2021年4月自考备考英语练习题：《英语一》提升练习第一篇

2021年4月自考备考英语练习题：《英语一》提升练习第一篇,GrandmaMosesisamongthemostcelebratedtwentieth-centurypaintersoftheUnitedStates,yetshehadbarelystartedpaintingbeforeshewasinherlateseventies.Assheoncesaidofherself:“Iwouldneversitbackinarockingchair,waitingforsomeonetohelpme.”Noonecouldhavehadamoreproductiveoldage.ShewasbornAnnaMaryRobertsononafarminNewYorkState,oneoffiveboysandfivegirls.(“Wecameinbunches,likeradishes.”)attwelveshelefthomeandwasindomesticserviceuntil,attwenty-seven,shemarriedThomasMoses,thehiredhandofoneofheremployers.Theyfarmedmostoftheirlives,firstinVirginiaandtheninNewYorkState,atEagleBridge,Shehadtenchildren,ofwhomfivesurvived;herhusbanddiedin1927.GrandmaNosespaintedalittleasachildandmadeembroidery(绣花)picturesasahobby,butonlyswitchedtooilsinoldagebecauseherhandshadbecometostifftosewandshewantedtokeepbusyandpassthetime.Herpictureswerefirstsoldatthelocaldrugstoreandatafair,andweresoonspottedbyadealerwhoboughteverythingshepaintedThreeofthepictureswereexhibitedintheMuseumofModernArt,andin1940shehadherfirstexhibitioninNewYork.Betweenthe1930’sandherdeathsheproducedsome2,000picture:detailedandlivelydescriptionoftherurallifeshehadknownforsolong,withamarveloussenseofcolorandform.“IthinkrealhardtillIthinkofsomethingrealpretty,andthenIpaintit,”shesaid.56.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?a.GrandmaMoses;ABiographicalSketchb.TheChildrenofGrandmaMosesc.GrandmaMoses:HerBestExhibitiond.GrandmaMosesandOtherOlderArtists57.Accordingtothepassage,GrandmaMosesbegantopaintbecauseshewantedto______.a.decorateherhomeb.keepactivec.improvehersalaryd.gainaninternationalreputation58.FromGrandmaMoses’descriptionofherselfinthefirstparagraph,itcanbeinferredthatshewas_______.a.independentb.wealthyc.pretty.d.timid59.GrandmaMosesspentmostofthelife______.a.nursingb.paintingc.embroideringd.farming60.Inline18theword‘spotted’couldbestbereplacedby_____.a.speckledb.featuredc.noticedd.damaged

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