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建东职业技术学院 《英语应用能力B级强化培训》（课程代）试卷（A卷） 试卷适用范围： 全院09级学生 ；使用时间：2009-2010学年第II学期；考核形式：考查 ; 使用班级： 09级非英语专业 ; 考核方式： 闭卷 ; 考试时间：100分钟 专业： 班级： 姓名： 学号： 得分： Part I: Reading Comprehension 30 points, 2 points for each Directions: After reading each of the following passages, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Task 1 About the year 1900, a small dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry but his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business for he could sing and dance. His parents were music hall artists and he had been born into the life of the stage. And, although his own boyhood was painfully hard, he knew how to make people laugh. His own father had died from drinking too much. And his mother wasn’t really able to look after Charles and his elder half-brother, Sid, because she was often sick in mind and had to be sent into hospital. Even when she was home with them she seemed to live in a different world. Her illness made the boys very sad. As young men, he and his brother traveled to America in a small company of actors and acted in various cities. One day Charles was invited to join a new company that was making film comedies 喜剧 . He accepted the offer and soon become popular. By the time he was thirty, Chaplin was the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian in the world. He had formed his own film-making company and was writing and producing his own films. He was welcomed by excited crowds who surrounded him wherever he went. But he worked very hard and had few close friends. Charles Chaplin lived in _______ when he was a boy. A. America B. Ireland C. London D. a different world Chaplin hoped ______ even in his childhood. A. to sing and dance B. to travel to America