Question

【题目】Hans Christian Andersen was born in Denmark in 1805. He lived with his parents in a town called Odense. They were a very poor family and they couldn’t afford to send Hans Christian to school.

As a little boy, Hans Christian enjoyed making up fairy tales(童话) and puppet(木偶) shows. When he was only eleven years old, his father died and he had to go out to work to make money to help his mother.

Three years later, Hans Christian left home and went to the city of Copenhagen to be famous and rich. To begin with he didn’t do very well there, but at last he was able to go back to school and then on to university to continue his education.

He wrote fairy tales and stories and soon became famous. At first he wrote the stories that he had heard when he was a child and then began to make up new tales. During his seventy-one year life. Hans Christian wrote over three hundred stories.

Many of his stories are still enjoyed by children today. Among his best-known stories are: the Emperor’s New Clothes, the Ugly Duckling, the Snow Queen, the Princess and the Pea, and the little Mermaid.

【1】Which sentence is true about Hans Christian when he was a boy?

A. His mother died when he was 11 years old.

B. He had to work to make money to help the family.

C. He went to school to learn how to make up fairy tales.

D. He enjoyed reading fairy tales and watching talk shows.

【2】The stories Hans Christian wrote in his early years are from________.

A. what he learned from the university B. the story books he read in school

C. what he heard when he was young D. his own stories in the childhood

【3】What is the correct order in which these events happened?

a. Hans went to the city of Copenhagen. b. Hans began to make up new stories

c. Hans studied in the university d. Hans lived with his parents in Odense.

A. d-a-c-b B. a-b-c-d C. b-a-d-c D. d-b-a-c

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】本文介绍了安徒生的生平经历。

【1】B

细节理解题。根据When he was only eleven years old, his father died and he had to go out to work to make money to help his mother.可知安徒生11岁时，父亲去世了，他不得不出去工作挣钱来帮助家人，故选B。

【2】C

细节理解题。根据At first he wrote the stories that he had heard when he was a child and then began to make up new tales.可知安徒生早年写的故事是来自于他小时候听到的故事，故选C。

【3】A

细节理解题。根据第一段的He lived with his parents in a town called Odense.可知安徒生和父母一起生活在欧登塞；根据第三段的Three years later, Hans Christian left home and went to the city of Copenhagen to be famous and rich.和but at last he was able to go back to school and then on to university to continue his education.可知后来安徒生离开家，去了哥本哈根，然后去大学继续学习；根据第四段的At first he wrote the stories that he had heard when he was a child and then began to make up new tales.可知安徒生编写新的故事，故选A。