四級(jí)的閱讀理解練習(xí)
Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth?century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before 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 age.
? She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls.(“We came in bunches, like radishes.”) 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 pictures as a hobby, but only switched 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 fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were 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 rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.?
1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage??
A) Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch
B) The Children of Grandma Moses?
C) Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition?
D) Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists?
2.According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wante
d to ?____?. ?
A) decorate her home?
B) keep active?
C) improve her salary ?
D) gain an international reputation?
3.From Grandma Moses'description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ?____?.?
A) independent B) pretty?
C) wealthy D) timid?
4.Grandma Moses spent most of her life ____?.?
A) nursing B) painting?
C) embroidering D) farming?
5.In line 14, the word “spotted” could best be replaced by ____.?
A) speckled B) featured?
C) noticed D) damaged?
答案與解析：
1.A。
本文的最佳標(biāo)題是什么 ? 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，故應(yīng)選 A項(xiàng)作本篇文章的標(biāo)題。
2.B。
根據(jù)短文所述， Grandma Moses開始學(xué)畫畫是因?yàn)樗氡３只盍Α１绢}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.”所以她畫畫的目的是為讓自己多活動(dòng)，而非其它原因。
3.A。
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A)。
4.D。
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。
5.C。
文章第十七行中的單詞“ spotted”的最佳替代詞是什么? 此題為語(yǔ)義測(cè)試題。根據(jù)上下文可以看出她的作品被那個(gè)商人發(fā)現(xiàn)并注意到她的藝術(shù)價(jià)值，故選 C)
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