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   “I would almost rather see you dead,”Robert S. Cassatt. a leading hanker(银行家)Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old oldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady's family ranked among(跻身于)the best of philadelphia's social(社交界)families, such an idea could not even be considered.

  That was how Mary Cassatt, born 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not tremble(发抖)before her father's anger. Instead, she opposed(抗拒)him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position(社会地位)and all thought of a husband and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance(坚持),she became America's most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.

(1) What in fact was Mr Cassatt's main reason in opposing his daughter's wish?

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ADrawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.

BHe did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.

CHe believed an artist's life would be too hard for his daughter.

DLadies of good families simply did not become artists in those times.

(2) What do we know about Mary Cassatt's marriage(婚姻)?

[  ]

AHer marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family.

BShe never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.

CAfter marriage she didn't give up her husband rather than her career(事业).

DShe did not marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below her was unthinkable.

(3) What do we know about Robert Cassatt's character from the text?

[  ]

AHe was a cruel man.

BHe was a stubborn(固执的)man.

CHe knew nothing about art.

DHe knew little about his daughter

(4) What do we know Mary Cassatt's character?

[  ]

AShe was brave in going against old ideas

BShe got tired of always obeying her father

CShe hated playing at drawing and painting.

DShe did not mind being poor at all.

(5) As we can learn from the text, which of the following was generally considered the most important in the life of a woman in the U.S. in Mary Cassatt's times?

[  ]

           
  

AMoney.

  
  

BCareer.

  
  

CMarriage.

  
  

DCourage.

  
答案:D;B;D;A;C
解析:

(1) 由于高高在上的家庭地位和当时的社会环境决定了“女士做画家”的这种观点是不可取的,由第一段最后一句也能推出此答案。

(2) 这是一道细节题,由第二段“Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thought of a husband and a family”得出。

(3) Robert Cassatt先生反对女儿做艺术家,又到Mary对自己的艺术执著追求,可以看出Cassatt先生并不怎么了解自己的女儿。

(4) 从玛丽叛逆的个性,我们可以看出她勇于同旧思想做斗争。

(5) 由第二段中间部分可看出放弃结婚、家庭对当时妇女来说是难以想像的。


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