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16．Back in the fifteenth century，in a tiny village near Nuremberg，lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen!In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob，the father worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore（零工） he could find in the neighborhood．Despite their seemingly hopeless condition，two of the children had a dream that they both wanted to pursue their talent for art，but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy．
The two boys finally decided to toss a coin．The loser would go down into the nearby mines and，with his earnings，support his brother while he attended the academy．Albrecht Durer won the toss and went off to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and，for the next four years，financed his brother，whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（引起轟動的人）．Albrecht's oils were far better than those of most of his professors．
Returning to his village，Albrecht said，"Now it is your turn to pursue your dream，and I will take care of you．"Tears streaming down his pale face，Albert said softly"No!It is too late for me．Look what four years in the mines has done to my hands!The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once，and lately I have been suffering from arthritis（關節炎） so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass．"
To thank Albert for all that he had sacrificed，Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother's hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward．He called it"Hands，"but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it"The Praying Hands．"

41．The father of the Durer familyA．
 A．struggled hard to support the big family
 B．worked so hard as to send the boys to the Academy to develop their talent for art
 C．worked almost eighteen hours a day as an artist at the Academy
 D．had no hope for life
42．While studying at the Academy Albrecht DurerA．
 A．was supported financially by his brother Albert
 B．earned a lot of money to help his brother Albert by selling his good oil paintings
 C．wanted to work in the mines to support himself
 D．was not willing to repay his brother Albert
43．People renamed the masterpiece becauseB．
 A．they wanted to reproduce it more legally
 B．they thought the new name would better show the love and the sacrifice between the brothers
 C．they meant to encourage Albrecht Durer to produce more masterpieces
 D．they held that the piece was the best one among all Albrecht's works
44．The two brothers'story can easily make us think of a saying"D．"
 A．Do well and have well               B．Interest is the best teacher
 C．Easier said than done               D．Union is power．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：本文講述了在十五世紀，在紐倫堡附近的一個小山村住著一家人，這家人有十八個孩子，為了養家糊口，父親辛苦工作，盡管家庭條件不好，但是其中的兩個孩子卻夢想實現藝術的天賦，后來他們用擲硬幣的方式決定了由誰去完成學業，由誰去打工掙錢資助另一個人，結果Albrecht Durer去了紐倫堡學習藝術，而他的哥哥Albert去礦井打工掙錢．結果Albrecht Durer非常有天賦，作品引起轟動；回到村莊以后，Albrecht Durer打算讓Albert去完成學業，但是Albert卻因為四年的煤礦打工而不能再去上學了，為此Albrecht Durer畫了一幅畫"手"，后來改為"祈禱之手"．這是一個非常感人愛與犧牲的故事．

解答 41．A  細節理解題． 根據文章第一段第二句Eighteen!In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob，the father worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore（零工） he could find in the neighborhood，可知父親要努力工作去養活這么大的一個家庭．因此答案選A．
42．A 細節理解題．根據文章第二段倒數第二句Albert went down into the dangerous mines and，for the next four years，financed his brother，whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（引起轟動的人）．可知是Albert到煤礦打工掙錢去資助Albrecht Durer完成學業．因此答案選A．
43．B 推理判斷題．根據文章最后一段最后一句話but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it"The Praying Hands．"可以推斷，后來人們了解了他們的故事后，認為這是艾伯特愛與奉獻讓Albrecht Durer能夠取得成功，因此更名為"祈禱之手"．
44．D 主旨大意題．通過對整個故事的了解，我們知道是艾伯特的愛與奉獻才使得Albrecht Durer能夠取得輝煌地成功，沒有誰的成功是只靠自己的力量才能完成的．因此答案選D，其他選項與文意不符．

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