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  3. Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern art emerged during the 18 th century. The western philosophers and critics of this t

Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern art emerged during the 18 th century. The western philosophers and critics of this t

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问题     Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern art emerged during the 18 th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters (1)______natural beauty, the sublime, and representation—a trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature. (2)______ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more(3)______ and has begun to(4)______ the philosophy of nature.
    Various issues(5)______ to the philosophy of art have had a (n)(6)______ impact(7)______ the orientation of 20th-century aesthetics.(8)______ among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and(9)______ the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two(10)______ theoretical positions have taken on this issue; one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, (11)______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(12)______ with art as the prime object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought,(13)______ have followed either of two approaches. In one, criticism is(14)______to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art.(15)______, it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object and to(16)______a particular way of perceiving it.
    Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The(17)______of contemporary aesthetics include such problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to culture; the(18)______ of a history of art; the(19)______of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in(20)______reasoning in the conduct of everyday affairs.
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选项 A、opposite
B、similar
C、same
D、opposed
答案A
解析 形容词辨析题。本句冒号后的部分列举了两种观点：一种认为艺术及其审美是达到美德的一种方式；另一种坚持认为艺术本身就是有价值的且应该止于其本身。显然这两种观点是不同的，是对立的，因此[A]opposite“对立”为正确答案。[B]similar“相似的”，与原文不符；[C]same“一样的”，也不正确；[D]opposed“反对的，敌对的”，不能做前置定语，故排除此项。
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