完形填空。 'I'm too old and it's too late,' which played over and over in my mind. I was 1 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. 2 my ambition to become a writer, I 3 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going 4 the wrong goals? I was at a low point 5 the voice on the radio began 6 the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 7 . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 8 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth. At seventy-eight, her fingers became 9 awkward to hold a needle. 10 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 11 . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 12 a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was 'discovered' by the 13 world---and the rest is 14 . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 15 her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year! 16 I listened to the radio, my 17 changed. If Grandma Moses 18 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 19 after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 20 . It was published eight months later. (     )1. A. encourage (     )2. A. Despite (     )3. A. believed (     )4. A. by (     )5. A. unless (     )6. A. telling (     )7. A. succeeded (     )8. A. notice (     )9. A. so (     )10. A. Other than (     )11. A. paint (     )12. A. off (     )13. A. literature (     )14. A. story (     )15. A. but (     )16. A. Until (     )17. A. mood (     )18. A. should (     )19. A. ability (     )20. A. finished B. discouraged B. Except B. expected B. after B. because B. reminding B. left B. offer B. too B. As well as B. write B. at B. art B. fortune B. and B. Thus B. heart B. must B. hope B. abandoned C. thrilled C. For C. proved C. against C. when C. saying C. survived C. give C. such C. Rather than C. think C. by C. education C. history C. so C. As C. interest C. might C. freedom C. published D. inspired D. With D. doubted D. over D. while D. playing D. grew D. provide D. that D. Instead of D. change D. for D. entertainment D. fact D. therefore D. Then D. spirit D. could D. dream D. sold