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 to 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 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 to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore 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 and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. "I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it" she said.
【小題1】According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to_______.
A.make herself beautiful | B.become famous |
C.earn more money | D.keep active |
A.nursing | B.painting | C.farming | D.embroidering |
A.pretty | B.nervous | C.rich | D.independent |
A.The Children of Grandma Moses. | B.Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures. |
C.Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition. | D.Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】D
【小題5】B
解析試題分析:本文主要是關(guān)于 Grandma Moses簡(jiǎn)略的自傳和她的藝術(shù)生涯,她的作品藝術(shù)價(jià)值。
【小題1】根據(jù)短文所述, Grandma Moses 開(kāi)始學(xué)畫(huà)畫(huà)是因?yàn)樗氡3只盍。本題為一般推理題,需要從字里行間找答案。在這篇文章的第一段中,曾經(jīng)引用她的一句話:“ I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.”所以她畫(huà)畫(huà)的目的是為讓自己多活動(dòng),而非其它原因。選D
【小題2】Grandma Moses 把大部分時(shí)間花在耕作上。本題為一般理解題,只要仔細(xì)閱讀,很容易從字里行間找到答案。在第二段中間一句話“… They farmed almost of their lives…”,可以看出她一生中大部分時(shí)間用于 farming。選C
【小題3】語(yǔ)義測(cè)試題。根據(jù)上下文可以看出這是詳細(xì)的生動(dòng)的描述。選C
【小題4】從第一段 Grandma Moses 的自述中可以推斷出她具有獨(dú)立性。本題為判斷分析題,需要根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞語(yǔ)進(jìn)行推斷。在第一段中的那句話,可以看出來(lái),她有 very strong sense of independence.故選D
【小題5】本題考察對(duì)整篇文章的綜合概括能力。整篇文章都是關(guān)于 Grandma Moses 簡(jiǎn)略的自傳和她的藝術(shù)生涯,故選B
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