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In the fifteenth century in Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. They were so poor that
two children, who wanted to pursue their talent for __
1__, knew their father would never be __
2__
able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
So they tossed (掷) a coin. Albrecht Durer, the younger, __
3__ the toss and went off to
Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous __
4__ and, for the next four years, financed his
brother, who did so well that his works were even better than those of most of his __
5__. By the time
he graduated, he was beginning to earn __
6__ fees by drawing for wealthy people.
When Albrecht returned home, at dinner he drank a __
7__ to his beloved brother for the years of
__
8__ that had enabled him to fulfill his __
9__. He said, "Albert, my blessed brother, now it is your
__
10__ to go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you."
With tears in his eyes, Albert held his hands close to his right cheek and said, "No, brother. I
cannot go. Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my __
11__! The bones in every
finger have been __
12__ at least once. Lately I have been suffering from arthritis (关节炎) so badly
in my right hand that I cannot even hold a __
13__ to return your toast, much less make delicate lines
with a pen or a brush. No, brother…, for me it is too __
14__."
Deeply moved, Albrecht painstakingly drew his brother's __
15__ hands with palms together and
thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his powerful drawing __
16__ "Hands", to which the entire
world immediately opened their hearts and later they __
17__ it "The Praying Hands".
The next time when you see a copy of that __
18__ creation, take a second look. Let it be your
__
19__, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it __
20__!
( )1. A. assistance ( )2. A. fundamentally ( )3. A. won ( )4. A. mountains ( )5. A. classmates ( )6. A. concrete ( )7. A. beer ( )8. A. donation ( )9. A. attempt ( )10. A. turn ( )11. A. health ( )12. A. injured ( )13. A. knife ( )14. A. urgent ( )15. A. abused ( )16. A. happily ( )17. A. sold ( )18. A. longing ( )19. A. reminder ( )20. A. along |
B. art B. frequently B. lost B. oceans B. colleagues B. considerable B. drink B. education B. ambition B. dream B. body B. strengthened B. spoon B. unnecessary B. dark B. simply B. bought B. touching B. aid B. aside |
C. science C. financially C. ended C. deserts C. professors C. considerate C. drop C. sacrifice C. assignment C. kindness C. mind C. sharpened C. glass C. messy C. wide C. carefully C. found C. challenging C. guide C. alone |
D. dreaming D. flexibly D. started D. mines D. brothers D. confidential D. toast D. experience D. assessment D. hope D. hands D. used D. pen D. late D. fragile D. badly D. renamed D. disturbing D. coach D. aware |