Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are almost silent. It isn’t what he says that ma

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问题     Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are almost silent. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words of language, but on the little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.
    In his films, Chaplin raises his thick black eyebrows. He straightens his coat or swings his walking stick in the air. He hides behind a fat lady or climbs under a table to escape from his enemies. Trying to be brave, he faints away on the floor. He pretends to be what he is not and never could be—a rich, successful, important man. It is the secret of Chaplin’s huge success.
    He discovered the character of the little tramp almost by accident. As young men, he and his brother traveled to America as actors in a small company and acted in various cities. One day Chaplin was invited to join a new company that was making comedies. It was in his second film that he used the items that made his reputation • the black hat, tight coat, big trousers, huge shoes, moustache and walking stick. He intended simply to make people laugh. But the odd disguises made him look both comic and sad.
    His appearance was a popular success, right from the beginning. But his early films didn’t have many stories. They were full of actions. The little man played fast-moving games of hide-and-seek with his enemies, racing down city streets, jumping on trains, and boating down rivers.
The underlined word "tramp" in Paragraph 3 may mean a________.

选项 A、person who walks far
B、person who walks heavily
C、disabled person who is unlucky
D、person who moves from place to place

答案D

解析 根据第三段前两句“He discovered the character of the little tramp almost by accident. As young men, he and his brother traveled to America as actors in a small company and acted in various cities.”可知,年轻时,卓别林和他的兄弟作为小公司的演员到美国旅行,并在各个城市演出;在这样到处游历的经历中,他意外发现了小流浪汉的角色特点,tramp一词意为“流浪汉”,D项(各处走动的人)与其意思最接近。A项意为“走得远的人”;B项意为“脚步沉重的人”;C项意为“不幸的残疾人”,这三项均不符合题意。故选D。
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