Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order       to keep food on the 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 a pact(协议)．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．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 the         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      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．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