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Charlie Chaplin’s parents separated one year after his birth in 1889. He lived with his mother and elder brother in a flat in London.
Mrs. Chaplin managed to 1 her children on her own with the money she made as a singer. 2, their economic(经济的) situation changed when she became ill with laryngitis(喉炎) in 1894. Instead of resting her 3 until it got better, Mrs. Chaplin kept on singing. Her voice got weaker and weaker and she began to find it 4 to find well-paid work.
One evening, Charlie happened to be in the theater, 5 his mother singing on stage. Suddenly, her voice 6. She tried to finish the song, but the audience(观众) began to whistle and got angry. Mrs. Chaplin could not continue any longer and walked 7 the stage crying.
The stage manager knew he had to do something quickly to 8 the embarrassing situation. He remembered Charlie once sang at a party. He 9 took Charlie by the hand to the stage. After a brief introduction, he left Charlie to please the audience.
Charlie began to sing and dance in front of hundreds of people. The audience enjoyed the 10 very much and began to throw money. 11 Charlie saw this, he immediately stopped singing and announced to the audience that first he would 12 the money and then he would finish the song. The audience found this announcement especially 13 and started to throw even more money onto the stage.
Charlie felt perfectly on stage. He did not feel 14 at all and danced and sang more songs to the audience. To his amazement, there was more 15 and more money thrown.
That night was Charlie’s first public performance on the stage and his mother’s last.
1.A.support
B.leave
C.ask
D.face
2.A.Although
B.So
C.However
D.Besides
3.A.sight
B.voice
C.smell
D.hearing
4.A.easy
B.difficult
C.interesting
D.boring
5.A.feeling
B.keeping
C.realizing
D.watching
6.A.rested
B.died
C.broke
D.raised
7.A.onto
B.off
C.towards
D.at
8.A.create
B.save
C.continue
D.explain
9.A.slowly
B.patiently
C.quickly
D.coldly
10.A.action
B.description
C.speech
D.performance
11.A.If
B.Till
C.When
D.Before
12.A.take out
B.throw away
C.put down
D.pick up
13.A.funny
B.lucky
C.helpful
D.painful
14.A.shy
B.sad
C.satisfied
D.excited
15.A.trouble
B.anger
C.silence
D.laughter

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1889年查理·卓别林出生，一年后他的父母就离婚了。他和母亲以及哥哥住在伦敦的一套公寓里。
卓别林夫人靠自己当歌手赚的钱独自______A____她的孩子们。______C____，1894年她患上喉炎后，他们的经济状况发生了变化。卓别林夫人没有让她的______B____休息直到好转，而是继续唱歌。她的声音越来越弱，她开始发现找到高薪工作很______B____。
一天晚上，查理碰巧在剧院里，______D____他的母亲在舞台上唱歌。突然，她的声音______C____了。她试图唱完这首歌，但观众开始吹口哨并变得愤怒起来。卓别林夫人无法再继续下去，哭着走______B____了舞台。
舞台经理知道他必须迅速做点什么来______B____这一尴尬的局面。他记得查理曾在一次聚会上唱过歌。他______C____拉着查理的手走上舞台。经过简短的介绍后，他让查理去取悦观众。
查理开始在数百人面前唱歌跳舞。观众非常喜欢他的______D____，并开始扔钱。______C____查理看到这种情况，他立即停止唱歌，并向观众宣布，他首先会______D____钱，然后再唱完这首歌。观众觉得这个宣布特别______A____，开始往舞台上扔更多的钱。
查理在舞台上感觉非常自在。他一点也不觉得______A____，并为观众跳了更多的舞，唱了更多的歌。令他惊讶的是，扔上来的______D____越来越多。
那天晚上是查理第一次在舞台上公开表演，也是他母亲的最后一次。
1. A. 抚养；支持 B. 离开 C. 询问 D. 面对
2. A. 尽管 B. 所以 C. 然而 D. 此外
3. A. 视力 B. 嗓音 C. 气味 D. 听力
4. A. 容易的 B. 困难的 C. 有趣的 D. 无聊的
5. A. 感觉 B. 保持 C. 意识到 D. 观看
6. A. 休息 B. 消逝；停止 C. 破裂；变调 D. 提高
7. A. 到……之上 B. 离开 C. 朝向 D. 在（表示存在或出现的地点、场所、位置、空间）
8. A. 创造 B. 挽救；挽回 C. 继续 D. 解释
9. A. 慢慢地 B. 耐心地 C. 迅速地 D. 冷淡地
10. A. 行动 B. 描述 C. 演讲 D. 表演
11. A. 如果 B. 直到 C. 当……时 D. 在……之前
12. A. 取出 B. 扔掉 C. 放下 D. 捡起
13. A. 有趣的 B. 幸运的 C. 有帮助的 D. 痛苦的
14. A. 害羞的 B. 悲伤的 C. 满意的 D. 兴奋的
15. A. 麻烦 B. 愤怒 C. 沉默 D. 笑声