Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States.　　1　　 . As she once said of herself:“I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.”?

　　2　　.At twelve she left home and was in service until at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the tenant(房客) of hers. They farmed most of their lives. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.?

Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and 　　3　　 ,but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff (僵直的) to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition, 　　4　　，who bought everything she painted. 　　5　　, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930's and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures，which were careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known, with a wonderful sense of color and form.

根据上下文进行配对并填空。

A.Three of the pictures were shown	a. as a hobby
B.She was born	b.by a businessman
C.Yet she had only just begun painting	c. in the Museum of Modern Art
D.which were soon noticed	d. in her late seventies
E.made embroidery (刺绣) pictures	e. on a farm in New York State

　

完形填空

    在下面的短文中有10个空格，每个空格有A、B、C、D四个选项，根据上下文选择一个最佳答案。

　　 Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper．That is ___1___ men first began to write six thousand years ago or more．The alphabet we now use ___2___ down to us over a long period of time．It was ___3___ from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt．

　　 Picture-writing was useful in many ways．It could be used to express ideas as well as ___4___．For example, a drawing of a man meant the object “man”．___5___ a drawing of a man ___6___ on the ground with a spear in him meant “death”．

　　 Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese and the American Indians also developed ways ___7___ writing in picture．But only so much could be said ___8___．Thousands of pictures would have been needed to express all the ideas that people might have．It would have ___9___ many thousands more to express all the objects ___10___ to men．No one could draw so many pictures in a lifetime．Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all such drawings in a lifetime．

1．

[　　]

A．when B．because C．where D．how

2．

[　　]

A．went B．showed C．appeared D．came

3．

[　　]

A．developed B．discovered C．increased D．grown

4．

[　　]

A．stories B．animals C．objects D．subjects

5．

[　　]

A．But B．For C．Besides D．Because

6．

[　　]

A．lies B．lying C．laying D．lain

7．

[　　]

A．to B．about C．on D．of

8．

[　　]

A．as follows B．this way C．that much D．at least

9．

[　　]

A．drawn B．shown C．done D．taken

10．

[　　]

A．known B．with C．called D．in

完形填空 在下面的短文中有12个空格，每个空格有A、B、C、D四个答案，根据上下文选择一个最佳答案。

　　A shopkeeper was sent a telegram 1 him that his ticket won 100,000 pounds in the sweepstake（跑马采票）． He happened to be 2 having heart trouble, and his wife opened the message． 3 that the sudden news might cause a fatal（致命的） 4 to her husband, she asked the family doctor to dinner and requested him to 5 the good news with tack（机智）． After dinner the doctor drew his 6 to one side．

    “How’s business?” the doctor began．

    “It could be better． I could use a few hundred pounds,” said the shopkeeper．

    “Well,” 7 the doctor． “You 8 a sweepstake ticket． What would you do if you won 1,000 pounds?”

    “Nobody ever wins,” the man answered with a word． “But if I won． I would send my family to the seashore, and 9 my debts．”

    “I would buy this house and a cottage in the countryside．”

    “What would you do if you won 100,000 pounds?”

　　 The man 10 , “Doctor,” he said seriously, “I swear（发誓） I would 11 you half of it．”

    The doctor gasped, opened his mouth and 12 dead．

[　　]1．A．saying B．informing

　　　　 C．reading D．writing

[　　]2．A．work B．home C．here D．there

[　　]3．A．Afraid B．Hoping

　　　 　C．Fearing D．Thinking

[　　]4．A．shock B．disorder C．beat D．stick

[　　]5．A．past B．take C．carry D．pass

[　　]6．A．friend B．wife

　　　　 C．keeper D．patient

[　　]7．A．swept B．smiled C．shouted D．cried

[　　]8．A．buy B．win C．have D．won

[　　]9．A．pay for B．return

　　　　 C．pay off D．turn in

[　　]10．A．lay down B．looked up

　　　　 C．went out D．came in

[　　]11．A．take B．give C．bring D．carry

[　　]12．A．jumped B．sat

　　　　  C．stood D．dropped