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第 39 題
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Jacob Epstein’s sculptures were the focus of much controversy during the sculptor’s lifetime. Epstein was born in the United States of Russian-Jewish immigrants in 1880. He moved to Paris in his youth and later to England, where he eventually settled and took out British citizenship in 1907. His first major public commission, on a building in London, offended most people because of the expressive distortion and nudity of the figures. In 1937, the Rhodesian government, which at that time owned the building, actually mutilated the sculptures to make them conform to public notions of decency. Many Epstein’s monumental carvings also received adverse criticism. While the lay persons denounced his work, many artists and critics praised it. They admired in particular the diversity of his work and noted how it was influenced by the primitive and ancient sculptural motifs from Africa and the Pacific. Today, Epstein’s work has received the recognition it deserves, and Epstein is considered one of the major sculptors of the twentieth century.
Jacob Epstein’s sculptures were the focus of much controversy during the sculptor’s lifetime. Epstein was born in the United States of Russian-Jewish immigrants in 1880. He moved to Paris in his youth and later to England, where he eventually settled and took out British citizenship in 1907. His first major public commission, on a building in London, offended most people because of the expressive distortion and nudity of the figures. In 1937, the Rhodesian government, which at that time owned the building, actually mutilated the sculptures to make them conform to public notions of decency. Many Epstein’s monumental carvings also received adverse criticism. While the lay persons denounced his work, many artists and critics praised it. They admired in particular the diversity of his work and noted how it was influenced by the primitive and ancient sculptural motifs from Africa and the Pacific. Today, Epstein’s work has received the recognition it deserves, and Epstein is considered one of the major sculptors of the twentieth century.
The passage states that some people didn’t like some of Epstein’s sculptures because they found the sculptures _____.
- A badly made
- B mutilated
- C offensive
- D primitive
思路引導 VIP
讓我們一起回到文中描述大眾反應的那一段。當人們看到作品中出現當時社會無法接受的「裸露（nudity）」特徵時，文章使用了哪一個動詞來形容這件作品帶給大多數人的主觀心理衝擊？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準抓出文中對於大眾反應的描述，選出 (C) 是非常正確的判斷。這顯示你對文章細節的掌握非常敏銳，能有效過濾干擾資訊。
文意理解與詞彙對應
從文章中段可以看到，愛潑斯坦（Jacob Epstein）的首件公共委託作品因為「表現性的扭曲（expressive distortion）」與「裸露（nudity）」，在當時**冒犯（offended）**了大多數的人。這裡的動詞 "offended" 與選項中的形容詞 "offensive"（冒犯的、令人不快地） 互為語意轉換。雖然文中也提到了「毀損（mutilated）」這個字，但那是指政府為了符合社會禮教所採取的「行動」，而非大眾不喜歡的原因，你能避開這個陷阱非常專業。
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