第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Mongo American artists, or artists of the 20th century, Grandma Moses surely ranks among the most famous and recognized．

Grandma Moses probably owes most of her legendary status to the fact that her art

was exactly the opposite of what most critics considered fine art．She as cliff refit-she just didn't fit in with everyone else, But, that's also what makes her art so unique and appealing．

     Born in Greenwich, New York, in 1860, Anna Mary Robertson and her husband, Thomas Salmon Moses, raised their family on a dairy farm in Virginia．The eventually set- tiled in Eagle Bridge, New York, at the dawn of the 20th century．   37  Due to arthritis（美節(jié)炎）, at the age of 76, her embroidered （刺繡的） pictures became too difficult to complete, so she switched to the medium of paint． She continued in this method for the rest of her 101 years．

Local exhibits of her work soon gained popular appeal．   38   ankle comfortable, homey themes attracted the public, from art detailers who had never before purchased a painting from an exhibition．39   In McDonnell Farm Her self - taught style to the average citizen（1943）, for example, a group of children are dancing at the right, while all the other figures are busy with farm tasks．Despite the fact that Anna Moses was painting throughout the Great Depression and the period of World War II,  her art remained full of life and hopefulness．  40_ A．In 1930, just three years after the death of' her husband, Anna Moses began creating me-broidered pictures．

B．To what does she owe this great fame?

C．Her favorite sulk objects were drawn from the world around her-prosperous farms and villages．

D．She never sold a painting till she was 80．

．E．There is no unhappiness or aging :in her paintings．

．F．By 1940 she was exhibiting her art in New York City．

．G．They celebrated her loath birthday in 1960．

第三部分完形填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

All of us live in an increasingly connected world． I believe East and West will coexist   41    when each admits it needs to learn from the other．   42    side is better．We're all each other's   43   and e．a(chǎn)ch other's students．Music is just one example of this．

Sales of pianos are falling in the United States for the time being, but they are _ 44   quickly in China．The human need for music is about a（ n）   45    for immortality （不朽）． 46   there is one person left on the earth, there will be   47  ．

     Over the years I have   48   that being number one is not the only _ 49   a person should have There is no    50    that I am extremely proud of all I have    51     through my hard work．The only thing that always   52   me to overcome the difficulties was my   53   for music and my love for playing the piano．   54   music is like breathing for me．I cannot   55   the meaning of my life without music．

As I look heal I know that ray goals    56    he of music-the joy of making or listening to it． I have foundation will ping     57   young people discover the power．a(chǎn) foundation （墓金會(huì)）．  58  _ education for musical training people from all over the world．My provide s．scholarships for _ 59 over the key 'board, I hope that the music I play As my own fingers   60   opens up

doors and minds．This is as important to me as being number one．

41．A．fast  B．well  C．badly  D．briefly

42．A．Any of  B．N．o one  C．Every  D．Each

43．A．friends  B．brothers  C．teachers  D．relatives

44．A．rising  B．reducing  C．opening  D．keeping

45．A．try  B．order  C．habit  D．desire

46．A．As long as  B．As soon as  C．As for  D．As though

47．A．love  B．hope C．music  D．dream

48．A．doubted  B．learned  C．imagined  D．informed

49．A．lest.  B．hobby  C．decision  D．goal

50．A．denying  B．telling  C．saying  D．talking

51．A．saved  B．a(chǎn)chieved  C．devoted  D．expected

52．A．forbade  B．forgave  C．helped  D．a(chǎn)sked

53．A．celebration  B．choice  C．pity  D．passion

54．A．Selecting  B．Reading  C．Making  D．Changing

55．A．understand B．predict  C．conclude D．create

56．A．a(chǎn)nnoy  B．imagine  C．pretence  D．include

57．A．set off  B．set down  C．set out  D．set up

58．A．support  B．identify  C．demand  D．stress

59．A．curious  B．young  C．disabled  D．poor

60．A．swim B．hold C．fly D．stop
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