初二英语竞赛试卷2013年5月终稿.doc

PAGE PAGE 9 丽水市第二届“瓯江杯”初中生学科素养邀请赛 英语试题卷（2013.06.15） 考生须知： 1.全卷满分100分，考试时间90分钟，试卷分试题卷和答题卷两部分。 2.请在答题卷上写上考生的姓名、学校、及准考证号。全卷答案必须做在答题卷的相应位置上，做在试题卷上无效。 一．阅读理解。阅读下列短文，并按要求完成每篇短文后面的任务，共70分。 A Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s film because they are mostly silent. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words or language. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. As a young man, he and his brother traveled to America in a small company of actors. Chaplin was then invited to join a new company that was making film comedies. And it was in his second film that he wore the clothes which made his reputation -- black hat, tight coat, baggy trousers, huge shoes, moustache and walking stick. He intended simply to make people laugh. But the strange make-up made him look both comic and sad. After living in America for forty years he moved to Switzerland. There he died on Christmas Day in 1977. To many people all over the world, Chaplin will always be the king of comedy. Acting out, without words, plays an important part in plays of many countries. Its a kind of world language. 根据文章内容，选择最佳选项。每小题2分，共10分。 1. Chaplin was ______. A. a film director B. a comedy writer C. a play actor D. a dancer 2. People enjoy Chaplins ______. A. silence B. language C. words D. actions 3. World language here means ______. A. play B. dance C. acting D. comedy 4. Chaplins success lies in the fact that ______. A. he had confidence in himself B. he kept on practising his spoken language C. he was good at acting in silent comedy D. he was good at songs and dances 5. This passage tells mainly of ______. A. a special kind of world language B. the importance of comedy C. the unusual smiling of Chaplin D. the love we have for Chaplin B An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he h