练习12 短阅读
By far the most outstanding of American talented women sculptors during the twentieth century is Louise Nevelson, who in the eyes of many critics is the most original female artist alive today. One famous and influential critic, Hilton Kramer, said of her work, ―For myself, I think Ms. Nevelson succeeds where the painters often fail.‖
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10. The author quotes Hilton Kramer most probably in
order to illustrate which of the following?
(A) The realism of Nevelson‘s work
(B) The unique qualities of Nevelson‘s style
(C) The extent of critical approval of Nevelson‘s
work
(D) A distinction between sculpture and painting
(E) A reason for the prominence of women
sculptors since the 1950‘s
我猜好多同学可能都和我一样错选了B。36套的“官方”解读没说为什么B错,有几个解读分列如下:
1,错在style,因为原文没有提这个。
我的质疑是:看看HK的话“I think Ms. Nevelson succeeds where the painters often fail.”这不就是Style的一种么?
2,错在Unique,因为太绝对。
但是本段中有“who in the eyes of many critics is the most original female artist alive today.” Original就有“此前从未有过的”这层意思。
3,B的另一个好处在于,全段的核心思想是强调LN多么独特,然后引用了别人的话证明这一点。从这个全段主旨来看,也是应该为B。而C仅仅与前面一个信息点对应“One famous and influential critic, Hilton Kramer, said of her work”。而且只说HK是"famous and influential", 没有“the most”也没有”very“,从这个逻辑来说,如何推出C选项中的”the extent of critical approval“呢?
个人认为,作者讲HK有名有影响力就是要用HK代表评论家,这个正评价奠定了C的基调。
至于B选项,我是这样想的
HK说的话“succeeds where the painters often fail”如果仔细想想的话,其实并不说明LN在风格上独一无二。
既然说画家在这方面时常失败,那么时常失败就意味着时常有人尝试,并且还是有少数人取得了成功。所以讲LN在这上面的成功并不能说明她艺术风格的独创性,只能说给她的成功一个很高的评价。单凭借这句话是不能推出B的。
但是从段落整体的行文逻辑来看又怪怪的,因为作者抛出了original这个观点,接下来用一个具体的证据该证实这个观点了,所以后面应该是说LN如何original的。。。
除非这里original本来就不能当做style上的unique,而只是说LN的雕塑作品不依赖于其他已有的艺术作品,是原创,但并没到在艺术风格上开天辟地的层次。
或者说作者本来这里想说的就只是LN如何有天赋,original本身不是论证的重点- -0