请教一道magoosh三空题~

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1.The question as to what constitutes art is hardly a (i) ______ one. Today, artists exist whose main goal seems only to subvert work that no longer warrants the trite tag , “cutting -edge.”Once the proverbial envelope is pushed even further, the  public inevitably scratches its collective head – or furrows the collective brow – thinking that this time the “artists” have (ii) ______. That very same admixture of contempt and confusion, however, was not unknown in Michelangelo’s day; only what was considered blasphemous, art -wise, in the 16th Century, would today be considered (iii) ______.
Blank (i)                          Blank (ii)                                        Blank (iii)
(A) perennial                (D) served their purpose                 (G) hackneyed  
(B) contemporary         (E) gone too far                               (H) reverent  
(C) controversial          (F) failed to provoke                         (I) tame

三空都选错了。。表示看不懂。。哪位大神能给个解释？
答案BEI

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第一空比较容易，从后三句话Today，Once，时间上的对比，都是在说artists不同时期的状态。第三段话中the very same admixture was not unknown in M's day。表现一个前后之间的关联性，可知constitute art并非完全割裂开的状态，填一个关联词，因为有hardly，取反就是contemporary。

第二空，由第三段句子意思可以知道，前两段句子就是在表达一个意思， admixture of contempt and confusion。所以，前面就是在重复这种状态。Today是cutting-edge和trite tag，Once中能体现状态的就是push even further取反就是gone too far。

第三空，in the 16th Century 和 today的时间关系，取反。16C的状态时blasphemous（亵渎的），today的状态tame（无害的）。