提高閱讀能力要靠長期的積累，為了幫助大家提早做好公共英語四級考試pets4備考，從本期開始揚格外語的小編們?yōu)榇蠹沂占砹艘幌盗械耐晷吞羁?，希望大家能堅持練習?BR> 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 one could have a __4_ old age.
She was born Anna Mary Robertson _5__ a farm in New York State，one of five boys and girls.（"We came in bunches，_6__ radishes."） At twelve she left home and was __7_ domestic service until ，at twenty-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 s（更多外語考試資訊盡在http://waiyu.kaoshibaike.com）he 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 marvelous _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 started B was barely started
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
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She was born Anna Mary Robertson _5__ a farm in New York State，one of five boys and girls.（"We came in bunches，_6__ radishes."） At twelve she left home and was __7_ domestic service until ，at twenty-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 s（更多外語考試資訊盡在http://waiyu.kaoshibaike.com）he 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 marvelous _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 started B was barely started
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
參考答案：CBADC BBDCD ADCBB ADDCB