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“I'm too old and it's too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my mind. I was   41   and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time.   42   my ambition to become a writer, I   43   my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going   44   the wrong goals?   
I was at a low point   45   the voice on the radio began   46   the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who   47  . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to   48   a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
At seventy-eight, her fingers became   49   awkward to hold a needle.   50   give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to   51  . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold   52   a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the   53   world—and the rest is   54  . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings,   55  her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
  56   I listened to the radio, my mood(心情)   57  . If Grandma Moses   58   begin a new career and succeed after eighty, there was still   59   for my life after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly   60  .   
It was published eight months later.

A.depressed B.disappointed C.encouraged D.inspired

A.In spite of B.In need of C.In hope of D.In favor of

A.believed B.convinced C.regretted D.doubted

A.by B.after C.against D.over

A.unless B.because C.when D.while

A.telling B.reminding C.saying D.translating

A.succeeded B.commented C.survived D.entertained

A.notice B.offer C.direct D.provide

A.so B.too C.such D.that

A.Other than B.More than C.Rather than D.Less than

A.paint B.write C.think D.change

A.off B.at C.by D.for

A.artificial B.art C.advanced D.major

A.story B.fortune C.history D.fact

A.but B.and C.so D.therefore

A.With B.Until C.As D.Unless

A.changed B.cheered C.failed D.amused

A.should B.must C.might D.could

A.association B.consideration C.freedom D.hope

A.finished B.abandoned C.published D.misunderstood

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