填空题 《复合题被拆开情况》 A. after B. alien C. aptly D. counterpoint E. distinct F. featured G. ironically H. outside I. publicized J. similar K. struggled L. superficial M. though N. validation O. visible Edward Hopper (1882 - 1967) is something of a success, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who【C1】________to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine【C2】________him on its cover. Today, half a century after his death, Hopper is considered a giant of modern expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly【C3】________sense for mood and place. Much of Hopper’s work excavates modern city experience. In canvas【C4】________canvas, he depicts diners, cafes, streetlights, gas stations, train stations, and hotel rooms. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and stark, theatrical lighting, as well as by harshly contoured figures, who appear at once part of, and【C5】________to, their surroundings. The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of loneliness, and psychological tension, whereas his rural or coastal scenes offer a strong【C6】________of tranquility or optimism. Realistic【C7】________they may seem, Edward Hopper’s paintings are not mere representations of supposed reality. They deconstruct and reconstruct the real, transforming it beyond the purely experiential. Like the views Hopper regularly included as pictures within his pictures, a characteristic Hopper composition is not first and foremost an image of【C8】________fact but rather a gestalt created out of breakdown and fracture in the process of perception and indeed the capacity to perceive. His works have【C9】________been dubbed metaphors of silence. Just as all utterance is governed by what remains unsaid, and by silence, so too Hopper’s art has its center of gravity in what is not actually visible in the paintings. Hopper’s art enacts ways of seeing and understanding that anchor【C10】________situations in profound depths.《问题》:【C5】
  • 1、
【正确答案】 1、B    
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,由and连接的part of和________to充当appear的表语,修饰空格前的figures的状态。因此,空格处可能填入形容词或名词。结合前文与备选项可知,填入alien最适合。be alien to sth.意为“与……不相容,格格不入”。定语从句who appear at once part of,and alien to,their surroundings说明了与环境若即若离的人物形象。故alien为答案。