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

57．The best title of this passage is_________．

　　　 A．Katherine Lawes' s Life　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Reforms at Sing Sing Prison

　　　 C．To Honor Their Souls　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．To Meet Their Requirement

答案：54-57　 CABC

Passage 4

(天津市南开中学2010届高三下学期五月模拟考试A篇)

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 to 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 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 to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a 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 1930's and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. "I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it" she said.

56．Whom does the underlined part “the others” refer to?

　　　 A．The policemen at the funeral．　 　　　　　 B．The other prisoners．

　　　 C．The guards．　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D．The policemen from other prisons．

55．Why did the prisoners ask the warden to allow them to attend Katherine’s funeral?

　　　 A．Because Katherine didn't look down upon them and cared about them．

　　　 B．Because Katherine was the wife of the warden．

　　　 C．Because Katherine made reforms in the prison．

　　　 D．Because Katherine had been killed by one of them．

54．When Katherine's husband was the warden at Sing Sing Prison, she did the following things EXCEPT_______________．

　　　 A．encouraging the prisoners　　　 　　　　　 B．visiting the prison houses

　　　 C．doing some writing for the prisoner　 　　 D．spending time in listening to the prisoners

45. Liu Qian improved his performing skills by ______.

　 A. learning from David Copperfield.

　 B. learning magic in a university

　 C. performing in public on streets

　 D. joining in Taiwan’s Youth Magic Contest

答案41- 45　 BACAC：

Passage 3

(陕西省宝鸡中学2010届高三考前适应性训练C篇)

Perhaps you have never heard of Katherine Lawes．Katherine was the wife of Lewis Lawes, warden (监狱长) at Sing Sing Prison from 1920 to 1941．In these 21 years he made many reforms --- and an important part of his success was due to his wife Katherine．

　　　 Katherine took seriously the idea that the prisoners are human beings ,worthy of attention and respect ．She regularly visited inside the walls of Sing Sing．She encouraged the prisoners, took things to them and spent time listening to them．Most importantly, she cared about them．And as a result, they cared deeply about her．

　　　 Then one night in October of 1937, news was "telegraphed" between the prison cells that Katherine had been killed in an accident．The prisoners asked the warden to allow them to attend her funeral．He agreed to their strange request and a few days later the south gate of Sing Sing swung slowly open．Hundreds of men who had committed almost every crime imaginable marched slowly out of the prison, later gathered again at the gate and returned to their cells．There were so many that they proceeded unguarded．But no one tried to escape．If he had, the others might have killed him immediately．So devoted were they to Katherine Lawes, the woman who daily walked into Hell to show the men a piece of Heaven．

　　　 Katherine' s strength was to see the men less as prisoners and more as individuals．Thomas Moore once said, "We can only treat badly those things or people whose souls we show no respect for．"

44. What does the underlined word “seasoned” in Paragraph2 mean?

　 A. experienced　　 B. freshman　　 C. amateur　　 D. unskillful

43. Which of the following is the key reason that Liu Qian decided to make magic his career?

　 A. He was interested in magic when he was little.

　 B. He had won Taiwan’s Youth Magic Contest.

　 C. He couldn’t find an acceptable job after graduation.

　 D. He became an amateur magician in his spare time.

42. People love to watch magic because ________.

　 A. they love watching magicians make the impossible happen

　 B. it arouses their curiosity

　 C. they can’t figure out the secret of magic

　 D. it is a centuries – old art

41. The story is about ________.

　 A. why people love magic　　　　　　 B. how Liu Qian became China’s hottest magician

　 C. how fashionable magic is　　　　　 D. what magic tricks are