题目内容
Children all round the world are familiar with fairy tales such as “The Little Mermaid”(美人鱼), “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The colourful ______ from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our ______.
The stories are the creation(创作) of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a ______ family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His ______ life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He ______ very little education. As a child he was very______ and was laughed at for being feminine (女性化的) and tall.
In 1816 his father died and Anderson was ______ to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and ______ at a tobacco factory. _____ the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years ______ he had to leave the theatre when his voice ______ in 1822.
______, Anderson went to a grammar school. Having done well, he was admitted to Copenhagen University in 1828. He began to publish his fairy tales in 1835. They _____ in small volumes (量) until his death.
______ Anderson lived a ______ life, he tried to make people ______ in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a ______ childhood as he did. The works ______ Anderson world fame(声誉), but he remained a ______ man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson ______ on August 4, 1875. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.
1.A. partsB. picturesC. heroesD. characters
2.A. daysB. timeC. childhoodD. years
3.A. poorB. musicalC. bigD. happy
4.A. earlyB. writingC. laterD. school
5.A. acceptedB. foundC. receivedD. gained
6.A. emotional(情绪化的)B. upset
C. popularD. naughty (调皮的)
7.A. allowedB. forcedC. willingD. used
8.A. thenB. latelyC. secondD. finally
9.A. ByB. FromC. AtD. Since
10.A. sinceB. afterC. untilD. still
11.A. lostB. changedC. brokeD. worsened
12.A. Even soB. AfterwardsC. From then onD. Otherwise
13.A. turned outB. sold outC. came outD. went out
14.A. SinceB. BecauseC. AlthoughD. As
15.A. hardB. interestingC. happyD. successful
16.A. cryB. laughC. appreciateD. learn
17.A. sadB. happyC. busyD. strange
18.A. gotB. broughtC. madeD. cost
19.A. poorB. unhappyC. moodyD. lonely
20.A. passed awayB. passed byC. leftD. went