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The most famous painter in Victoria’s history is Emily Carr. When she was a

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问题     The most famous painter in Victoria’s history is Emily Carr. When she was a child, she discovered that walking in the woods【C1】______more to her than playing with other children, and that she was more interested in【C2】______the streets of old Victoria than playing at home with【C3】______and spending her time making up.
    Emily was a cute little girl who spent【C4】______of her childhood in Beacon Hill Park, 【C5】______was very close to her home. Drawing【C6】______her, and she also liked to play with the pets. She had ducks and chickens, and even【C7】______a monkey. She was【C8】______interested in the First Nations people and the Chinese people she saw in Victoria’s Chinatown. Their culture and way of dressing seemed so【C9】______from her own.
    As she became a young, strong and【C10】______woman, Emily began to go on long trips into the forests to【C11】______and draw what she saw. She loved the free and simple【C12】______of the First Nations people. In the summer of 1895 she went on【C13】______with two other women to 【C14】______the wilderness along the Cowichan River that runs through Duncan, 【C15】______north of Victoria.
    She knew more about their lifestyle and the forests of B. C. than【C16】______other European woman. When you look at her paintings, you can sense the【C17】______of these dark, mysterious forests. Her paintings are now very famous and, 【C18】______the dark colors may not be attractive to some people, they【C19】______the beauty and mystery of the deep woods and the skill of a great artist. Emily was a very brave and independent woman. She walked through the woods alone, even though she knew that bears and wolves might be her only【C20】______.  [br] 【C13】
选项 A、an adventure
B、an exploitation
C、a tour
D、an expedition
答案 D
解析 A项adventure“冒险”，强调危险性很大；B项exploitation“开发”；C项tour“(一般意义上的)旅行”；D项expedition“远征，探险”，带有一定的目的性。从文章可知，埃米莉与同伴出行是寻找旷野，因此D正确。
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