EXERCISE 3

  Grandma Moses is among the most celebreted twentieth-century painters of the United States,yet she __1_ painting before she was in her late seventies.As she once spoken __2_ herself:" I would never sit back in a rocking chair,__3_ for some to help me."No one could have a __4_ old age.

  She was born Anna Mary Robertson _5__ a farm in New York State,one of five boys and girls.("We came in bunches,_6__ radishes.")  At twelve she left home and was __7_ domestic service until ,at twnety-seven,she _8__ Thomas Moses,one of the hired hands of her employers.They farms most of their _9__,first in Virginia and then in New York State,_10__ Eagle Bridge.She had ten children,of _11__ five survived; her husband died in 1927.

   Grandma Moses _12__ a little as a child and made embroidery¹ pictures as a _13__, but only switched to oil in old age because her hands become too stiff __14_, and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time.Her _15__ were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon _16__ by a dealer² who bought everything _17__ she painted.Three of the pictures were exhibition in the museum of Modern Art,and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York .__18_ the 1930s and her death she produced some 2000 pictures;detailed and lively portrayals³ of the _19__ life she had known for so long ,with a marvellous _20__ of color and form." I think real hard till think of something real pretty,and then I pain it."she said. 

1)    A  barely startedt                B  was barely strated     

       C  had barely started             D  barely start

2)    A  about         B of          C on           D over

3)    A  waiting       B to waiting    C and writing    D am writing

4)    A  very productive               B productive     

       C  most productive               D more productive

5)    A  in            B at          C on            D about

6)    A  unlike        B like         C likely         D unlikely

7)    A  for           B in          C at            D under

8)    A  married with   B married to   C marry         D married

9)    A  life          B live         C lives          D lifes

10)   A  in           B at          C under          D on

11)   A  whom        B which      C that            D who

12)   A  worked       B read       C studied          D painted

13)   A  job          B fun        C hobby           D interest

14)   A  sewing       B to sew      C to sewing        D to be sewing

15)   A  books        B pictures     C arts             D clothes

16)   A  spotted       B recognized   C damaged        D featured

17)   A  which       B who          C whom       D that

18)   A  for         B in            C during       D between

19)   A  urban       B town          C rural        D suburban

20)   A feeling       B sense         C consciousness  D feature

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