In 1867, Caroline Shawk Brooks and her husband, Samuel, had a farm in Arkansas. Life on the farm was not easy. From sunrise to sunset, Caroline and Samuel milked cows, gardened, and picked cotton. This left Caroline no time for her dream of becoming an artist.

Time was not the only problem. Money was a worry too. The cotton crops were failing. What could Caroline and Samuel do?

Caroline decided to make butter from their cows’ milk and sell it at the market. But other farms also made and sold butter. How would Caroline set her butter apart from the rest? This is where Caroline’s artistic talent came in. To draw attention to her butter, she began making small butter sculptures (雕塑). She used many different tools, such as broom straws, and tree sticks. She also put the butter in a small tin plate, which sat in a larger tin plate filled with ice to stop the butter sculpture out of shape.

Caroline’s butter sculptures were a huge success. Before long, she was showing them at markets and exhibitions. One of her largest butter sculptures was a life-size statue called A Study in Butter. It was transported all the way to Paris for the 1878 world’s fair.

Caroline also made sculptures using marble (大理石). She finally opened a studio in New York City where she created many marble sculptures, some of which were shown at the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago.

But Caroline never stopped making butter art. She considered butter an excellent material to work with. At the 1893 market, she also displayed her butter techniques with a sculpture of Christopher Columbus.

Caroline Shawk Brooks died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1913. She is remembered as the first known American butter sculptor (雕刻家).

【小题1】According to paragraph3, why did Caroline make butter sculptures?

A．To realize her dream.	B．To make her butter better known.
C．To make her farm famous.	D．To show her sculptures at the market.

【小题2】What do we know about Caroline and her sculptures?

A．Caroline made her art works all by machine.

B．The sculptures were all made from cow’s milk.

C．Ice was used to keep the butter sculptures in shape.

D．Caroline stopped making sculptures after being world-famous.

【小题3】Which words best describe Caroline?

A．Hardworking and curious.	B．Responsible and competitive
C．Talented and successful.	D．Confident and caring.

【小题4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Farming Pioneer.	B．A Great woman.
C．The Butter Sculptures.	D．The Butter Artist.