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 ___1___ from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our ___2___.

The stories are the creation of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a ___3___ family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His ___4___ life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He ___5___ very little education. As a child he was very ___6___ and was laughed at for being feminine (女性化的) and tall.

In 1816 his father died and Anderson was ___7___ to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and ___8___ at a tobacco factory. ____9___ the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years ___10___ he had to leave the theatre when his voice ___11___ in 1822.

___12___, 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 ___13___ in small volumes (量) until his death.

___14___ Anderson lived a ___15___ life, he tried to make people ___16___ in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a ____17___ childhood as he did. The works ___18___ Anderson world fame, but he remained a ___19___ man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson ___20___ 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. days      B. time      C. childhood    D. years

3. A. poor      B. musical    C. big       D. happy

4. A. early      B. childhood’s   C. later       D. school

5. A. accepted     B. found     C. received     D. gained

6. A. emotional    B. upset     C. popular     D. naughty (调皮的)

7. A. allowed     B. forced     C. willing     D. used

8. A. then      B. lately      C. second     D. finally

9. A. By       B. From      C. At       D. Since

10. A. since      B. after      C. until      D. still

11. A. lost       B. changed    C. broke       D. worsened

12. A. Even so     B. Afterwards   C. From then on   D. Otherwise

13. A. turned out    B. sold out     C. came out     D. went out

14. A. Since      B. Because    C. Although     D. As

15. A. hard      B. interesting    C. happy      D. successful

16. A. cry       B. laugh      C. appreciate (欣赏)  D. learn

17. A. sad       B. happy     C. busy       D. strange

18. A. got       B. brought     C. made       D. cost

19. A. poor      B. unhappy    C. moody      D. lonely

20. A. passed away   B. passed by    C. left        D. went

1. The rich_____ not always happy.

  A, is    B, are   C, has   D, have

2, About_______ of workers in that steel works are young people.

  A, third-fifths  B, three-fifths  C, three-fives  D, three-fifth

3, I’ve told him____________.

  A, a hundred time     B, hundred times

  C, hundred of times    D, hundreds of times

4, If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, ________great it is.

  A, what    B, how    C, however   D, whatever

5, ________from his books, he is a kind man.

  A, Judging   B, Being Judged  C, To judge  D, Judge

6, Instead of ________sights, Edison would spend the time ________in the public library.

  A, seeing, to read  B, see, read  C, to see, to read  D, seeing , reading

7, He was proud of _______the Nobel prize.

  A, he having won  B, his son won  C, his son’s having won D, his son’ won

8, Judging from_____ number of the cars, _______large number of guests invited have come to

  The New Year’ party.

  A, a, a   B, the, the   C, a , the   D, the,  a

9, __________ have known the results of the exam.

  A, It seemed to  B, It seemed to him to  C, He seemed that he  D, He seemed to

10,_________be sent to work there?

  A, Who do you suggest    B, Who do you suggest that should

  C, Do you suggest who should   D, Do you suggest whom should

11, They agreed ________ the date for the next meeting.

  A, to   B, on  C, with  D, about

12, I’m glad to get together to offer our ______ our homeland’s success _______competition.

  A, congratulation on, for       B, congratulations on , in

  C, congratulation on , in       D, congratulations on, for

13,------ I’m going to the post office.

  ---------- you’re there, can you get me some stamps.

  A, As   B, While    C, That   D, As  soon as

14, The effort to prevent the from learning, _______we had expected, was a great success.

  A, which   B, like   C, that   D, as

15, I’ve never been to Paris, but it is a place__________.

  A, where I’d like to visit     B, in which I’d like to visit

  C, that I want to visit it most    D, I most want to visit

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