Unit 10 I've had this bike for three years.-2023-2024八年级下册英语阅读（人教版）

> Page Passage 1 阅读短文， 根据短文内容选择一个最佳答案。 About the year 1900, a dark鄄haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theaters. 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蒺t get work and therefore wandered 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鄄known, and best鄄loved comedian in the world. Any regular visitor to the cinema might have seen some of Charlie Chaplin蒺s films. People everywhere had sat and laughed until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who didn蒺t understand English enjoyed his films, because they were mostly silent. It wasn蒺t what he said that made people laugh. His comedy didn蒺t depend on words or language. It depended on little actions that meant something to people all over the world. Acting out without words of common human situations plays an important part in the dances and is played in many countries now. It蒺s a kind of the world language. Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day 1977, at the age of eighty鄄eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death. Unit10 98 > Page Newwords wander v. 游荡 comedian n. 喜剧演员 comedy n. 喜剧 （ ） 1. Chaplin was born . A. in 1920 B. in 1990 C. in 1889 D. in 1977 （ ） 2. Why was Chaplin often seen waiting outside some London theaters? A. Because he needed a job in show business. B. Because he needed food to eat. C. Because he hoped to sing and dance in theaters. D. Because he hoped to have a home. （ ） 3. Twenty years later, Chaplin became the best . A. singer B. dancer C. actor D. comedian （ ） 4. What did Chaplin蒺s comedy depend on? A. Words and language. B. Music and dance. C. Story and background. D. Actions that people understood. （ ） 5. Which of the following statem