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 embroidery 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 dealer 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 portrayals 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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