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

Things are going great in Cannes(戛納), France. I have an exciting experience here. I have only been here at the film festival for two days, but I have already seen four films. When the films are not on, I like to go to watch the fashionable people on the beach. Everywhere you look, there are famous film stars and directors. I saw three of my favourite stars hanging out at the festival yesterday. However, I was too nervous to talk to them.

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, about twenty films are competing for the main prize, the Palme d'Or(金棕櫚獎). The films are from all over the world—Europe, Asia, North America, Africa…

There are also so many different types of films, and lots of them are from countries which are not famous for the film?making business. For someone who loves films, this is heaven!

If you come to the festival, the following suggestions will be helpful. First, you'll need to remember to bring your invitation, because you cannot watch any of the films without one.

Second, you'll need to bring some nice clothes. During the day everyone walks around in T?shirts and shorts. But in the evening, everyone has to wear formal(正式的) clothes. I am wearing a long dress all the time!

1、2題完成句子；3題簡略回答問題；4題找出并寫下最后一段的主題句；5題將文中畫線句子譯成漢語。

1.I had an exciting experience and I have been here at the film festival in _____________．

2.When the films are not on, I like to go to _____________ on the beach.

3.How many films has the writer already seen?

_______________________________________________________

4._______________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________________

連詞成句

1.look, like, what, does, your, sister

________________________________________________________?

2.a, woman, the, married, businessman, young

_________________________________________________________.

3.went, now, off, light, just, the

_________________________________________________________.

4.known, the, well, director, around, is, the, world

_________________________________________________________.

5.an, movie, is, it, what, interesting

_________________________________________________________!

某中學生英語報有一個《影視天地》欄目，請你根據表格中的提示，寫一篇80詞左右的英語短文，介紹一下動畫電影《海底總動員》(Finding Nemo)，給該報紙投稿。

參考詞匯：clownfish 小丑魚　the Great Barrier大堡礁　fish tank 魚缸

Complete the sentences according to the given phonetic transcriptions（根據音標，完成句子）：

1.What can we do to prevent the ________ /d?’zi?z/spreading?

2.Jack described his ________ /’d???n?/ in detail in his diary.

3.We cannot ________ /?ɡ’z?st/ without air, food and water.

4.She is like her sister in appearance but not in ________/’k?r?kt?/.

5.She was a woman of high position in the ________ /’g?v?nm?nt/.

Here are six books. One is mine and _________ are my sister’s.

A.others B.other C.the others D.the other

Rose doesn’t do her homework _________ Tom.

A.more careful B.more carefully C.as careful as D.as carefully as

We are glad to see our hometown developing _________ these years than before.

A.quickly B.very quickly C.much quickly D.much more quickly

As students, you should read _________ you can.

A.as much information so B.so many books as

C.as many books as D.as few books as

Complete the following sentences as required（根據所給要求，完成下列句子）：

1.Tom runs quickly. Mary runs more quickly. （保持句意基本不變）

Mary runs _________ _________ _________ Tom.

Tom _________ _________ as _________ as Mary.

2.Tom is as heavy as Mary. （保持句意基本不變）

Tom is _________ _________ _________ as Mary.

3.Nobody else in his class can speak English as fluently as he. （保持句意基本不變）

He _________ English _________ fluently in his class.

4.He runs fastest in our class. （保持句意基本不變）

He runs _________ than _________ _________ student in our class.

5.Mary is cleverer than any other girl in my class. （保持句意基本不變）

Mary is _________ _________ girl in my class.

6.He is very clever. He can solve the problem by himself. （保持句意基本不變）

He is clever _________ _________ solve the problem by himself.

He is _________ clever _________ he can solve the problem by himself.