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Reading literacy 
 
Instruction: Read the text carefully and do the tasks on the text correctly. 
Charlie Chaplin 
He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889. There is some doubt 
whether April 16 is actually his birthday, and it is possible he was not born in 
1889. There is also uncertainty about his birthplace: London or Fontainebleau, 
France. There is no doubt, however, as to his parentage: he was born to Charles 
Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Harriette Hill (aka Lily Harley on stage), both Music Hall 
entertainers. His parents separated soon after his birth, leaving him in the care of 
his unstable mother. 
In 1896, Chaplin's mother was unable to find work; Charlie and his older 
half-brother Sydney Chaplin had to be left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving 
after several weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His 
father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered a mental 
breakdown, and was eventually admitted temporarily to the Cane Hill Asylum at 
Coulsdon (near Croydon). She died in 1928 in the United States, two years after 
coming to the States to live with Chaplin, by then a commercial success. 
Charlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed in Music Hall 
in 1894, standing in for his mother. As a child, he had to be in bed for weeks due to 
a serious illness. In 1900, his brother helped get him the role of a comic cat in the 
pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. In 1903 he appeared in 'Jim, A 
Romance of Cockayne', followed by his first regular job, as the newspaper boy 
Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into 1906. This was followed by 
Casey's 'Court Circus' variety show, and, the following year, he became a clown in 
Fred Karno's 'Fun Factory' slapstick comedy company. 
21. According to the writer 
A) Charlie Chaplin was exactly born on April 16, 1889 
B)
Charlie Chaplin’s birthday isn’t on April 16, 1889 
C) People don’t know for sure his birthplace 
D) His parents left him when they divorced 
E) People aren’t sure about his parents’ job 
22. The reason why Charlie and his brother had to stay at school for orphans … . 
A) their mother was ill at that very moment 
B) their mother didn’t have a job 
C) their father died 
D) their mother was getting medical help 
E) their mother had constant headaches 

23. The true statement 
A)
Chaplin’s mother died in the UK 
B) She came to live with Charlie three years before she died 
C) She died before Charlie became successful 
D) She died on the stage 
E) She didn’t care of Charlie when he got ill 
24. Charlie Chaplin first appeared on the stage as a regular actor … . 
A) in Music Hall in 1894 
B) in Sherlock Holmes 
C) in ‘Jim
, 
A Romance of Cockayne' 
D) in Court Circus 
E) in Fun Factory 
25. The second paragraph is about …. . 
A) Charlie’s careless childhood 
B)
Charlie’s hard childhood 
C) his careful mother 
D) Charlie’s first steps on the stage 
E) Charlie’s career 
26. In the text asylum means
A) the right to stay in a country that you have come to because you were in 
danger in your own country 
B) senior citizens’ house 
C) a hospital for people with mental illnesses 
D) a place where people are protected from bad weather or from danger 
E) conditions and processes relating to people’s health 
27. His first serious job was … . 
A)
in the workhouse 
B) at Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children 
C)
at the Cane Hill Asylum 
D) at Hippodrome 
E)
in Sherlock Holmes 
28. He became a clown in Fred Karno's 'Fun Factory' slapstick comedy company in
A) 1903 
B) 1905 
C) 1906 
D) 1907 
E) 1908 
29. From the text we can learn that … . 
A) Charlie’s parents were both actors 
B) his mother didn’t suffer from illnesses 
C) the children had to stay at Lambeth for several days 
D) Charlie’s brother wasn’t concerned about him. 
E) Charlie didn’t have to be a success as a child. 

30. The point the writer is making is … 
A) children always repeat their parents’ fate 
B) people shouldn’t forget their parents 
C) parents and their children can be different 
D) parents should consider their children’s opinion 
E) parents shouldn’t separate at any cost 

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