“I'm too old and it's too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my mind. I was
41 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time.
42 my ambition to become a writer, I
43 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going
44 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point
45 the voice on the radio began
46 the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who
47 . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to
48 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
At seventy-eight, her fingers became
49 awkward to hold a needle.
50 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to
51 . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold
52 a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the
53 world—and the rest is
54 . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings,
55 
her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
56 I listened to the radio, my mood(心情)
57 . If Grandma Moses
58 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, there was still
59 for my life after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly
60 .
It was published eight months later.
| 小题1: | | A．depressed | B．disappointed | C．encouraged | D．inspired |
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| 小题2: | | A．In spite of | B．In need of | C．In hope of | D．In favor of |
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| 小题3: | | A．believed | B．convinced | C．regretted | D．doubted |
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| 小题4: | | A．by | B．after | C．against | D．over |
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| 小题5: | | A．unless | B．because | C．when | D．while |
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| 小题6: | | A．telling | B．reminding | C．saying | D．translating |
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| 小题7: | | A．succeeded | B．commented | C．survived | D．entertained |
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| 小题8: | | A．notice | B．offer | C．direct | D．provide |
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| 小题10: | | A．Other than | B．More than | C．Rather than | D．Less than |
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| 小题11: | | A．paint | B．write | C．think | D．change |
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| 小题13: | | A．artificial | B．art | C．advanced | D．major |
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| 小题14: | | A．story | B．fortune | C．history | D．fact |
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| 小题15: | | A．but | B．and | C．so | D．therefore |
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| 小题16: | | A．With | B．Until | C．As | D．Unless |
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| 小题17: | | A．changed | B．cheered | C．failed | D．amused |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．must | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题19: | | A．association | B．consideration | C．freedom | D．hope |
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| 小题20: | | A．finished | B．abandoned | C．published | D．misunderstood |
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her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!