题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Charlie Chaplin was considered to be one of the most popular 1. (star) in the early days of films. He brightened the lives of people throughout the world 2. (use) his perfect acting. Charlie was born in a poor family and lived 3. hard life in his childhood. His parents were both poor hall performers, 4. didn’t make much money. Therefore, at a very young age, Charlie had to learn 5. (sing) and dance. By his teens, his subtle acting had become so entertaining 6. no one in England was ever bored watching him mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. In 1972, he won a special Oscar 7. his outstanding work in the films that he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. He made people laugh even when they felt depressed. And no one has done 8. (well) than him up to now.

Charlie lived in England and the USA but 9. (spend) his last years in Switzerland, where he died of 10. (nature) causes on December 25, 1977.