Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order
to keep food on file table, the father, a goldsmith（金匠）by
, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade. Despite their seemingly
condition, two of the eldest children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,
they knew well that their father would never be able to
either of them to study at the Academy.
After many long discussions at night in their
bed, the two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（掷）a coin. The
would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,
his winning brother for the academy. Then, in four years, he would support the other one. Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and
to Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,
his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（轰动）- By the time he graduated, he was beginning to
considerable fees for himself.
When the young artist
home and said to his brother, “And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your
. Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will
you. ”Albert rose and wiped tile
from his cheeks. “No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too
for me. Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my
! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas （画布）
__ a pen or a brush.”
More than 450 years have
. By now, among Albrecht Durer’s hundreds of masterful portraits, “The Praying Hands” is one
creation that can catch the world’s hearts.
| 小题1: | | A．fully | B．merely | C．completely | D．entirely |
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| 小题2: | | A．heart | B．profession | C．method | D．words |
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| 小题3: | | A．hopeless | B．promising | C．demanding | D．careless |
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| 小题5: | | A．study | B．give | C．send | D．offer |
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| 小题6: | | A．crowded | B．separated | C．new | D．unusual |
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| 小题7: | | A．winner | B．old | C．loser | D．younger |
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| 小题8: | | A．expect | B．advertise | C．support | D．require |
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| 小题9: | | A．flew away | B．left behind | C．set aside | D．went off |
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| 小题10: | | A．deserted | B．financed | C．desired | D．envied |
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| 小题11: | | A．earn | B．save | C．draw | D．spend |
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| 小题12: | | A．arrived | B．returned | C．regained | D．got |
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| 小题14: | | A．take care of | B．make up for | C．make use of | D．take charge of |
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| 小题15: | | A．smiles | B．tears | C．sweats | D．laughs |
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| 小题16: | | A．tense | B．nervous | C．tiring | D．late |
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| 小题17: | | A．eyes | B．pictures | C．hands | D．mines |
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| 小题19: | | A．changed | B．kept | C．remembered | D．passed |
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| 小题20: | | A．strange | B．surprising | C．touching | D．terrible |
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