French Presidents（总统）

Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English writers, was born in 1812 in a small town of England. When he was nine years old, the family moved to London.  There were several younger children in the family. Their life was hard.  So Dickens could not go to school. When Charles went to school, he was already twelve years old.  But he didn’t finish school Two years later he began to work. The future Writer often went to the library to read books.  He read a lot. Then Dickens wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life. Dickens died over a hundred years ago, but people are still reading his books with great interest.
判断正误：（Y 或N）
1. Charles Dickens was a great British writer.
2. Dickens began to go to school when he was very young.
3. At the age of fourteen Charles began to work.
4. The future writer bought lots of books to read.                                   
5. Today, people still like the books written

根据对话内容，在空白处填写适当的话语（话语可能是一个句子，也可能是一个短语或一个词），使对话完整。(5分)

A: Hi. Bill! You’re reading the novel again.

B: Yes, Tom. I’ll never be tired of it.

A: (1) ______________ have you read it?

B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.

A: Really? (2) _________________________

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer.

A: He is also my (3)________ foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.

B: OK, here you are! … What do you think of it?

A: I think(4)__________________. I haven’t seen such a good novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don't know where it is. (5) _________________

B: No. Only ten minutes’ walk from here, next to the People’s Cinema.

在下面的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词）

A:  Hi, Bill! You’re reading the novel again.

B:  Yes, Tom. I’ll never be tired of it.

A:  _____________1._____________________??

B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.

A: Really?  _________________2._______________________??

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer. What about you?

A: ___3.__. He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.?

B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel?

A: ____4.______. I haven’t seen such a novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don’t know where it is.  ___5._________?

B: No. Only 10 minutes' walk from here, next to the People’s Cinema.

A: Oh, I see. I’m going there to get one, too. Thank you!

B: You’re welcome!

Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London. Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother’s job in the theatre when she was ill.
When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character (~J ~, )of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.
Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife’ and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.
【小题1】 Chaplin used to __ when his mother was ill.