.三、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） G

题目内容：

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三、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

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 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 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(家庭的) 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(刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff(硬的) to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at a local 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 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals(描绘) of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of colour and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.

36. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to______.

A. make herself beautiful B. keep active

C. earn more money D. become famous

37. The underlined word “survived” means_____ .

A. graduated from college B. examined the condition of the house

C. lived longer than the other children D. gave up themselves to the police

38. From Grandma Moses’ description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she wa__________.

A. independent B. pretty C. rich D. nervous

39. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures. B. The Children of Grandma Moses.

C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition. D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists.

最佳答案：

36-39 BC AA

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。