Question

  Children around the world are familiar with stories such as The Little Mermaid (《美人魚》) ，The Princess and the Pea and The Emperors Neva Clothes. The colorful 1        from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our childhood.

  The stories are written by 2        writer Hans Christian Andersen. He was born in a poor family in Odense,Denmark,on April 2,1805. His 3       life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother was a washerwoman. He 4       very little education. As a child he was very 5        and tall,and was always laughed at for being feminine (女性化的) .

  In 1816,his father died and Andersen was 6        to go out to work,first in a tailor's shop and then at a tobacco factory. 7       the age of 14,Andersen moved to Copenhagen to start a job as a singer and actor. He worked there for several years until he had to leave the theater when his voice 8        in 1822.

  9      ,Andersen went to a grammar school. He began to publish his stories in 1829. They 10       in a large number.

  Because Andersen lived a(n) 11       life,he tried to make people 12        in his stories. He wrote because he didn't want children to have a 13       childhood as he did. The works made Andersen wellknown all over the world,but he was still a(n) 14       man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Andersen 15       on August 4,1875. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.

(   ) 1. A. parts   B. pictures   C. heroes   D. characters

(   ) 2. A. Danish   B. English   C. American   D. Australian

(   ) 3. A. before   B. childhood   C. later   D. school

(   ) 4. A. taught   B. found   C. received   D. raised

(   ) 5. A. lovely   B. noisy   C. popular   D. naughty

(   ) 6. A. allowed   B. forced   C. willing   D. used

(   ) 7. A. By   B. From   C. At   D. Since

(   ) 8. A. lost   B. changed   C. broke   D. operated

(   ) 9. A. Even so   B. Afterwards   C. From then on   D. In the end

(   ) 10. A. turned out   B. sold out   C. came out   D. went out

(   ) 11. A. hard   B. interesting   C. happy   D. successful

(   ) 12. A. cry   B. laugh   C. develop   D. learn

(   ) 13. A. sad   B. happy   C. busy   D. strange

(   ) 14. A. happy   B. unhappy   C. poor   D. lonely

(   ) 15. A. passed away   B. passed by

       C. passed on     D. passed through

Answer 1

1. D 根據上句的描述可知，童話作品中豐富多彩的"人物"形象讓我們在哭笑中度過了童年。character人物，符合語境。part部分;picture 圖畫; hero英雄，均不符合語境。

2. A根據下文"He was born in a poor family in Odense,Denmark,on April2.1805."可知，Andersen是"丹麥"的作家, Danish丹麥的，符合文意。

3. B根據上文可知，他出生于貧困家庭，他的"童年"生活很艱難。childhood童年，符合邏輯。

4. C根據上文"His father was a shoemaker and his mother was a washerwoman."可以推斷，他"接受"了很少的教育。receive接受，符合文意。teach教;find發現;raise 養育，均不符合文意。

5. A句意：兒吋的他長得很"可愛"也很高，并且總是被人嘲笑說他女性化。lovley可愛的，符合語境。其余二.項分別表示：吵鬧的；受歡迎的,流行的；頑皮的.均不符合語境。

6. B根據上下文可知，他父親去世了，為了生活Andersen"被迫"去工作。force強迫，符合邏輯。allow允許：willing愿意;use使用，均不符合邏輯。

7. C at the age of...在...歲時，固定搭配。

8. C作為一個歌手，辛苦工作后嗓子"破"'了，不得不離開劇院。break破壞，符合文意。其余三項分別表示：丟失，失去；改變；做手術，均不符合文意。

9. B從故事的發展可知，"后來"他去了一個語法學校。afterwards后來，符合語境。

10. C根據上下文可知他的作品被大量"出版"。come out出版，符合文意。turn out證明，結果是；sell out售光;go out出去，均不符合文意。

11. A此處指他一生過著"艱難的"生活。hard艱難的，符合文意。interesting有趣的;happy高興的，快樂的； successful成功的.均不符合文意。

12. B在他的故事中，Andersen盡力讓讀者"歡笑"。laugh笑，符合語境。其余三項分別表示:哭;發展;學習，均不符合語境。

13. A理解句意，他不想孩子們像他一樣擁有"悲傷的"童年。sad悲傷的，符合文意。

happy快樂的，高興的;busy繁忙的;strange奇怪的，均不符合文意。 

14. D由下句"He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work."可知，他仍然是一個"孤獨的人"。

15. A 句意：Andersen于1875年8月4日"去世"。pass away去世，符合文意。