Vincent van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a(n) __21   and was even sent to the Belgian __22   community of Borinage. He discovered that the miners there __23   deplorable(悲惨的) working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families  __24__   simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small amount of money he received from the church __25   him a moderate life-style, which, __26  , seemed to him unfair.
One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging(步履艰难)home, he __27   an old man staggering(蹒跚)toward him across the fields, __28  in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, __29  enough for one change, and decided to give__30  away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose __31  had been killed in a cave-in.
He lived on starvation rations and spent his money on __32   for the miners. When children in one family had fever, though __33   himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them.
A (an) __34   family in the community offered him free room and board. Van Gogh __35__  the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to __36   serve his community of poor miners.
He believed that if he wanted them to __37   him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of love through him, he must love them enough to __38   with them.
He was aware of the wide chasm(鸿沟)between words and actions. He knew that our lives always __39   louder and clearer than words.
Others are “ __40  ” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them?

A．office clerk B．coal miner C．factory worker D．church minister

A．mining B．religion C．poverty D．working

A．shared B．suffered C．complained D．enjoyed

A．tried B．managed C．struggled D．worked

A．allowed B．awarded C．protected D．provided

A．in contrast B．in return C．in brief D．as a result

A．grasped B．spotted C．felt D．met

A．enclosed B．surrounded C．wrapped D．packed

A．put on B．gave up C．brought out D．set aside

A．the other B．the rest C．the unwanted D．the unused

A．husband B．brother C．sister D．father

A．toys B．food C．medicine D．things

A．poor B．lonely C．loveless D．feverish

A．wealthy B．affected C．well-known D．nearby

A．accepted B．praised C．refused D．evaluated

A．carefully B．preparedly C．faithfully D．regrettably

A．love B．trust C．praise D．help

A．share B．connect C．fight D．live

A．strike B．talk C．speak D．cry

A．leading B．pointing C．moving D．listening