阅读下列短文从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
GrandmaMosesisamongthemostfamoustwentieth-centurypaintersoftheUnitedStatesyetshehadonlyjustbegunpaintinginherlateseventies.Assheoncesaidofherself:"Iwouldneversitbackinarocking-chairwaitingforsomeonetohelpme."
ShewasbornonafarminNewYorkState.Attwelveshelefthomeandwasinaserviceuntilattwenty-sevenshemarriedThomaMosesthetenantofhers.Theyfarmedmostoftheirlives.Shehadtenchildrenofwhomfivesurvived(幸存);herhusbanddiedin1927.
GrandmaMosespaintedalittleasachildandmadeembroidery(刺绣的)picturesasahobbybutonlychangedtooilsinoldagebecauseherhandshadbecometoostifftosewandshewantedtokeepbusyandpassthetime.Herpictureswerefirstsoldatanexhibitionandweresoonnoticedbyabusinessmanwhoboughteverythingshepainted.ThreeofthepictureswereshownintheMuseumofModernArtandin1940shehadherfirstexhibitioninNewYork.Betweenthe1930'sandherdeathsheproducedsome2.000pictures:carefulandlivelypicturesofthecountrylifeshehadknownwithawonderfulsenseofcolorandform.
(1) Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
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A. Grandma Moses
B. The Children of Grandma Moses
C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Pictures
D. Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition
(2)From Grandma Moses's words of herself in the first paragraph it can be inferred that she was ________.
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A. independent (独立的)B. prettyC. richD. alone
(3)According to the passage Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _______.
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A. make her home beautifulB. keep active
C. improve her salaryD. gain an international fame
(4)Grandma Moses spent most of her life ____.
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A. nursing B. painting
C. farming D. embroidering
(5)From the passagewe may conclude that Grandma Moses is a _____.
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A. mother of many children B. hardworking woman
C. serious artist D. successful painter
