This past January, Lucy Liu reached a milestone in her art career(事业). The world-class actor, director and visual artist presented her work titled "Unhomed Belongings" in a museum exhibition for the first time.

Liu has been making art since she was a teenager and still sticks to a consistent studio practice alongside her work as an actress and director. She got her start while growing up in Queens in the 1980s, wandering New York City streets with a camera in hand. Her first artworks were photographs. After taking a class at New York Studio School, she turned to painting. "I felt like I wasn't able to express fully what I wanted with the photograph," Liu explained.

With painting, she discovered that her work didn’t have to be realistic or exacting, or meet certain expectations. "Everyone has a different format for how they want to show what they are thinking about, or what they are seeing to the audience," he said. "I just had to let go of the audience and just started thinking about what I wanted to see." Over time, Liu has also experimented with sculpture, silkscreen and textiles. She looks up to artists like Willem de Kooning, Agnes Martin and Robert Frank, but she feels that her lack of a traditional art-school background has helped her to naturally grow and experiment as an artist, which helps a lot to set her apart from other artists.

Much of Liu's work traces(追溯)back to her childhood. "Because we were an immigrant family and I am first-generation, I always had this imbalance of belonging," she explained. "I think at first it was the language barrier, not speaking English, but then it started becoming about how I look." Art, she explained, became a way to reflect on her younger self. "I think that art helps evaluate some of the psychology of yourself as a child, and to throw light upon some things you may never have understood," she said.

【小题1】What was the milestone for Lucy Liu?

A．Her first film as an actress.	B．Her work as a famous director.
C．The exhibition of her painting.	D．Her art works of photographs.

【小题2】Why does Liu prefer painting to photography?

A．She wants to study something new.	B．She wants to better express herself.
C．She wants to promote her acting career.	D．She doesn't want to photograph on the street.

【小题3】What does Liu think makes her different from other artists?

A．Her acting career.	B．Her identity as an immigrant.
C．Her experience in photography.	D．Her lack of serious art education.

【小题4】What can we know about Liu?

A．She is a pioneer in painting.	B．Art helps her understand the world.
C．She had a carefree childhood.	D．She had no difficulty acquiring English.