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"I'm too old and it's too late," which played over and over in my mind. I was  1  and exhausted
after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time.  2  my ambition to become a writer,
I  3 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going  4  the wrong goals?
I was at a low point  5  the voice on the radio began  6  the story of Grandma Moses. Ann
Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who  7  .
Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to  8   a bit of beauty for herself by
embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
At seventy-eight, her fingers became  9  awkward to hold a needle.  10  give in to aging, she
went out to an empty room and began to  11  . For the first two years, these paintings were either
given away or sold  12  a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was "discovered" by the
  13  world---and the rest is  14  . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings,
  15  her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her
one-hundredth year!
   16I listened to the radio, my  17  changed. If Grandma Moses  18  begin a new career
and succeed after eighty, my life still had  19  after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to
my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly  20 .
It was published eight months later.
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(     )2. A. Despite
(     )3. A. believed
(     )4. A. by
(     )5. A. unless
(     )6. A. telling
(     )7. A. succeeded
(     )8. A. notice
(     )9. A. so
(     )10. A. Other than
(     )11. A. paint
(     )12. A. off
(     )13. A. literature
(     )14. A. story
(     )15. A. but
(     )16. A. Until
(     )17. A. mood
(     )18. A. should
(     )19. A. ability
(     )20. A. finished

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