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Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive age.

　　She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls.(“We came in bunches, like radishes.”) At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930's and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.”she said.

      31.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　A) Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch

　　B) The Children of Grandma Moses

　　C) Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition

　　D) Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists

　　32.According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to ____.

　　A) decorate her home

　　B) keep active

　　C) improve her salary

　　D) gain an international reputation

　　33.From Grandma Moses' description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ____.

　　A) independent B) pretty

　　C) wealthy D) timid

　　34.Grandma Moses spent most of her life ____.

　　A) nursing B) painting

　　C) embroidering D) farming

　　35.In line 14, the word “spotted” could best be replaced by ____.

　　A) speckled B) featured

　　C) noticed D) damaged

【参考答案】

短文大意：本文主要描述了 Grandma Moses的简略自传和她的艺术生涯。她一生劳作，同时又把画画作为自己的第二生命，其目的是为了使自己保持活力，培养情趣，促进健康。她这种锲而不舍的精神带来了意想不到的艺术效果。

　　31. 答 案A。【参考译文】本文的最佳标题是什么 ?【试题分析】本题考察学生对整篇文章的综合概括能力。【详细解答】整篇文章都是关于 Grandma Moses简略的自传和她的艺术生涯，故应选 A项作本篇文章的标题。

　　32. 答 案B。【参考译文】根据短文所述， Grandma Moses开始学画画是因为她想保持活力。【试题分析】本题为一般推理题，需要从字里行间找答 案。【详细解答】在这篇文章的第一段中，曾经引用她的一句话：“ I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.”所以她画画的目的是为让自己多活动，而非其它原因。

　　33. 答 案A。【参考译文】从第一段 Grandma Moses的自述中可以推断出她具有独立性。【试题分析】本题为判断分析题，需要根据关键词语进行推断。【详细解答】在第一段中的那句话，可以看出来，她有 very strong sense of independence.故选A)。

　　34. 答 案D。【参考译文】 Grandma Moses把大部分时间花在耕作上。【试题分析】本题为一般理解题，只要仔细阅读，很容易从字里行间找到答 案。【详细解答】在第二段中间一句话“… They farmed almost of their lives…”，可以看出她一生中大部分时间用于farming。

　　35. 答 案C。【参考译文】文章第十七行中的单词“ spotted”的最佳替代词是什么?【试题分析】此题为语义测试题。【详细解答】根据上下文可以看出她的作品被那个商人发现并注意到她的艺术价值，故选 C)。

好了，以上是小编整理的英语六级真题的阅读理解部分（不含听力与作文）。在做阅读理解时，要注意揣测出题人的意图，同时注意原文词句和选项词句的同意转换。阅读是可以通过多做题和多总结来提高的，一起加油吧。

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