Question

20．Mary Cassette is one of the first great female American painters．She followed her dreams and became an artist．She was born on May 22，1844，and lived in Europe for several years as a child．
Her family returned to the United States and at the age of 16，Mary attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts．Four years later she decided she couldn't learn any more in Philadelphia，so her parents sent her back to Europe．There she studied the techniques of the masters in Rome，Seville，Antwerp，and Paris．
Mary received the chance of a lifetime in 1877 when the famous French painter，Edgar Degas，asked her to join a group of painters that included now-famous artists like Monet and Renoir．Their style of painting is called Impressionism．They used primary colors and short brush strokes （筆畫） in their works．They recognized Mary's powerful talent and invited her to exhibit in the Impressionist art shows．
Mary painted what she saw：gardens，and portraits，especially of mothers and children in everyday life．One of her paintings，"Young Mother and Two Children"，was donated （捐贈(zèng)） to the White House in 1954 where it hangs today．
Mary never married and，in 1877，her parents and sister moved to Europe to join her．Mary devoted much of her time to them for the next 18 years．Mary painted until 1914 when her failing eyesight made it impossible to continue．She died in 1926 at the age of 82．
51．We know from the passage that Mary CassetteB．
A．didn't like painting in her childhood
B．painted things she saw in everyday life
C．learned from a lot of famous artists in the US
D．led a poor life throughout her life
52．Mary Cassette went back to Europe when she was 20 becauseC．
A．she didn't like America
B．American people didn't like her works
C．she wanted to learn more about art
D．she didn't like the teachers in her university
53．Mary Cassette stopped painting becauseC．
A．she lost interest in painting
B．she took a new interest in writing
C．her eyesight became too poor to continue
D．her parents encouraged her to travel abroad
54．What style of paintings influenced Mary Cassette most？B
A．Realism                          
B．Impressionism   
C．Abstract                                             
D．Expressionism．

Answer 1

分析 記敘文Mary Cassette是美國(guó)一位偉大的女畫家，她始終追隨她的夢(mèng)想最終成為一名偉大的藝術(shù)家．

解答 BCCB
51．B  此題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解，根據(jù)第四段Mary painted what she saw：gardens，and portraits，especially of mothers and children in everyday life．可知，她所畫的都是在日常生活中所見的．故答案為B．
52．C  推理判斷題：由第二段中Four years later she decided she couldn't learn anything fresh and practical in Philadelphia，so her parents let her return to Europe．可知，她在費(fèi)城已經(jīng)學(xué)不到新的東西，也就是她的學(xué)習(xí)欲望得不到滿足．故C項(xiàng)為正確答案
53．C  此題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解，根據(jù)最后一段Mary painted until 1914 when her failing eyesight made it impossible to continue．可知，她最終停止畫畫的原因是她的視力衰退．故答案為C．
 54．B  此題考查邏輯推理，根據(jù)第三段可判斷出印象派的繪畫對(duì)她影響深遠(yuǎn)．故答案為B．

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