Having recently missed out on the Matisse retrospective, which has taken Paris and New York by storm, and on the tour of great p

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问题 Having recently missed out on the Matisse retrospective, which has taken Paris and New York by storm, and on the tour of great paintings from Philadelphia’s Barnes collection, London is becoming______in the competition to show blockbuster international art exhibitions.

选项 A、a trend-setter
B、an also-ran
C、a world-beater
D、a mecca

答案B

解析 本题考查名词辨析。根据题意“因最近已错过轰动巴黎和纽约的马蒂斯回顾展以及来自费城巴尼斯收藏的伟大画作巡回展,伦敦正在……”可知,答案为an also-ran(失败者,落选者)。trend—setter意为“领导新潮流的人”;world-beater意为“举世无双的人(或物),天下无敌的人(或物)”;mecca,意为“众人向往之地”。
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