After marriage, the world-famous man, who was a leading role in physics, decided to give up his wife ________ his career（事业）.

 After marriage, the world-famous man, who was a leading role in physics, decided to give up his wife ________ his career（事业）.

A．more than         B．rather than        C．instead           D．in place of

　　 “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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A．Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.

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

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

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

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

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

D．She 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?

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A．He was a cruel man.

B．He was a stubborn（固执的）man.

C．He knew nothing about art.

D．He knew little about his daughter．

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

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A．She was brave in going against old ideas．

B．She got tired of always obeying her father．

C．She hated playing at drawing and painting.

D．She 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?

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The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Amy, and Marmee, as the March girls called their mother.

The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults. Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always.

The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. “Your husband is very ill,” it said, “come at once.” The girl tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever（猩红热） when she was taking care of the sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together.

Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, and her family watched her with love and anxiety.

Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn’t live much longer to be with the family and in the spring time she died.

News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer and soon afterwards founded a school for boys.

And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to.

41. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their _______.

A. four daughters                 B. five daughters

C. son and four daughters     D. son and five daughters

42. Who was the most successful in career（事业） among the March girls?

A. Jo                    B. Beth                  C. Amy                 D. Meg

43. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. The march Family           B. The March Parents

C. The March Girls             D. The March Relatives

44. It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had ______.

A. both happiness and sadness     B. wealthy neighbors

C. more girls than boys               D. a lot of rich relatives

After marriage, the world-famous man, who was a leading role in physics, decided to give up his wife ________ his career（事业）.

1. A.
   more than
2. B.
   rather than
3. C.
   instead
4. D.
   in place of