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A．how much service they have had

B．how much they have enjoyed it and where they are

C．how long they have been at a place

D．Above all

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A．Fifteen percent in big cities is OK.

B．20 percent means something a bit more than fifteen percent.

C．The normal tipping coin for small services is 25 cents.

D．The more the better.

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A．waiters, taxi drivers, porters

B．doormen, hatcheck girls

C．you also tip for personal services from barbers, shoeshine boys, beauty parlor attendants, and so on

D．above all

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A．customs officials and other government employees

B．mailmen and airline personnel

C．bus drivers, store clerks and gas station at tendants

D．the men or the women who serve the other people

　　About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres(剧院). He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn' t get work and therefore (所以) wandered (流浪) about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.

　　But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian (喜剧演员) in the world . Any regular (经常的) visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplin's films. People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don' t understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films because they are mostly silent(无声的) . It isn' t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn' t depend upon words or language. It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out without words of common(普通的) human situations(状况) plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. It's a kind of world language.

　　Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.

1．Chaplin was born in ________.

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2．Little does Chaplin's comedy depend on ________.

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3．One of the reasons that people all over the world can enjoy Chaplin's films is that ________.

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A．most of them have been translated into different languages

B．they can enjoy films silently

C．they are most comedies

D．most of them are not sound films

4． ________is a kind of world language according to the passage.

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5．Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because

________.

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A．he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy

B．his films are mostly silent

C．he knew how to make people laugh

D．any regular visitor has seen some of his films

It ______ be warm and wet but you can't ______ it．

　　A．may；depend on　　　　

　 B．maybe；depend on

　　C．may；depend　　　　　　

　　D．possibly；depend

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Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     36    of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     37     for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life. 

As they grew up together, they had their share of     38    and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    39     own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A     40     misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     41     . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    42     independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     43   .”

　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     44     future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms;     45      Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     46     determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     47     you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1.A. legs              B. arms          C. eyes           D. hands 

2.A. sad           B. afraid           C. worried        D. alone

3.A. questions    B. accidents       C. problems         D. business

4.A. his           B. her            C. my             D. their

5.A. serious           B. sudden            C. terrible       D. similar

6.A. returned          B. disappeared       C. moved          D. left

7. A. completely       B. directly          C. seriously        D. immediately

8.A. break         B. beat          C. fly            D. jump

9.A. unfair        B. uncertain     C. unsafe             D. undoubted

10.A. and           B. so           C. while           D. or

11. A. opinions        B. values            C. senses             D. attitudes

12.A. follow           B. catch         C. disturb            D. hurt