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Nobody seems to like the first official portrait of Kate Middleton. Detractors(抨击者)say the painting makes Her Royal Highness the
Nobody seems to like the first official portrait of Kate Middleton. Detractors(抨击者)say the painting makes Her Royal Highness the
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2016-03-29
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Nobody seems to like the first official portrait of Kate Middleton. Detractors(抨击者)say the painting makes Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge look old and dull—but at least it wasn’t【B1】_____for half a century because it made her neck look weird.
That’s what happened to a 1952 painting by John Napper, now finally【B2】_____ after more than 60 years, according to the Telegraph. Liverpool councillors had【B3】_____Napper to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for her coronation, but their complains about his work—namely, an【B4】_____neck and the fact that it looked nothing at all like the Queen—led them to prohibit the painting from public view.
Trustees of St. George’s Hall【B5】_____Thursday that they’re bringing the portrait back out of storage to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, the 60-year anniversary of the Queen’s coronation that【B6】_____ globally last year. Forget about it【B7】_____the masses—Liverpool’s Lord Mayor Gary Millar says some Brits will have no choice but to view the notorious work of art.
The Queen has sat for 129 portraits in her life, and not all of them have been pretty. In 2001, artist Lucian Freud painted what became one of the most【B8】_____depictions of the Queen that certainly overemphasized her features. Some called it "thought-provoking and psychologically penetrating." Others called it "a travesty." Her Majesty’s verdict? Buckingham Palace does not【B9】_____portraits of the Queen, but we imagine the evil eye she’s giving in Freud’s painting is probably some【B10】_____of her opinion of the work.
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controversial
解析
根据空格前的the most和空格后的depictions可知,空格处应填入形容词。结合录音可填入controversial,意为“有争议的”。拼写单词时应注意单词结尾为一sial。
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