Vincent van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a(n) __
21 and was even sent to the Belgian __
22 community of Borinage. He discovered that the miners there __
23 deplorable(悲惨的) working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families __
24__ simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small amount of money he received from the church __
25 him a moderate life-style, which, __
26 , seemed to him unfair.
One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging(步履艰难)home, he __
27 an old man staggering(蹒跚)toward him across the fields, __
28 in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, __
29 enough for one change, and decided to give__
30 away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose __
31 had been killed in a cave-in.
He lived on starvation rations and spent his money on __
32 for the miners. When children in one family had fever, though __
33 himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them.
A (an) __
34 family in the community offered him free room and board. Van Gogh __
35__ the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to __
36 serve his community of poor miners.
He believed that if he wanted them to __
37 him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of love through him, he must love them enough to __
38 with them.
He was aware of the wide chasm(鸿沟)between words and actions. He knew that our lives always __
39 louder and clearer than words.
Others are “ __
40 ” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them?
| 小题1: | | A．office clerk | B．coal miner | C．factory worker | D．church minister |
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| 小题2: | | A．mining | B．religion | C．poverty | D．working |
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| 小题3: | | A．shared | B．suffered | C．complained | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题4: | | A．tried | B．managed | C．struggled | D．worked |
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| 小题5: | | A．allowed | B．awarded | C．protected | D．provided |
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| 小题6: | | A．in contrast | B．in return | C．in brief | D．as a result |
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| 小题7: | | A．grasped | B．spotted | C．felt | D．met |
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| 小题8: | | A．enclosed | B．surrounded | C．wrapped | D．packed |
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| 小题9: | | A．put on | B．gave up | C．brought out | D．set aside |
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| 小题10: | | A．the other | B．the rest | C．the unwanted | D．the unused |
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| 小题11: | | A．husband | B．brother | C．sister | D．father |
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| 小题12: | | A．toys | B．food | C．medicine | D．things |
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| 小题13: | | A．poor | B．lonely | C．loveless | D．feverish |
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| 小题14: | | A．wealthy | B．affected | C．well-known | D．nearby |
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| 小题15: | | A．accepted | B．praised | C．refused | D．evaluated |
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| 小题16: | | A．carefully | B．preparedly | C．faithfully | D．regrettably |
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| 小题17: | | A．love | B．trust | C．praise | D．help |
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| 小题18: | | A．share | B．connect | C．fight | D．live |
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| 小题19: | | A．strike | B．talk | C．speak | D．cry |
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| 小题20: | | A．leading | B．pointing | C．moving | D．listening |
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