Charlie Chaplin’s parents separated a year after his birth in 1889. He lived with his mother and elder brother in a flat in London.
Mrs. Chaplin managed to ___1___ her children, her own with the money she made as a singer.
___2___, their economic(经济的) situation changed when she became ill with laryngitis(喉炎) in 1894. Instead of resting her ___3___ until it got better, Mrs. Chaplin kept on singing. Her voice got weaker and weaker and she began to find it ___4___ to find well-paid work.
One evening Charlie happened to be in the theatre ___5___his mother singing on
stage. Suddenly, her voice ___6___ . She tried to finish the song, but the audience (观众) began to whistle and got angry. Mrs. Chaplin could not continue any longer and walked ___7___ the stage crying.
The stage manager knew he had to do something quickly ___8___ the embarrassing situation. He remembered Charlie once sang at a party. He ___9___ took Charlie by the hand to the stage. After a brief introduction, he left Charlie to please the audience.
Charlie began to sing and dance in front of hundreds of people. The audience enjoyed the_____10_____ very much and began to throw money ____11____ Charlie saw this, he immediately stopped singing and announced to the audience that first he would ____12____ the money and then he would finish the song. The audience found this announcement especially ____13____ and started to throw even more money onto the stage.
Charlie felt perfectly at home on stage. He did not feel ____14____ at all and danced and sang more songs to the audience. To his amazement, there was more ____15____ and more money throwing.
    That night was Charlie’s first public performance on the stage and his mothers last.
1. A. support B. leave C. ask D. face
2. A. Although B. So C. However D. Besides
3. A. sight B. voice C. smell D. hearing
4. A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D. boring
5. A. feeling B. keeping C. realizing D. watching
6. A. rested B. dropped C. broke D. raised
7. A. onto B. off C. towards D. around
8. A. create B. save C. continue D. explain
9. A. slowly B. patiently C. quickly D. coldly
10. A. thought B. description C. speech D. performance
11. A. If B. Till C. When D. Before
12. A. take out B. throw away C. put down D. pick up
13. A. funny B. lucky C. helpful D. painful
14. A. shy B. sad C. satisfied D. excited
15. A. trouble B. anger C. silence D. laughter
【文章大意】查理卓别林是一个伟大的导演、编剧和演员，在他出生一年后，父母就离婚了。他的妈妈是一名歌手，为了养活孩子，她辛苦工作，弄坏了嗓子。一次表演时，卓别林的妈妈破音了，被观众赶下了舞台。卓别林临时上场，给观众们唱歌，没想到受到了观众们的喜爱。从此卓别林开始了自己舞台上的表演。