_which_has_brought_him_greater_fame_and_success.Up_to_now,_he_hasn't_been_content_with_his_present_life.

　　二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　About the year 1900, a small, dark­haired boy was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London theaters. His name was Charlie Chaplin. He looked thin and hungry __1__ his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business.

　　When Chaplin couldn't get __2__， he wandered about the city __3__. He found food and shelter __4__ he could. Sometimes he was __5__ to a home for __6__ who had no parents. He was cold and miserable there and the children were beaten for the __7__ fault.

　　By the time he was thirty, Chaplin was the greatest, best­known and best­loved __8__ in the world. Chaplin's films have __9__ a large audience in various __10__. Even people who don't understand English can __11__ Chaplin's films because they are mostly __12__. It isn't what he says that makes us laugh. It depends upon little __13__ that mean the __14__ thing to people all over the world.

　　Having lived in America for forty years, Chaplin __15__ to Switzerland. There he died on Christmas Day 1977. He once __16__ himself as a citizen of the world, __17__ of any particular country.

　　He once wrote，"You have to believe in yourself. That's the __18__ of success. Even when I was in the children's home, when I was __19__ about the streets trying to find enough food to __20__ to keep alive, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，文章就卓别林童年时期的悲惨经历、其电影的风格及成功的秘诀进行了简要介绍。

　　1．A.but　　　　　　　　　 B．and

　　C．or D．because

　　解析：选A　空格后的"determined"和前面的"thin and hungry"形成对比，故此处用but表示转折。

　　2．A.chance B．opportunity

　　C．work D．task

　　解析：选C　"work"与上一段的"He was hoping to get work in show business."对应。

　　3．A.shops B．streets

　　C．factories D．homes

　　解析：选B　由于没有工作，卓别林在城市的"大街(streets)"上徘徊。

　　4．A.whenever B．however

C．whatever D．wherever