EXERCISE 2
Grandma Moses is among the most celebreted twentieth|century painters of the United States,yet she ||1| painting before she was in her late seventies.As she once spoken ||2| herself:" I would never sit back in a rocking chair,||3| for some to help me."No onecould have a ||4| old age.
She was born Anna Mary Robertson |5|| a farm in New York State,one of five boys and girls. At twelve she left home and was ||7| domestic service until ,at twnety|seven,she |8|| Thomas Moses,one of the hired hands of her employers.They farms most of their |9||,first in Virginia and then in New York State,|10|| Eagle Bridge.She had ten children,of |11|| five survived; her husband died in 1927.
Grandma Moses |12|| a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a |13||, but only switched to oil in old age because her hands become too stiff ||14|, and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time.Her |15|| were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon |16|| by a dealer who bought everything |17|| she painted.Three of the pictures were exhibition in the museum of Modern Art,and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York .||18| the 1930s and her death she produced some 2000 pictures;detailed and lively portrayals of the |19|| life she had known for so long ,with a marvellous |20|| of color and form." I think real hard till think of something real pretty,and then I pain it."she said.
1) A barely startedt B was barely strated
C had barely started D barely start
2) A about B of C on D over
3) A waiting B to waiting C and writing D am writing
4) A very productive B productive
C most productive D more productive
5) A in B at C on D about
6) A unlike B like C likely D unlikely
7) A for B in C at D under
8) A married with B married to C marry D married
9) A life B live C lives D lifes
10) A in B at C under D on
11) A whom B which C that D who
12) A worked B read C studied D painted
13) A job B fun C hobby D interest
14) A sewing B to sew C to sewing D to be sewing
15) A books B pictures C arts D clothes
16) A spotted B recognized C damaged D featured
17) A which B who C whom D that
18) A for B in C during D between
19) A urban B town C rural D suburban
20) A feeling B sense C consciousness D feature
参考答案:
1||5 CBADC 6||10 BBDCB
11||15 ADCBB 16||20 ADDCB
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