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阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。
"I would almost rather see you dead." Robert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest 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 the best of Philadelphia's social families, such an idea could not even be considered.
That was how Mary Cassatt, born in 1844, began her straggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her father's anger. Instead; she opposed him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position 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, she became America's most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.
单选题 How did Mr. Cassatt react when his daughter made her announcement?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从文中第一段可以知道，当Mr. Cassatt听说他女儿想成为一位艺术家的时候，气得恨不得杀了她，这只是在一种很生气的状态下比较极端的说法。
单选题 What made Mary Cassatt's "struggle" to become a recognized artist especially hard?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 因为是在19世纪，一位女性想成为一名艺术家是很难被人理解的，性别差异是最大的障碍。
单选题 What do you know about Mary Cassatt's marriage? [A] Her marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family. [B] She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother. [C] After marriage she decided to give up her husband rather than her career.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第三段可以知道，她为了成为一名出色的艺术家，根本不想做妻子和母亲。
单选题 What do we know about Robert Cassatt's character from the passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 文章最后Mr. Cassatt终于改变了他的看法，说明他并不凶残，也不固执，只是不太了解他的女儿。
单选题 According to the text, which was most important for a U.S. woman in Mary Cassatt's time?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从文中可以知道，在当时那个社会，对女性来说，结婚是最重要的。