2015中职英语期中模拟考试试题：阅读理解（G5）.doc

中职英语期中模拟考试试题：阅读理解 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分 40分） 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired hot boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn’t get work and so he 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 name Chaplin became the greatest, best-known, and best-loved comedian（喜剧演员）in the world. Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin’s filmstrips. People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don抰 understand English can enjoy Chaplin抯 films though most of them are silent. It isn抰 what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn抰 depend upon words and languages. It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out, without words, common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. It抯 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 the death. 56. Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre? 　A. Because he had no money to buy a ticket. 　B. Because he wanted to get a returned ticket. 　C. Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to make a living. 　D. Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actress after the performance. 57. It was ________ that made people enjoy his films. 　A. wonderful dialogues　　 　 　B. the beautiful music 　C. his funny appearance　　　　 D. his own manner of acting . What is a kind of world language according to the story? 　A. The cinema.　　　　　　　　　　 B. The theatre.