单选题
Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern bent emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters 【C1】______natural beauty, the sublime, and representation—a trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature.【C2】______that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more 【C3】______and has begun to【C4】______the philosophy of nature. Various issues【C5】______ to the philosophy of art have had a 【C6】______impact 【C7】______the orientation of 20th-century aesthetics. 【C8】______among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and 【C9】______the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two opposing theoretical positions【C10】______on this issue; one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, 【C11】______the other maintains that art is intrinsically valuable and is an end in itself. Underlying this whole issue is the concept of taste, one of the basic concerns of aesthetics. In recent years there has also been an increasing【C12】______with art as the prime object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, 【C13】______have followed 【C14】______of two approaches. In one, criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art. 【C15】______, it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object and to【C16】______a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such【C17】______problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to culture; the【C18】______of a history of art; the【C19】______of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical【C20】______in the conduct of everyday affairs.
【答案解析】解析：句意：但是，自此以后，艺术哲学就成为……句中“the philosophy of art has become…and has begun”使用了现在完成时，表明是从过去开始到现在的状况，而since是现在完成时的常用介词，that time指首句提到的the18th century。
单选题
【C3】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：句意：……艺术哲学变得更为突出……promotional意为“推销的，增进的”；promissory意为“约定的，约好的”；promiscuous意为“杂乱的，滥交的”；prominent意为“突出的，杰出的”。本句主语是the philosophy of art，表语只能用prominent句意才通顺。
【答案解析】解析：句意同上。have an impact on sth．为常用搭配，表示“对……有影响”，故此处用介词on。
单选题
【C8】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：句意：其中最重要的是与艺术理论相关的问题……本句为倒装句，正常语序应为Problems relating to thetheory of art…are foremost among these。因为主语太长，故使用倒装句。四个选项中，foreboding为名词，意为“预感，征兆”；foremost为形容词，意为“最重要的”；forethoughtful意为“深谋远虑的”；foregone意为“预先的，预料中的”。因为前一句谈的是艺术哲学中极为重要的一些问题，而本句具体谈到其中最重要的艺术理论问题，B项符合此处语义关系，故为答案。
单选题
【C9】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：句意：……以及与表现和表达之间区别的相关问题。本句中主语problems之后为并列的两个后置定语“relating to the theory of art as form”和“(relating)to the distinction between representation and expression”，这里relating与前面重复故省略，而to则不能省略，否则会造成歧义，因为无法区分the distinction是与theory并列还是与form并列。
【答案解析】解析：句意：……然而另外一方坚称艺术有其内在价值，那是其存在的目的。本题所在部分解释了两种对立的观点，在前半句提到“one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good”之后，显然，这里应该用一个表示转折的连词，引出相反的观点，whereas表示“然而”，符合此处逻辑关系。wherein意为“在什么地方”；whereon意为“在……上面，因此”；wherefore意为“为什么，因此”，这三项都不符合此处逻辑要求，排除。
单选题
【C12】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：句意：最近几年，人们对艺术作为批评的主要目标有了越来越多的关注。preoccupancy意为“极为忙碌，出神”；preoccupation意为“全神贯注”；premonition意为“(不详的)预感”；preponderance意为“优势”。其中preoccupation with sth．意为“关注，专注于……”，符合此处语义关系。
【答案解析】解析：句意：批评家们紧随这两种方法之一。all和none是指三种以上的事物，这里只提到两种，排除A和D。从本句中的“Corresponding to”以及下一句“In one，criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of thework of art”可以看出批评家们对这两种看法是认同的，本句是表示肯定，故用either。
单选题
【C15】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：句意：而另一种方法则是致力于说清楚对审美客体的反应……本段提到two approaches，前一句是Inone，对应的这里应该是In the other.而another是指三种以上事物中的一种，不符合此处语义关系。
单选题
【C16】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：句意：……合理解释观察审美客体的一种独特方法。本题所在句子“devoted to articulating the response tothe aesthetic object”和“(devoted)to——(16)a particular way of perceiving it”是并列部分，这里省略了devoted。to为介词，空格处与articulating一样，应该用动名词形式，故C正确。