8.The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, and their chronology is only now beginning to take shape in the critical literature. A recent dating of a Brandon self-portrait to 1930 is surely wrong. Brandon was 63 years old in 1930, yet the painting shows a young, dark-haired man-obviously Brandon, but clearly not a man of 63.
Which of the following, if justifiably assumed, allows the conclusion to be properly drawn?
(A) There is no securely dated self-portrait of Brandon that he painted when he was significantly younger than 63.
(B) In refraining from dating his works, Brandon intended to steer critical discussion of them away from considerations of chronology.
(C) Until recently, there was very little critical literature on the works of Brandon.
(D) Brandon at age 63 would not have portrayed himself in a painting as he had looked when he was a young man.
(E) Brandon painted several self-portraits that showed him as a man past the age of 60.
答案:D
我选B。我的理解是,文章的conclusion是“A recent dating of a Brandon self-portrait to 1930 is surely wrong”,其论据为Bra在1930年时候是63岁,而画中的人物明显是年轻时候的Bra,所以不可能是1930年创作的。但是D说的是Bra在63岁的时候画的人物与他年轻时候的长相是不一样的,那么这个画中的年轻人就不是他自己,而可能是其他人。也就是说仅仅能推出这不是自画像。怎么能加强了”自画像不是1930年创作的“这个观点呢?
B选项说的是Bra刻意忽略一种年代学的意识,这不是加强了conclusion吗?