15.direct vt.& vi.导演；指示；指挥；adj.直的；直接的；直率的

director n.导演

16.outstanding adj.突出的；杰出的；显著的

Ⅱ.短语检测

1.break into破门而入

2.up to now 直到现在

3.feel/be content with 对......满意/满足

4.badly off 穷的；缺少的

5.in search of寻找

6.cut off切断；断绝

7.pick out挑出；辨别出

8.star in在......担任主角；主演

Ⅰ.阅读课文，匹配各段落的大意

Para.1(E)　A.An example of a sad situation that he made funny.

Para.2(C) B.His achievements.

Para.3(D) C.What Charlie's childhood was like.

Para.4(A) D.What his most famous character was like.

Para.5(B) E.Why people needed cheering up.

Ⅱ.阅读课文，判断正(T)误(F)

1.Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy.(T)

2.People who don't know English cannot enjoy Charlie Chaplin's films.(F)

3.The Gold Rush is set in California the late of the nineteenth century.(F)

4.In The Gold Rush Charlie Chaplin and his friend are fortunate to find some gold.(F)

5.In the film the meal he eats is hard to chew.(T)

6.Charlie Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well.(T)

Ⅲ.课文阅读理解

1.How do you understand the sentence "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face"？

A.Laughter is the power to drive winter away and welcome warm spring.

B.Laughter can keep one's face warm，especially during freezing winter.

C.Laughter can make people forget their problems and make them feel happy.

D.Laughter can give people warmth，so their faces are not cold.

答案　C