1. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to　　　 .

　 A. make herself beautiful　　　　　　　 B. keep active

　 C. earn more money　　　　　　　　　 D. become famous

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　　 Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself：” I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.

　　 She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic(家庭的) service until, at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children , of whom five survived ; her husband died in 1927.

　　 Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroldery(刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff(硬的) to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore(杂货店) and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted . Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930’s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures： detailed(详细的)and lively portrayals(描绘) of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of colour and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.

5. The girl finally decided to ride across the bridge, for she　　 .

　 A. realized that it was easier than it looked

　 B. was tired of waiting for Mat to come and help her

　 C. knew she couldn’t stay where she was any longer

　 D. was afraid that Mat would go and leave her behind

4. Mat rode away leaving the girl because he　　　 .

　 A. didn’t know what he could do to help her

　 B. felt she should overcome her fear by herself

　 C. didn’t believe she was really afraid

　 D. couldn’t wait any longer for her

3. Mat argued that　　 .

　 A. the bridge wasn’t at all difficult to cross

　 B. she had no other choice but to cross the bridge

　 C. the cow was harmless because it was dead

　 D. there was no difference between them in strength

2. The reason she stopped was that she　　 .

　 A. was tired　　　　　　　　　 B. suddenly saw the dead cow below

　 C. wanted to let Mat go first　　　 D. was afraid of losing her balance

1. The bridge looked dangerous to the girl because　　 .

　 A. there was a 30 foot drop to the water below

　 B. it had nothing at the sides

　 C. there were pieces of wood all over the road

　 D. there was a railway line below

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　　 One morning, when we had been riding on our bikes for five hours, we came to a bridge where the railway crossed a pond(池塘). For 30 feet there was nothing but the widely-spaced wooden sleepers(枕木) under our wheels, and nothing to stop us falling into the steaming pond below if we lost our balance. Right under the bridge lay the body of a dead cow. I watched Mat as he came near to the bridge and rode straight over, without ever, slowing down. I stopped.

　　 “What’s up?” he cried out from the other side.

　　 “I’m not riding over that thing. If I slip, I’ll be in there with that cow,” “There’s nothing to it. I just did it. didn’t I?”

　　 “You’re stronger and taller. My feet don’t touch the ground. You do it for me!”

　　 Mat said strength didn’t come into it and rode off. I knew he would give me at least an hour before coming to help. The sun burned my face, sweat ran off my forehead into my eyes and stuck my blouse(女衬衫) to my body. Try myself rather than wait for Mat to help. I rode back to get a good run-up and over I went. Mat was that right： all the difficulties were in the mind.

5. The author of the passage complains(抱怨) that most people　　 .

　 A. are overexcited about their dreams

　 B. have had dreams most of the time

　 C. are not interested in talking about their dreams

　 D. consider their dreams of to much importance

4. The author of the passage enjoys dreaming most　　 .

　 A. only when he was a child　　　　　　 B. only when he is a grown-up

　 C. both as a child and as a grown-up　　　 D. only in his old age