問題詳情

(2)Charlie Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents used to be music hallperformers. However, his father’s alcoholism 21 his downfall. Being a loving mother,Hannah tried to earn money by working as a nurse and by making dresses, but it was not enough.She had no choice but 22 back on the stage, though she was afraid of the cruel and noisyaudience there because they didn’t enjoy real music. Hannah often took Charlie with her whenshe went to work. He stayed in the wings, 23 the audience couldn’t see him. Charlieloved to listen to his mother’s sweet voice, and he knew all her songs.     Hannah kept working hard to support her little family even though she developed laryngitisin her late twenties. With her voice condition 24 , her voice would crack in the middle ofa song. Although Charlie was considered a born actor, it 25 him that he would everbegin performing onstage at the age of five.     One night, the audience were more than usually unkind to poor Hannah. She tried tofinish her song; however, the rude audience shouted, whistled and hissed and even threworanges. She ran off the stage in tears. The manager saw little Charlie and suggested that he26 Hannah’s place. Then, he led Charlie by the hand and took him to the front of thestage. When the audience saw the serious little boy, they laughed out loud. Then, the littleboy began to sing with the accompaniment of the orchestra. They loved it. A shower ofpennies 27 on the stage, and there were calls for another song. At the sight of that, littleCharlie 28 the thought that he would collect the money first and continue hisperformance, which delighted them a lot. When the manager tried to help him with the moneyonstage, Charlie thought that he was going to keep the money, and he looked worried. Thisagain made the audience 29 with laughter, especially when the manager walked off thestage 30 Charlie following behind him anxiously. The audience were pleased by hisinnocent words and behavior. They loved every moment of his first appearance on the stage.However, Hannah’s chances of working in the hall were at an end.
21.
(A) lied to
(B) laid off
(C) led to
(D) lay in

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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