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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 __