VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. 
Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ………………successful so the family (4) ……………… 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 eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director.
         He died in Switzerland in 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.

VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ………………successful so the family (4) ……………… 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 eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director. He died in Switzerland in 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.

VII. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. (1) ………………father was a comedian and his mother worked (2) ………………a dancer and a singer. Neither of them (3) ……………successful so the family (4) ……………… 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 eventually became both a famous actor (9) ……………… film director.

He died in Switzerland in 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.

Fill each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.

     Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (15 pts)

He was born in a very poor part of London. His father was a comedian and his mother worked (1) a dancer and singer. However, (2) of them was very successful, so the family had very (3) money. At one time they were (4) poor that he and his brother had to share one pair of shoes, and they had to take turns wearing them. The first time he himself earned money (5) 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 about 15 he joined a travelling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (7) such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, (8) he eventually became both an actor and a film director. He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes (9) the other actors repeat a scene many times (10) he was finally satisfied with it.

Many people found him difficult and someone accused him of (11) mean, but it was really his early experiences of poverty (12) made him careful with his money. He died in Switzerland in 1977, (13) the age of 88. (14) is now a statue of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his (15) and early upbringing. His name was Charlie Chaplin.

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

Isaac Newton was one of the greatest men in the history of scientists. He was born in a small village of Wootsphore in England. His father was a poor farmer. When the boy was fourteen, his father died. Newton left school and helped his mother on the farm. But the boy didn’t like farming, he was fond of poetry and mathematics. So Newton was sent to school. After he left school, Newton studied at Cambridge University. He lectured on mathematics at Cambridge University after graduating. His greatest discovery was the law of gravitation.

Questions :

1.Where was Icaac Newton born ?

2.What did his father do ?

3.When did he leave school ?

4.Did he like farming ?

5.What did he discover ?

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