PAGE-10-广东省东莞市南开实验学校2014高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题（7）阅读理解----Backinthefifteenthcentury,inatinyvillagenearNuremberg,livedafamilywitheighteenchildren．Inspiteofthehopelesscondition,twoofthechildren,AlbrechtDurerandAlbert,hadadream．Theybothwantedtopursuetheirtalentforart．Aftermanylongdiscussions,thetwoboysfinallyworkedoutanagreement．Theywouldtossacoin．Theloserwouldgodownintothenearbyminesand,withhisearnings,supporthisbrotherwhoattendedtheacademy．Then,whenthatbrotherwhowonthetosscompletedhisstudies,infouryears,hewouldsupporttheotherbrotherattheacademy．Tossingacoin,AlbrechtDurerwonandwentofftoNuremberg．Albertwentdownintothedangerousminesand,forthenextfouryears,supportedhisbrother,whoseworkattheacademywasalmostanimmediatesensation（轰动）．Bythetimehegraduated,hehadearnedconsiderablefeesforhisoutstandingworks．Whentheyoungartistreturnedtohisvillage,theDurerfamilyheldafestivedinnertocelebrateAlbrecht’striumphant（胜利的）homecoming．Albrechtdrankatoasttohisbelovedbrotherfortheyearsofsacrificethathadenabledhimtocompletehisdream．“Andnow,Albert,blessedbrotherofmine,nowitisyourturn．NowyoucangotoNurembergtolookforyourdream,andIwilltakecareofyou．”Tearsstreamingdownhispaleface,Albertsobbed,“No．．．no．．．Itistoolateforme．Look．．．lookatwhatfouryearsinthemineshavedonetomyhands！Thebonesineveryfingerhavebeenbrokenatleastonce,andlatelyIhavebeensufferingfromarthritis（关节炎）sobadlyinmyrighthandthatIcannotevenholdaglasstoreturnyourtoast,muchlessdrawdelicatelineswithapenorabrush．”ToshowthankstoAlbertforallthathehadsacrificed,AlbrechtDurerpainstakinglydrewhisbrother’sinjuredhandswithpalmstogetherandthinfingersstretchedskyward．Hecalledhispowerfuldrawingsimply“Hands”,buttheentireworldalmostimmediatelyopenedtheirheartstohisgreatmasterpieceandrenamedit“ThePrayingHands”．Thenexttimeyouseeacopyofthattouchingcreation,letitbeyourreminder—nooneevermakesanysuccessalone！【文章大意】本文叙述了有两个兄弟家境贫困，通过扔硬币来决定了弟弟AlbrechtDurer去学习艺术了，哥哥Albert要去危险的矿井干活供弟弟上学。AlbrechtDurer毕业后回到自己的村庄，感谢哥哥对他的牺牲和奉献，希望他的哥哥能完成自己的梦想。通过这故事我们可以总结这样一个