2. 外语
  3. After three years of precise analysis, X-rays and infra-red (红外线的) imaging, experts claim to have uncovered the only surviving p

After three years of precise analysis, X-rays and infra-red (红外线的) imaging, experts claim to have uncovered the only surviving p

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问题     After three years of precise analysis, X-rays and infra-red (红外线的) imaging, experts claim to have uncovered the only surviving portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his life. The canvas (油画) is thought to have been painted in 1610—six years before the playwright’s death— when he was about 46 years old.
    For three centuries the family who kept it was【C1】________of the identity of the figure in the portrait. According to Alec Cobbe, an art restorer (做修复工作的人), at one【C2】________it had been thought to be of Sir Walter Raleigh. In 2006, he visited the National Portrait Gallery and saw a painting of Shakespeare that【C3】________in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. It had been【C4】________as a life portrait of Shakespeare, but was denied 70 years ago. Mr. Cobbe saw the painting and realized the【C5】________with the painting he had【C6】________ .
    Believing his painting to be the【C7】________, he contacted Professor Stanley Wells, chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, who was【C8】________skeptical (怀疑的). Prof. Wells said, "My first impression was skepticism—I am a scholar. But my【C9】________has grown with the amount of evidence about the painting. I am willing to go 90 percent of the way to declaring my confirmation that this is the only life time portrait of Shakespeare. It marks a【C10】________development in the history of Shakespearian portraiture."
    The painting was displayed finally at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23, Shakespeare’s birthday.
    A)  accepted     F) inherited    K) similarities
    B)  envy        G) initially     L) stands
    C)  excitement   H) major       M) time
    D)  hangs       I)  obtained    N) ultimately
    E)  ideal        J)  original     O) unsure

【C10】
选项
答案H
解析 形容词辨析题。空格前为不定冠词，其后为名词，空格处应为形容词。由于韦尔斯教授有90％的把握确定这是莎士比亚在世时绘制的唯一一幅画像，因此他认为这幅画标志着莎士比亚肖像画研究史上的________进展。结合选项可知，H)major“重大的”符合句意，故为答案。
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