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(情绪化) 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.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了童话故事作家安徒生的出生、家庭情况、人生经历和生活状况。

1.动词及语境的理解。根据阅读常识，安徒生的童话故事人物总是让孩子们又哭又笑。故选D，cry：哭泣。

2.根据语境，这里指的是这些故事是由丹麦作家安徒生创作的。故选C，creations：创作。

3.联系上下文可知，他出生于一个穷人家庭，父亲是个鞋匠，母亲是个洗洁工，可见生活不容易。故选B。

4.动词及语境的理解。bought：买 ，found：发现， received：接受， lost：丢失。根据语境，这里指的是他几乎没有接受教育。故选C。

5.动词及语境的理解。根据下文for being feminine(女性化) and tall的描述可知，由于他的女性化和个子高而被嘲笑。故选D，laugh at：嘲笑。

6.名词及语境的理解。career：职业，hobby：爱好， performance：表演， trip：旅游。联系上下文，由于他早年丧父，14岁就开始了他作为歌手和演员的职业生涯。故选A。

7.连词及语境的理解。根据语境，这里指的是“他拼搏了3年直到他的嗓子坏了不得不离开剧院。故选C。

8.连词及语境的理解。Even so：即使这样， Afterwards：之后， Since then：从那时起，Otherwise：否则、然而。根据语境，这里指的是“之后安徒生去了一所语法学校”，故选B。

9.动词短语及语境的理解。turned out：证明为， sold out：买完， came out：出版、发行，went out：出去。根据语境，这里指的是小量发行。故选C。

10.根据语境，这里指的是安徒生的作品让他世界闻名，故选C，“make +宾语+形容词”表示“使……保持某种状态”。

考点：人物传记类短文。