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》:【C10】
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【正确答案】 1、L    
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,空格位于that引导的定语从句中,空格前是动词anchor,空格后是名词situations,因此,空格处可以填入一个形容词或名词修饰situations。根据句意,霍普的艺术制定了使________状况稳居于深邃意境中的观看与理解之道。再结合备选项,与profound“深刻的”相对应的形容词应该是superficial“表面的;肤浅的”,故superficial为答案。