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Most people will restand relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainlynot famous. But Grandma Moses is different. She started a new job at the age of70.

This is her story. Shewas born in a poor farmer's family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna MaryRobertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker.

In 1930, Anna MaryMoses was 70, and was a grandmother. She began to paint pictures. She drewpaintings of country life. One day, her daughter took her paintings to a storein town. Her paintings were put in the window. A man from New York saw them andbought them. And he wanted more!

The man liked GrandmaMoses's paintings. He wanted to help her. So he took her paintings to galleries(美术馆) in New York City. Otto Kallir had afamous gallery there. He liked the paintings. When it was 1940 and GrandmaMoses' paintings were in Kallir's gallery. She was 80 years old.

Grandma Moses suddenlybecame famous. Everyone wanted her paintings. So she painted more and more. Shewon many prizes for her paintings. She became famous in the United States andEurope.

When she was 100 yearsold, the State of New York made her birthday "Grandma Moses' Day". Afterher 100th birthday, she painted 6 more paintings. She died at the age of 101and a lot of people think she is amazing.

1. （1） How was Grandma Moses different from most other old people?

   A . She had more grandchildren. B . She had her own art gallery. C . She lived an easy life. D . She started a new job.
3. （2） Grandma Moses started to paint pictures _______________.

   A . when her daughter asked her to do that B . when she got married C . at the age of 70 D . in the year 1940
5. （3） Grandma Moses' paintings were first bought by ______________.

   A . a man from New York B . her daughter C . Otto Kallir5s gallery D . the owner of a store in town
7. （4） The writer of the passage thinks that _________________.

   A . Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100 B . people like her paintings but do not like her C . it is never too late to start a new job D . many people like paintings by old people better
9. （5） What would be the best title for the passage?

   A . Grandma Moses and New York state B . Grandma Moses and her paintings C . Grandma Moses' family D . Grandma Moses' days