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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． 36．A．merely             B．fully                C．completely         D．entirely 37．A．heart                B．method            C．profession         D．words 38．A．demanding            B．promising           C．hopeless         D．careless 39．A．so                  B．and                C．however           D．but 40．A．study               B．send                C．give             D．offer 41．A．separated           B．crowded             C．new              D．unusual 42．A．winner              B．loser        C．old       ．younger 43．A．support            B．advertise             C．expect           D．require 44．A．flew away         B．went off           C．set aside         D．left behind 45．A．deserved            B．desired              C．financed         D．envied 46．A．spend              B．save              C．draw            D．earn 47．A．arrived              B．regained               C．returned           D．got 48．A．turn                 B．time               C．top                D．fate 49．A．take charge of           B．make up for         C．make use of     D．take care of 50．A．smiles                B．sweats             C．tears               D．hints 51．A．late                B．nervous             C．tiring              D．tense 52．A．eyes                B．hands               C．pictures            D．mines 53．A．in                B．of                  C．upon            D．with 54．A．passed             B．kept               C．remembered        D．changed 55．A．strange               B．touching            C．wonderful         D．mysterious 答案：ACCDB  BBABC DCADC  ABDAB

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