When he was only 17 years old，Chaplin got his first real job as an actor.What he did was to dosilly 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(角色) 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 careabout the modern industry workers.Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during thatperiod.
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.
11.Chaplin used towhen his mother was ill.
A.look after her
B.do the housework
C.do his mother"s job
D.do his father"s job
12.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
13.Chaplin made his most famous films.
A.From 1889 to 1936
B.From the 1920s to the 1950s
C.From 1953 to 1975
D.From the 1950s to the 1980s
14.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
15.Chaplin won the Oscar forwhen he was 83 years old.
A.the acting
B.the art
C.the film
D.the music
四、(2010·沈阳)阅读并排序下面的短文由六个段落组成，开头和结尾已给出，其余的四个段落均是随机排列的。请根据段落之间的逻辑关系，用字母A、B、C、D重新排列这四个段落的顺序，使短文通顺(8分)
Samuel Clemens was born in 1835，Missouri.When he was four，his family moved to the town of Hannibal，a port on the Mississippi River，and Clemens loved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river.He said that all the boys in his school had one ambition in life：to work on a steamboat.
16.In 1857，he achieved his ambition and got a job working on a steamboat.He sailed up and down the wide Mississippi River until the American Civil War began.
17.His father died when he was just 12 years old and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family.He traveled around，and worked in many different cities.
18.In 1865，Clemens wrote a story about a jumping frog with his pen name.The story and the writer became famous.After that，he wrote many books，including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.It was published in 1876.He also gave many lectures，and became a very famous and popular man.
19.Clemens moved around the USA on the steamboat，and tried several jobs.He was a soldier，and a silver miner.And then he started working as a writer for a newspaper.At this time，he decided to use a pen name for his stories，and he chose the name“Mark Twain”.
Samuel Clemens died in 1910.He is considered to be one of the greatest writers in American history.
五、(2010·四川宜宾)从下面方框中选出8个单词，用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)(8分)
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Now lots of parents will buy everything that their children want to have.If they go on with the habit，their children won"t know the money (20)from hard work.
Some parents like to (21)birthday parties for their children.If they keep on doing this，their children will think it (22)for them to enjoy birthday parties every year.Year after year，maybe they will forget their (23)birthdays and only remember their own"s.It is against traditional habits.
