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语法填空(三)英国生物学家达尔文+喜剧大师卓别林阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。Axx衢州改编 Charles Darwin was a scientist. And he changed our understanding of the 1.(nature) world.Darwin was born in 1809 in England. At school he didnt do well and got poor 2.(mark). He was a good athlete and loved studying nature as well. He also kept 3.(do) chemistry experiments.His father was a doctor and expected Charles 4.(become) one too. Charles started studying medicine 5. Edinburgh University, but soon he gave up his studies there. He went on to study religion at Cambridge University instead.In 1831, Darwin went on a five-year journey to South America, Australia and South Africa by ship. He was seasick, but the things he saw on this trip changed his life. He collected many animal and plant specimens(标本). He spent the rest of his life 6.(study)what he had seen and he wrote many books.In 1939, Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, with 7. he had ten children! He was a loving father and enjoyed family life, which was always 8.(important)to him than his research. In spite of having many health problems throughout his life, Darwin lived 9. he was 73.Darwins most famous book On the Origin of Species came out in 1859 and 10.(sell) out in a day. It said that all living things were related. His ideas were not popular at first, but now most people agree with them and admire Darwin as a great scientist.BCharlie Chaplin was born in England on April 16, 1889.From an early age, Chaplin showed great 11.(interesting) in acting. At the age of 19, he went to the US and became an 12.(act) there.At that time, movies were silent. Actors had to express 13.(them) through body language. In this situation, Chaplin created lots of wonderful characters.His most famous one is The Little Tramp(流浪汉). He is poor and homeless, 14.tries to behave like a gentleman. You can find this character in many of his movies, such as Modern Times(摩登时代).Many Chinese also know his Peking duck joke. In 1954, Chaplin 15.(invite)to visit former premier(前总理) Zhou Enlai in Geneva, Switzerland. Zhou invited him 16.(eat)Peking duck, but Chaplin said no. He said 17.(normal) he didnt eat ducks, because they inspired him to create The Little Tramp. Zhou smiled and said sorry 18.him. Then Chaplin said he copied the way American ducks walk, not Peking ducks; it would be no problem for him to eat Peking ducks. This made everyone 19.(laugh).Chaplin died in 1977.People around the world think 20. him as the King of the Silent Film Era(时代).参考答案A1.natural2.marks3.doing4.to become5.at6.studying7.whom8.more important9.until10.soldB11.interest12.actor13.themselves14.but15.was invited16.to eat17.normally18.to19.laugh20.of
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