高中學測
106年
英文
第 49 題
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Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is regarded by many as the greatest American painter of the nineteenth century. Born and raised in Boston, he began his career at age eighteen in his hometown, working as an apprentice at a printing company. Skilled at drawing, he soon made a name for himself making illustrations for novels, sheet music, magazines, and children’s books. He then moved to New York City, where he worked as a freelance illustrator with Harper’s Weekly, a popular magazine of the time, and began painting. Homer was assigned to cover the inauguration of President Lincoln and, later, the Civil War. His pictures of the Union troops won international recognition. Homer moved to England and, after a two-year stay, returned to America. He settled permanently in Maine in 1883. From the late 1850s until his death in 1910, Winslow Homer produced a body of work distinguished by its thoughtful expression and its independence from artistic conventions. A man of multiple talents, Homer excelled equally in the arts of illustration, oil painting, and watercolor. Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their prey—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life. Others speak to more universal themes such as the primal relationship of humans to nature. This two-week exhibition highlights a wide and representative range of Homer’s art. It shows his extraordinary career from the battlefields, farmland, and coastal villages of America, to the North Sea fishing village of Cullercoats, the rocky coast of Maine, the Adirondacks, and the Caribbean. The exhibition offers viewers an opportunity to experience and appreciate the breadth of his remarkable artistic achievement.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is regarded by many as the greatest American painter of the nineteenth century. Born and raised in Boston, he began his career at age eighteen in his hometown, working as an apprentice at a printing company. Skilled at drawing, he soon made a name for himself making illustrations for novels, sheet music, magazines, and children’s books. He then moved to New York City, where he worked as a freelance illustrator with Harper’s Weekly, a popular magazine of the time, and began painting. Homer was assigned to cover the inauguration of President Lincoln and, later, the Civil War. His pictures of the Union troops won international recognition. Homer moved to England and, after a two-year stay, returned to America. He settled permanently in Maine in 1883. From the late 1850s until his death in 1910, Winslow Homer produced a body of work distinguished by its thoughtful expression and its independence from artistic conventions. A man of multiple talents, Homer excelled equally in the arts of illustration, oil painting, and watercolor. Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their prey—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life. Others speak to more universal themes such as the primal relationship of humans to nature. This two-week exhibition highlights a wide and representative range of Homer’s art. It shows his extraordinary career from the battlefields, farmland, and coastal villages of America, to the North Sea fishing village of Cullercoats, the rocky coast of Maine, the Adirondacks, and the Caribbean. The exhibition offers viewers an opportunity to experience and appreciate the breadth of his remarkable artistic achievement.
Where does this passage most likely appear?
- A On an ad featuring contemporary arts.
- B On a website of an art gallery.
- C In a booklet on American-born British artists.
- D In an encyclopedia on the art of printing.
思路引導 VIP
請聚焦於文章最後一段的功能性敘述，特別是「這場為期兩週的展覽（this two-week exhibition）」以及邀請「觀眾（viewers）」前來欣賞作品等關鍵字眼。結合前三段對藝術家生平與作品風格的簡介，請思考這類兼具『學術介紹』與『推廣特定時限活動』的文本，最常出現在哪一種傳播媒介或資訊平台中？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
做得不錯。這題對我來說，就像是在漫長旅途中隨手收集一個清潔銅像的魔法一樣簡單，大概只花了這千年中微不足道的一個瞬間吧。比起打倒魔王，這只是基本功。 這道題目的關鍵在於最後一段。文章提到「這場為期兩週的展覽 (This two-week exhibition)」，這正是藝廊或美術館用來宣傳活動的典型語氣。它先介紹了 Winslow Homer 的生平與藝術成就，最後導向展覽資訊。選項 (A) 的「當代 (contemporary)」與 19 世紀背景不符；(C) 誤認他是英國籍；(D) 則將範圍限制在印刷術，忽略了油畫與水彩。因此，只有 (B) 最為合理。人類的壽命雖然短暫，但留下的藝術品卻能像精靈的記憶一樣長久，你能抓到關鍵字，看來你對時間的捕捉也有進步了。