Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76.
  This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer's family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker.
Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more!
The man likes Grandma Moses' paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries(美术馆) in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses' paintings are in Kallir's gallery. She is 80 years old.
Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe .
When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday "Grandma Moses' Day". After her 100th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing.
【小题1】How is Grandma Moses different from most other old people?
A.She has more grandchildren.B.She has her own art gallery.
C.She lives an easy life.D.She starts a new job.
【小题2】 Grandma Moses starts to paint pictures_______.
A.when her daughter asks her to do thatB.when she gets married
C.at the age of 70D.in the year 1940
【小题3】Grandma Moses' paintings are first bought by _______.
A.a man from New YorkB.her daughter
C.Otto Kallir's galleryD.the owner of a store in town
【小题4】The writer of the passage thinks that _______.
A.Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100
B.people like her paintings but do not like her
C.it is never too late to start a new job
D.many people prefer paintings by old ladies
【小题5】What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Grandma Moses and New York StateB.Grandma Moses and Painting
C.Grandma Moses' familyD.Grandma Moses' Day


It’s Sunday. There are   36   people on the bus. And   37   is looking here and there. He wants to find a   38  . Then he finds one. He goes to it. A small   39   is on the seat. And a young man is 40   it.”
“Excuse me.   41   I have this seat?” asks the old man. “Sorry, it’s for   _42  . She goes to buy some bananas.” says the young man.
“Well,” says the old man. “Let me sit here, please. When she comes back, I will leave(离开) here.”
The bus starts. “She doesn’t come, 43  her bag is here. Let me give her the bag.” The old man wants to throw(扔掉) the bag   44  of the window.
The young man jumps and shouts(大喊),“Don’t throw! It’s  45  bag.”
【小题1】A. little         B. a lot          C. many
【小题2】A. a young woman B. an old man      C. an old woman
【小题3】A.seat            B. chair          C. bag   
【小题4】A.dog             B. book          C. bag
【小题5】A.or              B. at            C. next to
【小题6】A.Do              B. May          C. Must
【小题7】A.a boy           B. a man         C. a woman 
【小题8】A.and             B. then          C. but
【小题9】A.from            B. out           C. in       
【小题10】A.my             B. her           C. his      

While Nick was on the bus reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope(信封)into his hands. "Here, take this!" the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.

    Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy.  There was paper inside, or money perhaps. "I'd better hand it over to the police," he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something.   "He wants the envelope," Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly, and the man hurried after him. Nick managed to lose the man in the crowd(人群).When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.

    Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to the policeman who was on duty.  The man opened it. The envelope was full of money, false(假的)money.“Clearly the man made a mistake," the policeman said. "He thought you were one of the gang(团伙)!”

    “However," the policeman went on. "I'm afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this.  We are trying to catch some very clever thieves, and we don't want them to know that we have some of the money. So you mustn't say a word to anyone-not even to your boss!"

1. The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably_______.

A. Nick's friend    B. the bus driver    C. a thief    D. a postman

2. As Nick got off the bus, a man came to him because_______.

A. he wanted to catch Nick

B. he thought Nick was a policeman

C. he wanted to give Nick some money

D. he thought Nick was one of their gang

3. By the last few sentences of the passage, we can infer that_______.

A. Nick let everyone know his wonderful story

B. Nick's boss was the last to know Nick's story

C. Nick would keep silent about what happened for some time

D. the gang already knew the police got some of the false money

 

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