mArgArEt mEE:EnglishExplorEr AnD pAintEr oFAmAzon FlorA
Born inChEshAm,EnglAnD, in mAy 1909
stuDiED At st mArtins sChool oFArt AnD lAtEr At thECAmBEr wEll sChool oFArt.
wEnt toBrAzil with hEr husBAnD grEvillE, A CommErCiAl Artist, in 1952.
mADE hEr First ExpEDition to thEAmAzon in 1956 At thE AgE oF 47.
mADE 15 FurthEr ExpEDitions to thEAmAzon. thE lAst ExpEDition took plACE in mAy 1988.
shE nEvEr pAintED or DrEw From photogrAphs. shE pAintED whAt shE sAw.
shE puBlishED two Books oF hEr pAintings in 1968 AnD 1980.
shE AChiEvED An AmBition oF 36 yEArs to pAint thE night-FlowingAmAzon moonFlowEr only in 1988.
hEr DiAriEs, in sEArCh oF thE FlowErs oF thEAmAzon ForEst, wErE puBlishED in 1988.
A、BotAnist who knEw hEr wEll DEsCriBED hEr As Follows: "mAny pEoplE hAvE trAvElEDAmAzoniAn wAtErs, mAny pEoplE hAvE pAintEDAmAzoniAn plAnts, But mArgArEt mEE outrAnks thosE othEr trAvElErs AnD Artists simply BECAusE shE, with hEr wAtErColors, wEnt, sAw, AnD ConquErED thE rEgion. shE hAs BEEn ABlE to Fill hEr suBjECts with thE rEAlity oF thEir EnvironmEnt.
thE night-FlowingAmAzon moonFlowEr wAs pAintED At thE AgE oF ______
A、47.
B．79
C、36.
D．68.