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根据材料，回答问题。C
“I would almost rather see you dead．”Bobert s．Cassatt，a leading banker of Philadelphia， shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become all artist.In the l9th centur)r，playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady，but serious work in an was not．And when the young lady’s family racked among the best of Philadelphia’s so cial 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 before her father’s anger，she opposed him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thoughts of a thousand 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．
How did Mr Cassatt react when his daughter made her announcement? A．He feared for her life．
B．He was very angry.
C．He nearly killed her．
D．He warned her.
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