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

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

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问题       Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern bent emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters【C1】______ natural beauty, the sub-lime, and representation -- a trend【C2】______ the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature.【C3】______ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become more【C4】______ than ever and has begun to【C5】______ the philosophy of nature. Various issues【C6】______ to the philosophy of art have had a marked impac【C7】______ the orientation of 20th-century aesthetics.【C8】______ among these are problems relating to the theory of art as from and to the【C9】______ between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two op- posing theoretical positions【C10】______ on this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good,【C11】______ 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 【C12】______ with art as the prime object of critical judgment.【C13】______ to  the  trend  in  contemporary  aesthetic thought, critics have followed【C14】______ of two approaches. In one, criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art.【C15】______ , it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object and to 【C16】______ a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such【C17】______ problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to cultures the  【C18】______ of a history of art; the【C19】______ of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticisms and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical【C20】______ in the conduct of everyday affairs.
【C12】
选项 A、preoperation
B、preoccupation
C、premonition
D、preoption
答案B
解析 惯用衔接题。先看几个选项的意思：Apreoperation，试运行，试运转；Bpreoccupation，令人全神贯注的事物，也只有此项可以与后面的介词搭配；Cpremonition，前兆：D preoption，优先选择权。再对照上下文，此句承接上文，仍然在讨论艺术理论问题，所以选择B，符合句意：近年来，人们越来越多地把艺术作为评判的主要对象来关注。
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