Question

阅读理解 阅读下列短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案（本大题共15分，每小题1.5分）

Karen Finley was born in the U.S. in 1956. When she was only fourteen, she became interested in performing. She graduated from a performing arts school in 1981 and then began to perform in theaters. In her performances, she showed people some of the problems in the world.

Karen’s The Constant State of Desire was first performed at The Kitchen in New York City in 1986. In this performance she wanted people to notice some of the difficult experienced women have because of men. It soon because controversial(备受争议的). Many people did not feel comfortable with the performance. They thought that Karen hated men to much and was out of control. She was strongly criticized by the newspapers. But some other people thought differently and spoke for her. They said that they felt the experiences Karen showed in this performance were true to life.

Karen hoped that people would think about the sad stories that happen every day. She believed people would understand her and learn some lessons if they could “read”her performances more carefully.

1.According to the reading, what might “The Kitchen”be_____________?

A. a theatre. B. a restaurant.

C. a newspaper. D. a performance.

2.Why would The Constant State of Desire be controversial?

A. It seriously criticized men.

B. Karen was not well prepared.

C. The women who performed with Karen were our of control.

D. Karen said something bad about newspapers during the performance.

3.What did Karen Finley want to do by performing?

A. To make more friends. B. To become a superstar.

C. To show people her ideas. D. To make money for poor women.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：卡伦·芬利1956出生在美国。她十四岁时开始对表演感兴趣。1981年从表演艺术学校毕业后她开始在剧院表演。她在表演中给人们展示一些世界上的问题。1986年卡伦首次在纽约厨房表演“欲望的状态”。这次表演备受争议。她受到报纸强烈的批评，但是其他一些人想法不同并为她说话。卡伦希望人们能多考虑每天发生的悲伤的故事。她相信人们能理解她而且如果他们能更认真地品读她的表演会吸取更多的教训。

1. Kitchen”是表演的地方，可能是剧院，故选A。

2.

3.

考点：人物传记类阅读。