The artist Grandma Moses became famous for her simple, bright, cheerful paintings of American farm life．Her full name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses．But she was known to everyone as Grandma Moses because she did not begin to paint seriously until in her seventies．
Born on a farm in New York, Anna had little schooling．Her days were filled with farm chores．But she often found time to make pictures．Soon, however, she became too busy to draw or paint．At the age of 12, she went to work as a servant for a family nearby．She worked for other people for many years．Then, when she was 27, she married Thomas Moses, a farmer．And they began raising a family of their own．
Anna Moses could no longer do heavy farm work with age．Then, in her seventies, she began to paint in oils．Her pictures showed things she recalled from childhood-farm scenes, ice-skating, bringing home the Christmas tree．Later, she began to display her art at county fairs．Her pictures recorded a way of life that was quickly passing away．People everywhere loved these happy scenes, and soon her paintings were shown in art galleries．Grandma Moses became famous partially on account of her age, but mainly because her approach to art was modest and simple compared to many other painters of her time．Without formal training or even knowledge of Modernism, she relied on her own simple techniques to create her landscapes and scenes．She continued to paint almost until her death, on December 13, 1961 , at the age of 101．
The themes in her paintings provided the comfort of a rural life that many busy Americans treasured from their past．The threat of nuclear arms that appeared on television screens and in magazines had Americans starving for something more．Grandma Moses' art appealed to those who had lost hope for the future．Her classic paintings still appear on TV commercials, greeting cards, and magazine and book covers．
【小題1】What can be inferred from the fact that Grandma Moses picked up a paintbrush?

A．She had no other ways to kill time．
B．Her friend and family suggested it．
C．She had had a love for painting since her childhood．
D．She needed to make a living by selling her paintings．
【小題2】The key reason for her success is ___  .
A．her old age B．her plain style
C．her lack of training D．her modern knowledge
【小題3】We can know from the passage that ______．
A．her paintings raised people's hope for the future
B．her paintings expressed the reality of her old age
C．many Americans were interested in purchasing art works
D．people wanted to get comfort by remembering grandmas


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：美國(guó)著名的畫(huà)家摩斯奶奶在七十歲后重新拿起畫(huà)筆，實(shí)現(xiàn)了小時(shí)候不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的愿望。她的繪畫(huà)都是描寫(xiě)鄉(xiāng)村生活的舒適、愜意，她簡(jiǎn)單、明亮、歡快的繪畫(huà)風(fēng)格吸引了大批收藏家，也給那些失意的人帶來(lái)了生活的希望。
【小題1】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段But she often found time to make pictures．可知摩斯奶奶從小就對(duì)繪畫(huà)有著濃厚的興趣，只是迫于生活的忙碌她放棄了繪畫(huà)，所以當(dāng)她七十歲后，不能從事農(nóng)活了，才開(kāi)始重新拿起畫(huà)筆，答案選C。
【小題2】B推理判斷題。從文章第一段The artist Grandma Moses became famous for her simple, bright, cheerful paintings of American farm life和第三段Grandma Moses became famous partially on account of her age, but mainly because her approach to art was modest and simple可知摩斯奶奶的成功主要因?yàn)樗髌返暮?jiǎn)單風(fēng)格，故答案選C。
【小題3】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章末段Grandma Moses' art appealed to those who had lost hope for the future“摩斯奶奶的繪畫(huà)作品吸引著那些對(duì)未來(lái)失去希望的人”，由此推斷她的畫(huà)之所以對(duì)人產(chǎn)生吸引力是因?yàn)檫@些作品能給人帶來(lái)希望，答案選A。
考點(diǎn)：考查人物類(lèi)短文閱讀。

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