“I'm too old and it's too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my mind. I was 41 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. 42 my ambition to become a writer, I 43 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going 44 the wrong goals? I was at a low point 45 the voice on the radio began 46 the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 47 . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 48 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth. At seventy-eight, her fingers became 49 awkward to hold a needle. 50 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 51 . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 52 a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 53 world—and the rest is 54 . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 55 her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year! 56 I listened to the radio, my mood(心情) 57 . If Grandma Moses 58 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, there was still 59 for my life after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 60 . It was published eight months later. 小题1: A．depressed B．disappointed C．encouraged D．inspired 小题2: A．In spite of B．In need of C．In hope of D．In favor of 小题3: A．believed B．convinced C．regretted D．doubted 小题4: A．by B．after C．against D．over 小题5: A．unless B．because C．when D．while 小题6: A．telling B．reminding C．saying D．translating 小题7: A．succeeded B．commented C．survived D．entertained 小题8: A．notice B．offer C．direct D．provide 小题9: A．so B．too C．such D．that 小题10: A．Other than B．More than C．Rather than D．Less than 小题11: A．paint B．write C．think D．change 小题12: A．off B．at C．by D．for 小题13: A．artificial B．art C．advanced D．major 小题14: A．story B．fortune C．history D．fact 小题15: A．but B．and C．so D．therefore 小题16: A．With B．Until C．As D．Unless 小题17: A．changed B．cheered C．failed D．amused 小题18: A．should B．must C．might D．could 小题19: A．association B．consideration C．freedom D．hope 小题20: A．finished B．abandoned C．published D．misunderstood