閱讀理解 閱讀下列短文,然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案(本大題共15分,每小題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(備受爭議的). 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.

 

1.A

2.A

3.C

【解析】

試題分析:卡倫·芬利1956出生在美國。她十四歲時(shí)開始對表演感興趣。1981年從表演藝術(shù)學(xué)校畢業(yè)后她開始在劇院表演。她在表演中給人們展示一些世界上的問題。1986年卡倫首次在紐約廚房表演“欲望的狀態(tài)”。這次表演備受爭議。她受到報(bào)紙強(qiáng)烈的批評,但是其他一些人想法不同并為她說話?▊愊M藗兡芏嗫紤]每天發(fā)生的悲傷的故事。她相信人們能理解她而且如果他們能更認(rèn)真地品讀她的表演會(huì)吸取更多的教訓(xùn)。

1. Kitchen”是表演的地方,可能是劇院,故選A。

2.

3.

考點(diǎn):人物傳記類閱讀。

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