“I'm too old and it's too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my min

“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 bee 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 pleted 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 puter to work on the novel I'd nearly   60 .   
It was published eight months later.
【小题1】A．depressedB．disappointedC．encouragedD．inspired【小题2】A．In spite ofB．In need ofC．In hope ofD．In favor of【小题3】A．believedB．convinced C．regrettedD．doubted【小题4】A．by B．after C．againstD．over【小题5】A．unlessB．becauseC．whenD．while【小题6】A．telling B．reminding C．saying D．translating【小题7】A．succeededB．mentedC．survivedD．entertained【小题8】A．noticeB．offerC．directD．provide【小题9】A．soB．too C．suchD．that【小题10】A．Other thanB．More thanC．Rather thanD．Less than【小题11】A．paintB．write C．thinkD．change【小题12】A．offB．at C．by D．for【小题13】A．artificialB．art C．advanced D．major【小题14】A．storyB．fortuneC．history D．fact【小题15】A．butB．and C．so D．therefore【小题16】A．WithB．Until C．As D．Unless【小题17】A．changedB．cheeredC．failedD．amused【小题18】A．shouldB．must C．might D．could【小题19】A．associationB．consideration C．freedom D．hope【小题20】A．finishedB．abandoned C．published D．misunderstoodA