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Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1)........... father was comedian and his mother worked (2)........ a dancer and a singer. Neither of (3).......... them was successful so the family had very (4).......... money. The (5).......... time he himself earned money by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved (6)............ was working in the theatre.
When he was (7) .......... fifteen, he joined a travelling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (8)........... such tour, he was offered a part(9)........ a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor and film director.
He died in Switzerland in 1997, at the (10) .......... of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up- Bringing
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Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1)........ father was a commedian and his mother worked (2)......... a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3).......... successful so the family (4)............ had very little money. The first time he himself earned (5)......... by dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working (6).......... the theatre.
When he (7).......... about fifteen, he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. On one such tour, (8).......... was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he evetually because both a famous actor (9)......... film director. He died in Switzerland ib 1977, at the (10)........... of 88. There is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early up-bringing
Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions.
William Shakespear is the world's famous English playwright. He was born at Stratford-on-Avon in 1564. He married Anne Hathaway when he was eighteen and had three children. After that he left his family and went to London to begin his career as an actor, and later, a playwright. He wrote about thirty seven plays of all kinds: comedies, tragedies and historise. He retired in 1611 and spent the last years of his life in Stratford. He died in 1616 and was buried in the church of Stratford.
1.Who is Shakespear?....................................................
2.When was he born?......................................................
3.When did he marry?.......................................................
4.How many children did he have?.....................................................
5.How many plays did he write?...........................................................
6.What kinds of plays did he write?............................................................
7.Did he die at Stratford?............................................................
8.How old was he when he died?...................................................................
9.Where was Shakespear buried?....................................................................
III. Read the passages and write True for (T) of False for (F).
His early life
George Washington was born in Virginia. His family owned abigfarm and had George didn’t have much education. Duringhis life he had three jobs: he was a farmer,a soldier, and a politician. He loved the life of a farmer. He grew tobacco and owned horses. He worked hard but he also liked dancing and going to the theatre. In 1759 he married a widow called Martha Custis. They were happy together, but didn’t have anychildren.
His later life
He was Commander-in-Chief of thearmy and fought the British in the War ofIndependence. When the war ended in 1781 he was happy to go back to the farm, but his country wanted him to be President. Finally, in 1789, he became President, and gave his name to the new capital city. He started the building of the White House, but he never lived in it. By 1797 he was tired of politics. He went back to his farm and died there two years later.
1. ____________ He came from a rich family.
2. ____________ He loved being a politician.
3. ____________ He worked hard.
4. ____________ He had a lot of other interests.
5. ____________ He had a good education.
6. ____________ He married, but didn’t have any children.
7. ____________ He was in office for eight years.
8. ____________ He was happy to live and work on the farm.
9. ____________ Finally he was tired of politics and resigned.
10. ____________ Americans loved him very much.
Question VII. Read the passage about Charlie Chaplin and choose the best answer.
Charlie Chaplin was an English actor, director,producer, and composer. He is known as the most creative person of the silent-film era. Charlie Chaplin's portrayal of the tramp won the hearts of people all over the world.
Chaplin was born in Londonon the 16th of April ,1889.He spent his childhood in poverty and hardship. In 1910he began to perform pantomime in the United States. He first appeared on screen in 1914. He created his world -famous character, the Tramp, and he played this classic role in more than 70 films during his career. He also composed background music for most of his films. In 1972 Chaplin received an Honorary Academy Award for the “ the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century . Chaplin died on the 25th of December, 1977, at his home in Switzerland.
1.When did he start appearing in films?
A. In 1910 B. In 1914 C. In 1972
2. In about how many films did he play the Tramp?
A.Seventy B. Seventeen C. Twemty-five
3. Charlie Chaplin is very famous for...............
A. his background music
B. his stage performance his character''the Tramp''
C.his background music 4. Which of the following is Not true? A. Charlie Chaplin was an English artist. B. He received an award in 1972. C.He played classical music.Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.
Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His real (1)______was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and " Mark Twain" was (2)____ pen- name. Samuel Clemens was born in a
small (3)_______ on the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy (4)_____many friends
at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. (5)________
Samuel was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the (6)____
of a printer. Samuel always (7)______to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. After some time he (8)___ the boat and went to live in California.
Here he began to write short stories (9)___the name of Mark Twain. He sent (10)____
to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much.
Complete the text with the simple past form of the verbs in the box.
become, come, go, join, not have, not speak, start
Charlie Chaplin
One hundred years ago, movies were very different. Movies studios...............them very quickly - sometimes in two or three days! They................color - the images were black and white - and the actors................. This period of movie history is " The Silent Era". Charlie Chaplin was one of the great actors of the Silent Era. He..............from London and he ..............his acting career in England. In 1910, he..............to the U.S with a group of British actors. He.............the Keystone Film Company in 1914 and he soon....................a famous actor, wirter and movie director.
Rewrite the following sentences using the word given. Don' t change the italic words.
1. It takes six hours to drive from Edinburg to London. hour It is ...........................................................Edinburg to London.
2. You remembered to take a fifteen-minute rest, didn' t you? forget You...................................................a fifteen-minute rest, did you?
3. Who invented these video games? was Who........................................these video games?
Complete each gap in the passage with one suitable word.
All the world knows William Shakespeare as one of the greatestpoets and dramatists. He was (1)............. in a small English town of Stratford-upon-Avon and (2)..........up in a large family of eight brothers and four sisters, but many of them died very (3)............ His father, John Shakespeare, made and sold gloves. William learned (4).................. a school in Stratford. He married very young (5)............ he was about 19, and soon (6).................. to London where he worked at a theater. There he began to write (7)............. for the theater. HIs plays were good and people like (8).................. Now Shakespeare could help his family in Stratford. He (9)........... thirty-seven plays and some books of poems. At the end of life he came back to Straford and (10)...................there.
II. Read the text and choose the best options to answer the following questions.
This is a story that Charlie Chaplin liked to tell about himself. It happened after the great actor had become internationally famous. A theater announced that a competition would be held to see who could act like Charlie Chaplin. Those taking part in it had to dress like Chaplin, walk like Chaplin and act one of the roles in a Charlie’s film.
When Charlie Chaplin heard about the competition, he decided to take part in the competition himself. Naturally he kept his plan a secret from everybody. When the results of the comptition were announced, Charlie said: “ I didn’t know whether to feel angry or only surprised. I didn’t win the first prize. But after thinking about it, I decided that it would be best to laugh”.
11. This is a story which ____________
A. was told by his friends. B. happened even he was not famous yet.
C. Charlie was fond of telling. D. was announced at the competition.
12. People who took part in the competition had to _______________
A. imitate Chaplin’s walking, dressing and acting.
B. keep a secret from other people.
C. sing a song.
D. be a great actor.
13. Charlin did not ________________________
A. take part in the competition. B. allow this competition to be held.
C. like a competition. D. tell anybody about his plan.
14. When the results of the comptition were announced _________
A. he was very surprised and angry.
B. he learnt that he had won the first prize.
C. he learnt that somebody else had won the first prize.
D. he learnt that his new film was a success.
15. When he learnt the news he decided ________
A. to keep a secret B. to laugh
C. to be angry D. not to take part in such a competition