Magoosh 1道三空题 问题及解释

ptwanghuiUID: 3469103

For an artist of such circumscribed talent, Mario was given ____________ attention, many connoisseurs ____________ over works that warranted nothing more than a(n) ____________ glance.


第一个空和第三个空我选的"scant" and "derisive"，不明白，发邮件问magoosh, 以下是回复
For 在此处表转折，希望可以帮助更多Ｇ友

When we look at this part of the sentence "For an artist of such circumscribed talent, Mario was given ____________ attention," the use and placement of the word "for" indicates that there is a shift coming. Here's an example sentence that shows a bit more of the usage of "for" here:

He's very mature for a such a young child." The "for" phrase serves as a limit. The other phrase, then, is something surprising, because it is beyond that limit.
Here's another:

"For a non-native speaker, your pronunciation is incredible."

And in our text completion, it works very similarly.

"For a limited talent, he was given a lot of attention."

As you can see, if you changed the sentence to "For an artist with such great talent, Mario was given ____attention by the connoisseurs" you would pick "scant" for the blank. Because Mario had great talent, it is surprising that he is given "scant" or very little attention. But we have the opposite case here.

Now, for the last blank, "derisive" is a little bit too strong. "Derisive" means "expressing contempt or ridicule". The only clues that we have from the sentence indicate that his work is not worth spending much time on, not that they necessarily should be ridiculed. That's why "cursory" is a better fit than "derisive".

TracyHarryUID: 3497535

谢谢楼主分享！！！

123dswdsUID: 3492140

楼主，我想问下。如果选scant和cursory为什么不可以呢？感觉回答还只是说明了选for表转折的合理性，但是为什么不可以解读为，对一个没什么水平的艺术家而言，马里奥被给与了很少的关注，鉴赏家们对那些仅值得匆匆一瞥的作品就一笔带过了呢。是什么理由让在这里的选项不能是全取正呢？