行为艺术家卡伦·芬利
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 first show was performed in New York City in 1986. In this performance she wanted people to notice some of the difficulties women have experienced because of men. It soon became controversial(有争议的). Many people did not feel comfortable with the performance. They thought that Karen hated men too 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.How old was Karen Finley when she began to perform in theaters?
A 20.
B 24.
C 25.
D 27.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一、二句可知凯伦·芬利1956年出生，1981年毕业于一所艺术学校并开始在剧院里表演，即开始表演时她只有25岁，故选C。
2.What was Karen’s first performance about?
A Men’s difficulties.
B Men’s hate to women.
C Women’s difficulties.
D Women’s hate to men.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第二段的...she wanted people to notice some of the difficulties women have experienced because of men可知，凯伦的第一场演出是想让人们注意到一些女人因为男人而经历的困难，即C项，故选C。
3.Why would the performance be controversial?
A Karen seriously criticized men in the performance.
B Karen was not well prepared for the performance.
C Karen was crazy and out of control in the performance.
D Karen said something bad in the performance.
解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据第二段第四、五句可知人们对于她的这场表演感到很不舒服，认为她恨透了男人并且已经到了失控的地步，由此推断应该是她在表演中批判了男性，所以引起了争议，故选A。
4.What did Karen Finley want to do by performing?
A To become famous.
B To make more friends.
C To show people her ideas.
D To make money for poor people.
解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第三段可知她是想通过她的表演向人们表达她的想法，故选C。
5.Where can you probably read the passage?
A In a leaflet.
B In a magazine.
C In an advertisement.
D In a science fiction.
解析：选B。B 文章出处题。根据全文内容可知，文章最有可能出现在一本杂志上，故选B。