完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order  36   to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by  37  , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade．Despite their seemingly   38   condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,  39   they knew well that their father would never be able to 40   either of them to study at the Academy．
After many long discussions at night in their  41   bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact．They would toss （掷） a coin．The   42   would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,   43   his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the Other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and  44  to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,   45  his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation．By the time he graduated, he was beginning to   46  considerable fees for himself．
When the young artist  47   home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your   48   . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will  49   you．"
Albert rose and wiped the  50   from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too  51   for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 52   ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas   53  a pen or a brush．"
More than 450 years have  54 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one  55   creation that can catch the world's hearts．

A．merely B．fully C．completely D．entirely

A．heart B．method C．profession D．words

A．demanding B．promising C．hopeless D．careless

A．so B．and C．however D．but

A．study B．send C．give D．offer

A．separated B．crowded C．new D．unusual

A．winner B．loser C．old D．younger

A．support B．advertise C．expect D．require

A．flew away B．went off C．set aside D．left behind

A．deserved B．desired C．financed D．envied

A．spend B．save C．draw D．earn

A．arrived B．regained C．returned D．got

A．turn B．time C．top D．fate

A．take charge of B．make up for C．make use of D．take care of

A．smiles B．sweats C．tears D．hints

A．late B．nervous C．tiring D．tense

A．eyes B．hands C．pictures D．mines

A．in B．of C．upon D．with

A．passed B．kept C．remembered D．changed

A．strange B．touching C．wonderful D．mysterious