完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order
36 to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by
37 , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade．Despite their seemingly
38 condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,
39 they knew well that their father would never be able to
40 either of them to study at the Academy．
After many long discussions at night in their
41 bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact．They would toss （掷） a coin．The
42 would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,
43 his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the Other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and
44 to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,
45 his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation．By the time he graduated, he was beginning to
46 considerable fees for himself．
When the young artist
47 home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your
48 . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will
49 you．"
Albert rose and wiped the
50 from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too
51 for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my
52 ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas
53 a pen or a brush．"
More than 450 years have
54 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one
55 creation that can catch the world's hearts．
| 小题1: | | A．merely | B．fully | C．completely | D．entirely |
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小题2:．
| A．heart | B．method | C．profession | D．words |
小题3:.
| A．demanding | B．promising | C．hopeless | D．careless |
小题4:.
小题5:．
| A．study | B．send | C．give | D．offer |
小题6:.
| A．separated | B．crowded | C．new | D．unusual |
小题7:.
| A．winner | B．loser | C．old | D．younger |
小题8:.
| A．support | B．advertise | C．expect | D．require |
小题9:.
| A．flew away | B．went off | C．set aside | D．left behind |
小题10:.
| A．deserved | B．desired | C．financed | D．envied |
小题11:.
| A．spend | B．save | C．draw | D．earn |
小题12:.
| A．arrived | B．regained | C．returned | D．got |
小题13:．
小题14:.
| A．take charge of | B．make up for | C．make use of | D．take care of |
小题15:.
| A．smiles | B．sweats | C．tears | D．hints |
小题16:.
| A．late | B．nervous | C．tiring | D．tense |
小题17:.
| A．eyes | B．hands | C．pictures | D．mines |
小题18:.
小题19:.
| A．passed | B．kept | C．remembered | D．changed |
| 小题20: | | A．strange | B．touching | C．wonderful | D．mysterious |
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