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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 embroidery (刺繡) 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 a local 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 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000
pictures: detailed and lively portrayals (描繪) 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.
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
2. The underlined word "survived" means _____.

[     ]

A. graduated from college
B. examined the condition of the house
C. lived longer than the other children
D. gave up themselves to the police
3. From Grandma Moses' description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was _____.

[     ]

A. independent
B. pretty
C. rich
D. nervous
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

[     ]

A. Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures.
B. The Children of Grandma Moses.
C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition.
D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists.
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