Ann，a mother of 3 children, is a warm-hearted social worker and she has done a lot to help people 1 ．The family's dinner conversation often turns to local poor families, and she 2 tries her best to seek help for them．This year, Ann 3 that Santa Claus would make a special 4 to a young unemployed mother named Ashley, who was 5 two sons by herself．
One Sunday morning, the family were joyfully having breakfast 6 the phone rang, saying that the aid she had requested for Ashley had 7 ．No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing．On hearing the news, Ann noticed the 8 disappear from her children's faces．Kinzie, the youngest one, 9 down from her chair and ran out of the kitchen room．In a matter of 10 , she returned carrying her piggy bank and began to 11 the coins over and over again, ＄3.30 in total．“Mom,” she shook her head 12 , “I know it's not much．But maybe this will buy a 13 for the children．” Then suddenly everyone was reaching into their pockets and 14 their purses．Immediately the money-coins and bills 15 on the table．On Christmas Eve, Ann as well as Kinzie drove to Ashley's house．After Ann wished the 16 woman a merry Christmas, she began to unload the gifts from the car, 17 them to Ashley one by one and told her the whole story．
Ashley was moved to tears 18 the words：Kinzie opened not only her piggy bank but also her 19 , and my children as well as I myself would be able to do something 20 for someone else in need．
“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 1 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time． 2 my ambition to become a writer, I 3 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 4 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point 5 the voice on the radio began 6 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 7 ．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 8 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．
At seventy-eight, her fingers became 9 awkward to hold a needle． 10 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 11 ．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 12 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 13 world－and the rest is 14 ．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 15 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
16 I listened to the radio, my 17 changed．If Grandma Moses 18 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 19 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 20 ．
It was published eight months later．
(1)
[ ]
A．
encouraged
B．
discouraged
C．
thrilled
D．
inspired
(2)
[ ]
A．
Despite
B．
Except
C．
For
D．
With
(3)
[ ]
A．
believed
B．
expected
C．
proved
D．
doubted
(4)
[ ]
A．
by
B．
after
C．
against
D．
over
(5)
[ ]
A．
unless
B．
because
C．
when
D．
while
(6)
[ ]
A．
telling
B．
reminding
C．
saying
D．
playing
(7)
[ ]
A．
succeeded
B．
left
C．
survived
D．
grew
(8)
[ ]
A．
notice
B．
offer
C．
give
D．
provide
(9)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
too
C．
such
D．
that
(10)
[ ]
A．
Other than
B．
As well as
C．
Rather than
D．
Instead of
(11)
[ ]
A．
paint
B．
write
C．
think
D．
change
(12)
[ ]
A．
off
B．
at
C．
by
D．
for
(13)
[ ]
A．
literature
B．
art
C．
education
D．
entertainment
(14)
[ ]
A．
story
B．
fortune
C．
history
D．
fact
(15)
[ ]
A．
but
B．
and
C．
so
D．
therefore
(16)
[ ]
A．
Until
B．
Thus
C．
As
D．
Then
(17)
[ ]
A．
mood
B．
heart
C．
interest
D．
spirit
(18)
[ ]
A．
should
B．
must
C．
might
D．
could
(19)
[ ]
A．
ability
B．
hope
C．
freedom
D．
dream
(20)
[ ]
A．
finished
B．
abandoned
C．
published
D．
sold
完形填空
“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 1 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time． 2 my ambition to become a writer, I 3 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 4 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point 5 the voice on the radio began 6 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 7 ．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 8 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．
At seventy-eight, her fingers became 9 awkward to hold a needle． 10 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 11 ．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 12 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 13 world－and the rest is 14 ．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 15 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
16 I listened to the radio, my 17 changed．If Grandma Moses 18 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 19 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 20 ．
It was published eight months later．
(1)
[ ]
A．
encouraged
B．
discouraged
C．
thrilled
D．
inspired
(2)
[ ]
A．
Despite
B．
Except
C．
For
D．
With
(3)
[ ]
A．
believed
B．
expected
C．
proved
D．
doubted
(4)
[ ]
A．
by
B．
after
C．
against
D．
over
(5)
[ ]
A．
unless
B．
because
C．
when
D．
while
(6)
[ ]
A．
telling
B．
reminding
C．
saying
D．
playing
(7)
[ ]
A．
succeeded
B．
left
C．
survived
D．
grew
(8)
[ ]
A．
notice
B．
offer
C．
give
D．
provide
(9)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
too
C．
such
D．
that
(10)
[ ]
A．
Other than
B．
As well as
C．
Rather than
D．
Instead of
(11)
[ ]
A．
paint
B．
write
C．
think
D．
change
(12)
[ ]
A．
off
B．
at
C．
by
D．
for
(13)
[ ]
A．
literature
B．
art
C．
education
D．
entertainment
(14)
[ ]
A．
story
B．
fortune
C．
history
D．
fact
(15)
[ ]
A．
but
B．
and
C．
so
D．
therefore
(16)
[ ]
A．
Until
B．
Thus
C．
As
D．
Then
(17)
[ ]
A．
mood
B．
heart
C．
interest
D．
spirit
(18)
[ ]
A．
should
B．
must
C．
might
D．
could
(19)
[ ]
A．
ability
B．
hope
C．
freedom
D．
dream
(20)
[ ]
A．
finished
B．
abandoned
C．
published
D．
sold
完形填空
“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 1 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time． 2 my ambition to become a writer, I 3 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 4 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point 5 the voice on the radio began 6 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 7 ．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 8 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．
At seventy-eight, her fingers became 9 awkward to hold a needle． 10 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 11 ．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 12 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 13 world-and the rest is 14 ．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 15 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
16 I listened to the radio, my 17 changed．If Grandma Moses 18 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 19 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 20 ．
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