Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order        to keep food on file table, the father, a goldsmith（金匠）by       , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade. Despite their seemingly        condition, two of the eldest children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,        they knew well that their father would never be able to        either of them to study at the Academy.
After many long discussions at night in their        bed, the two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（掷）a coin. The        would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,        his winning brother for the academy. Then, in four years, he would support the other one. Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and        to Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,        his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（轰动）- By the time he graduated, he was beginning to        considerable fees for himself.
When the young artist        home and said to his brother, “And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your       . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will        you. ”Albert rose and wiped tile        from his cheeks. “No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too        for me. Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my       ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas （画布）  __     a pen or a brush.”
More than 450 years have       . By now, among Albrecht Durer’s hundreds of masterful portraits, “The Praying Hands” is one        creation that can catch the world’s hearts.

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

A．heart B．profession C．method D．words

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

A．so B．but C．however D．and

A．study B．give C．send D．offer

A．crowded B．separated C．new D．unusual

A．winner B．old C．loser D．younger

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

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

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

A．earn B．save C．draw D．spend

A．arrived B．returned C．regained D．got

A．fate B．time C．top D．turn

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

A．smiles B．tears C．sweats D．laughs

A．tense B．nervous C．tiring D．late

A．eyes B．pictures C．hands D．mines

A．with B．of C．upon D．in

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

A．strange B．surprising C．touching D．terrible