Question

  Children around the world are familiar with stories such as The Little Mermaid (《美人鱼》) ，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 根据上句的描述可知，童话作品中丰富多彩的"人物"形象让我们在哭笑中度过了童年。character人物，符合语境。part部分;picture 图画; hero英雄，均不符合语境。

2. A根据下文"He was born in a poor family in Odense,Denmark,on April2.1805."可知，Andersen是"丹麦"的作家, Danish丹麦的，符合文意。

3. B根据上文可知，他出生于贫困家庭，他的"童年"生活很艰难。childhood童年，符合逻辑。

4. C根据上文"His father was a shoemaker and his mother was a washerwoman."可以推断，他"接受"了很少的教育。receive接受，符合文意。teach教;find发现;raise 养育，均不符合文意。

5. A句意：儿吋的他长得很"可爱"也很高，并且总是被人嘲笑说他女性化。lovley可爱的，符合语境。其余二.项分别表示：吵闹的；受欢迎的,流行的；顽皮的.均不符合语境。

6. B根据上下文可知，他父亲去世了，为了生活Andersen"被迫"去工作。force强迫，符合逻辑。allow允许：willing愿意;use使用，均不符合逻辑。

7. C at the age of...在...岁时，固定搭配。

8. C作为一个歌手，辛苦工作后嗓子"破"'了，不得不离开剧院。break破坏，符合文意。其余三项分别表示：丢失，失去；改变；做手术，均不符合文意。

9. B从故事的发展可知，"后来"他去了一个语法学校。afterwards后来，符合语境。

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

11. A此处指他一生过着"艰难的"生活。hard艰难的，符合文意。interesting有趣的;happy高兴的，快乐的； successful成功的.均不符合文意。

12. B在他的故事中，Andersen尽力让读者"欢笑"。laugh笑，符合语境。其余三项分别表示:哭;发展;学习，均不符合语境。

13. A理解句意，他不想孩子们像他一样拥有"悲伤的"童年。sad悲伤的，符合文意。

happy快乐的，高兴的;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，他仍然是一个"孤独的人"。

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