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四、完形填空。
Anna Mary Robertson was a famous American painter. It is often said that Anna first ____1____ painting when she was nearly 80 years old. In fact，when she was a little girl，she drew ____2____ she had a chance.
Long before she became known，Anna lived a life full of ____3____. She always kept busy with farm chores，housework，and children，but she never really stopped pursuing（追求）art.
In Anna’s late age，she ____4____ some scenes in her mind before painting. She would close her eyes and recall a happy time from her early life. She would remember helping her father on the farm. She would see the people，the farm buildings，and the animals. She would ____5____ the blue mountains and the softly falling snow.
Anna’s friends and family members loved the paintings. She gave them away as gifts. A friend ____6____ several of the paintings in a local store. One day a stranger came into the store and bought every one of her paintings. He took her paintings to New York City and ____7____ them to some art collectors. One of these collectors，Dr Kallir，liked the paintings. He hung some of them in his gallery（画廊）. The newspaper did a story about the art show. The reporter called Anna “Grandma Moses”. From then on almost everyone called her that way. Grandma Moses kept on painting. Her paintings got better，and they got more ____8____.
In her lifetime，Grandma Moses created about 1，500 works of art. They were cheerful，warm and full of life，just like herself. Her paintings still ____9____ popular today.
“As I look back on my life，it’s like a good day’s work. It was done and I feel satisfied with it. I knew ____10____ is better than painting and made full use of what life offered. And life is what we make it，always has been，always will be，” she said.
1. A. gave up B. made up C. took up D. brought up
2. A. however B. whatever C. whoever D. whenever
3. A. challenges B. chances C. complaints D. mysteries
4. A. attracted B. expressed C. pictured D. finished
5. A. provide B. imagine C. consider D. accept
6. A. hung B. promised C. offered D. borrowed
7. A. lent B. showed C. shared D. joined
8. A. special B. possible C. cheerful D. popular
9. A. experience B. remain C. remind D. influence
10. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

答案： 1. C 【解析】根据下文可知，Anna是在将近80岁时才开始画画。take up意为“开始从事”，符合语境。give up意为“放弃”；make up意为“编造”；bring up意为“抚养；提出”。 2. D 3. A 4. C 【解析】根据后句“她会闭上眼睛，回忆起早年的幸福时光”可知，此处表示“在Anna的晚年，在作画前她会在脑海中想象一些场景”。picture意为“描绘；想象”，符合语境。 5. B 【解析】根据语境可知，Anna会想象（imagine）蓝色的大山和轻轻飘落的雪花。 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. B 【解析】此处表示“她的画至今仍很受欢迎”。空处应用remain来表示保持某种状态或特征，意为“仍然是”。 10. D