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2014高考英语完形填空精英训练极品题（4）及答案 【广西省南宁市2014高考英语模拟试题】 完型填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their 36 condition, two of Durer’s children had a dream to seek their talent for 37 . but they knew well their father would never be able to send 38 of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy. The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss (投掷) a coin. The 39 would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer 40 the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, 41 work at the academy was almost an 42 success. Albrecht’s woodcuts and oils were 43 better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees 44 his works. When the young 45 returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, “Now, Albert, it is your 46 to seek your dream. I will support you.” All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he 47 and repeated, “No ...no.” Finally, Albert rose and 48 the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, “I 49 go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to 50 your toast.” Today, Albrecht Durer’s masterful works 51 in every great museum in the world, but chances are great 52 you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brother’s abused hands with palms together and thin 53 stretched skyward. He 54 it “The Praying Hands.” Next time you see that touching creation, take a secon