Question

Children all around the world are familiar with fairy tales ,such as “The Little Mermaid”, “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s new clothes”. The colourful characters from the stories made us laugh and throughout our childhood.

The stories are the of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a poor family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His early life was not . His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He very little education. As a child he was very emotional(情緒化) and was at for being feminine(女性化) and tall.

In 1816 his father died and Anderson was forced to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and then at a tobacco factory. At the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years he had to leave the theater when his voice broke in 1822.

, Anderson went to a grammar school. Having done well, he was allowed to go to Copenhagen University in 1828. He began to publish his fairy tales in1835.They in small volumes（量）until his death.

Anderson lived a hard life, but he tried to make people laugh in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood as he did. The works Anderson famous all over the world , but he was still a lonely man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson passed away on August 4, 1875 at the age of 70. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.

1.A. tell B. speak C. smile D. cry

2.A. discoveries B. inventions C. creations D. feelings

3.A. hard B. easy C. excited D. bad

4.A. bought B. found C. received D. lost

5.A. spoken B. talked C. smiled D. laughed

6.A. career B. hobbyC. performance D. trip

7.A. since B. after C. until D. still

8.A. Even so B. AfterwardsC. Since then D. Otherwise

9.A. turned out B. sold out C. came out D. went out

10.A. found B. brought C. made D. let

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了童話故事作家安徒生的出生、家庭情況、人生經(jīng)歷和生活狀況。

1.動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)閱讀常識，安徒生的童話故事人物總是讓孩子們又哭又笑。故選D，cry：哭泣。

2.根據(jù)語境，這里指的是這些故事是由丹麥作家安徒生創(chuàng)作的。故選C，creations：創(chuàng)作。

3.聯(lián)系上下文可知，他出生于一個(gè)窮人家庭，父親是個(gè)鞋匠，母親是個(gè)洗潔工，可見生活不容易。故選B。

4.動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。bought：買 ，found：發(fā)現(xiàn)， received：接受， lost：丟失。根據(jù)語境，這里指的是他幾乎沒有接受教育。故選C。

5.動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)下文for being feminine(女性化) and tall的描述可知，由于他的女性化和個(gè)子高而被嘲笑。故選D，laugh at：嘲笑。

6.名詞及語境的理解。career：職業(yè)，hobby：愛好， performance：表演， trip：旅游。聯(lián)系上下文，由于他早年喪父，14歲就開始了他作為歌手和演員的職業(yè)生涯。故選A。

7.連詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)語境，這里指的是“他拼搏了3年直到他的嗓子壞了不得不離開劇院。故選C。

8.連詞及語境的理解。Even so：即使這樣， Afterwards：之后， Since then：從那時(shí)起，Otherwise：否則、然而。根據(jù)語境，這里指的是“之后安徒生去了一所語法學(xué)�！保�故選B。

9.動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。turned out：證明為， sold out：買完， came out：出版、發(fā)行，went out：出去。根據(jù)語境，這里指的是小量發(fā)行。故選C。

10.根據(jù)語境，這里指的是安徒生的作品讓他世界聞名，故選C，“make +賓語+形容詞”表示“使……保持某種狀態(tài)”。

考點(diǎn)：人物傳記類短文。