Anderson was born in the slums(贫民区) of Odense, Denmark, on April 2,1805. His early life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother worked as a washerwoman. He received little early education. As a child he was very emotional and was laughed at for being feminine(女性化)and tall.

In l8l6 his father died and Andersen was forced to go out to work. first in a tailor’s shop and then at a tobacco factory. At the age of l4 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years until he had to leave the theatre when his voice broke in l822.

Anderson went to a grammar school after he left the theatre. Having done well he was admitted to Copenhagen University in 1828.

He began to publish his fairy tales in 1835. They came out in small volumes(量) until his death. Nowadays, children all around the world are familiar with his fairy tales such as “The Little Mermaid ”(《美人鱼》)，“The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The colourful characters from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our childhood. Although Anderson lived a hard life, he tried to make people laugh in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood as he did. “Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched(孵化) from a swan’s egg,” he once said．

The work brought Anderson world fame, but he remained a lonely man. He loved three women in his life but none of them loved him back and he never married. His friends were the people that paid for his work and not people he was particularly close to. “Just living is not enough…One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower,’’ he said.

Anderson died on August 4, l 875.

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A: Look! That girl has fallen off her bicycle. A child ran into the street and k___101____ her off her bicycle. Come and help! I think she m___102__ be injured.

B: She’s not moving. But she’s b___103___.

A: I think she hit her head when she fell. We must carry her to the s___104__ of the road.

B: No! L____105____ her where she is. You mustn’t move someone if they are badly h___106__. We must get help.

A: I’ll go to that shop and see if they have a telephone.

B: Yes, do that. I’ll s__107___ here with the girl.

(A returns a few moments later.)

A: How is she ?

B: She’s beginning to move a little.

C: What h____108___ to me?

A: Take it e___109__! I’ve just c__110_____ the First Aid Centre. We’ll wait until help comes.

A: Good morning. Can I help you?

B：Yes, I b___111___ this blouse here last week, but there seems to be something wrong with it. When I washed it, the colour r___112__. You can see how it is now. I can’t p____113____ wear it. I would like you to change this blouse, or else give me my money b___114___.

A: Let me see. Did you wash it in hot water?

B: Of course not .I’m not that f____115___.

A: It looks as if it hasn’t been washed f___116____ the instructions. Did you leave it in water before you washed it?

B: No, I didn’t do that e____117____. I just washed it in cold water.

A:There seems to be something wrong with it, but that’s the f__118__ of the company that made it.

A: That may be t__119___, but you sold me a blouse that I can’t use any more.

B: What do you think I should do then?

A: I i___120___ that you give me my money back.

She made ________her duty to help to deal with all the other people’s affairs in that town.

  A. this      B. that      C. one             D. it

Bad habits are not easy to be _______; it needs your determination.

A. replaced    B. moved    C. removed       D. got rid

His father came home at midnight, and _____,he was drunk.

  A. as a result       B. that is to say  C. what’s more     D. sooner or later

_______the Second World war broke out?

A. When it was that   B. When was it that   C. When was that     D. When was it

----Michael was late for Mr Smith’s oral class this morning.

----_____? As far as I know, he never came late to class.

A. How come   B. So what   C. Why not   D. What for

 ----Are the new rules working ?

  ----Yes. _______books are stolen.

  A. few    B. More   C. Some     D. None

 I want to know who________for the spoiled child.

  A. is to be blamed   B. to blame  C. should blame   D. to be blamed