Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76.
This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer’s family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker.
Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more!
The man likes Grandma Moses’ paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries(美術(shù)館) in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses’ paintings are in Kallir’s gallery. She is 80 years old.
Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe .
When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday "Grandma Moses’ Day". After her 100th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing.
小題1:How is Grandma Moses different from most other old people?
A．She has more grandchildren.B．She has her own art gallery.
C．She lives an easy life.D．She starts a new job.
小題2: Grandma Moses starts to paint pictures_______.
A．when her daughter asks her to do thatB．when she gets married
C．a(chǎn)t the age of 70D．in the year 1940
小題3:Grandma Moses’ paintings are first bought by _______.
A．a(chǎn) man from New YorkB．her daughter
C．Otto Kallir’s galleryD．the owner of a store in town
小題4:The writer of the passage thinks that _______.
A．Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100
B．people like her paintings but do not like her
C．it is never too late to start a new job
D．many people prefer paintings by old ladies
小題5: What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Grandma Moses and New York StateB．Grandma Moses and Painting
C．Grandma Moses’ familyD．Grandma Moses’ Day

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

1. Ｄ　細(xì)節(jié)題的考查。根據(jù)But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76可知她在76歲開(kāi)始新的工作不同于他人，故選Ｄ。
2. Ｃ　事實(shí)詢問(wèn)題。根據(jù)Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures可知她在70歲開(kāi)始畫畫，故選Ｃ。
3. Ａ　根據(jù)A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them可知通過(guò)她女兒之手，她的畫被一個(gè)男人買走了，故選Ａ。
4. Ｃ　主旨題的考查。文章開(kāi)始說(shuō)很多人年老時(shí)就休息和放松，進(jìn)而說(shuō)到其祖母76開(kāi)始新的工作，后面講到她七十畫畫并成名，告訴我們就是學(xué)習(xí)永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)老，故選Ｃ，而Ａ,Ｂ,Ｄ與文章事實(shí)不合。
5. Ｂ　文章主要講的是祖母和畫畫的故事，故Ｂ最合適，其它三個(gè)方面只是文章的一個(gè)方面，不能全面概況全文。
　
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