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　　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.

　　Karent The Constant State of Desire was first performed 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(zhēng)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.

　　10.According to the reading, what might "The Kitchen"be?

　　A.A theater.   B.A restaurant.   C.A newspaper.    D.A performance.

　　11.According to the reading, 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.

　　12.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.

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