Unit 2 Great minds 知识点题库
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 wasto do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later hewent to the US. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. Hedeveloped the character（角色）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 careabout the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life andhard time of the working people during that period.
Although Charles Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never go to 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. Charles Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1977．
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（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
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（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
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（3） _________, Chaplin made his most famous films.A . From 1889 to 1936 B . From the 1920s to the 1950s C . From 1953 to 1975 D . From the 1950s to the 1980s
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（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
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（5） Chaplin won the Oscar for __________ when he was 83 years old.A . the acting B . the art C . the film D . the music
— Cheer up! _______.
一 Because I had a fever.
— I agree with you.
些图片写一篇作文。
要求：1. 字迹工整，语法正确，意思连贯，合乎逻辑，可适当发挥。2. 词数在80～100词之间。
—No, in fact I found .
Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 1 .The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose2them.
One picture was of a3lake. The lake was like a perfect mirror with peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All people who saw this picture4it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had5too. But these were rugged(崎岖的)and bare(光秃秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful6. But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall, there was a bush(灌木)7 in the crack(裂缝)of the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures8, he chose the second picture9explained, "Peace does not mean being in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your10. That is the real meaning of peace."
Our dream is more beautiful.
We should trust him. After all, he has never .
