧院里做他母亲的工作。故选B。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文中第二段前三句可知，Charlie17岁的时候，得到了作为演员的第一份工作。他所做的就是在剧院做一些滑稽的事情引人发笑。七年之后他去了美国。因此他去美国的时间应是17+7=24. 由此可知选C。

3.D 段落大意题。短文中第三段第一句话是主题句，接下来介绍了他出名的电影，以及电影所揭示的主题，最后他被誉为“喜剧之王”。因此这一段都在介绍Charlie的演艺生涯。故应该选D。

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考点：人物传记类短文阅读。