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1、B6Unit1单元检测卷第一部分，阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AGrandmaMosesisamongthemostfamoustwentieth-centurypaintersoftheUnitedStates,yetshedidnotstartpaintinguntilshewasinherlateseventies・Assheoncesaidofherself："I
2、wouldneversitbackinarockingchair,waitingforsomeonetohelpme?9Noonecouldhavehadamoreproductiveoldage・ShewasbornAnnaMaryRobertsononafanninNewYorkState,oneoffiveboysandfivegirls.Attwelveshelefthomeandwasindomestic（家庭H勺）serviceuntil,attwenty—seven,shemarried
3、ThomasMoses,thehiredhandofoneofheremployers.Theyfarmedmostoftheirlives,firstinVirginiaandtheninNewYorkState,atEagleBridge.Shehadtenchildren,ofwhomfivesurvived;herhusbanddiedin1927・GrandmaMosespaintedalittleasachildandmadeembroidery（朿U绣）picturesasahobby,
4、butonlychangedtooilsinoldagebecauseherhandshadbecometoostiff（硬的）tosewandshewantedtokeepbusyandpassthetime.Herpictureswerefirstsoldatthelocaldrugstore（杂货店）andatamarketandweresoonnoticedbyabusinessmanwhoboughteverythingshepainted・Threeofthepicturesexhibit
5、edintheMuseumofModernArt,andin1940shehadherfirstexhibitioninNewYork.Betweenthe1930'sandherdeathsheproducedsome2,000pictures：detailedandlivelyportrayals（描绘）ofthecountrylifeshehadknownforsolong,withawonderfulsenseofcolorandform.44IthinkreallyhardtillIthin
6、kofsomethingreallypretty,andthenIpaintit.”shesaid.1.Accordingtothepassage,GrandmaMosesbegantopaintbecauseshewantedto.A.makeherselfbeautifulB・keepactiveC.earnmoremoneyD.becomefamous2.FromGrandmaMoses，descriptionofherselfinthefirstparagraph,itcanbeinfeiTe
7、dthatshewas.A.independentB.prettyC・richD・nervous3.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?A.GrandmaMoses:HerLifeandPicturesB.TheChildrenofGrandmaMosesC.GrandmaMoses:HerBestExhibitionD・GrandmaMosesandOtherOlderArtistsBWhenIlivedinSpain,someSp
8、anishfriendsofminedecidedtovisitEnglandbyca匚Beforetheyleft,theyaskedmeforadviceabouthowtofindaccommodation（住所）.Isuggestedthattheyshouldstayat'bedandbreakfast'houses,becausethiskindofaccommodationgivesaforeignvisitoragoodchaneetos
