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題干：Manythingsmakepeoplethinkartistsareweirdandtheweirdestmaybethis：artists，onlyjobistoexploreemotions,andyettheychoosetofocusontheonesthatfeelbad.Thiswasn’talwaysso.Theearliestformsofart,likepaintingandmusic,arethosebestsuitedforexpressingjoy.Butsomewherefromthe19thcenturyonward,moreartistsbeganseeinghappinessasmeaningless,phonyor,worstofall,boring,aswewentfromWordsworth'sDaffodilstoBaudelaire'sFlowersofEvil.Youcouldarguethatartbecamemoreskepticalofhappinessbecausemoderntimeshaveseensomuchmisery.Butit,snotasifearliertimesdidn’tknowperpetualwar,disasterandthemassacreofinnocents.Thereason,infact,maybejusttheopposite：thereistoomuchdamnhappinessintheworldtoday.Afterall，whatistheonemodernformofexpressionalmostcompletelydedicatedtodepictinghappiness?Advertising.Theriseofanti-happyartalmostexactlytrackstheemergenceofmassmedia,andwithit,acommercialcultureinwhichhappinessisnotjustanidealbutanideology.Peopleinearliererasweresurroundedbyremindersofmisery.Theyworkeduntilexhausted,livedwithfewprotectionsanddiedyoung.IntheWest，beforemasscommunicationandliteracy，themostpowerfulmassmediumwasthechurch，whichremindedworshippersthattheirsoulswereinperilandthattheywouldsomedaybemeatforworms.Givenallthis,theydidnotexactlyneedtheirarttobeabummertoo.TodaythemessagestheaverageWesternerissurroundedwitharenotreligiousbutcommercial，andforeverhappy.Fast-foodeaters,newsanchors,textmessengers,allsmiling,smiling,smiling.Ourmagazinesfeaturebeamingcelebritiesandhappyfamiliesinperfecthomes.Andsincethesemessageshaveanagenda-tolureustoopenourwallets-theymaketheveryideaofhappinessseemunreliable.“Celebrate！"commandedtheadsforthearthritisdrugCelebrex,beforewefoundoutitcouldincreasetheriskofheartattacks.Butwhatweforget-whatoureconomydependsonusforgetting-isthathappinessismorethanpleasurewithoutpain.Thethingsthatbringthegreatestjoycarrythegreatestpotentialforlossanddisappointment.Today,surroundedbypromisesofeasyhappiness,weneedarttotellus,asreligiononcedid,Mementomori：rememberthatyouwilldie，thateverythingends,andthathappinesscomesnotindenyingthisbutinlivingwithit.It’samessageevenmorebitterthanaclovecigarette,yet，somehow，abreathoffreshair.
題目：By citing the example of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire，the author intends to show that_____. - A 、poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music
- B 、art grows out of both positive and negative feeling
- C 、poets today are less skeptical of happiness
- D 、artists have changed their focus of interest
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的專有名詞定位到第二段末句。該句句首but表明它與上文存在轉(zhuǎn)折 關(guān)系。上文提到, 最早的藝術(shù)形式是最適合表達(dá)歡樂的;末句轉(zhuǎn)折指出，更多的藝術(shù)家開始 把快樂看做是不好的東西。由句中from… to… 結(jié)構(gòu)可推知，題干中提到的這兩位詩(shī)人分別 是“表達(dá)歡樂”和“貶斥歡樂”兩個(gè)階段的代表。作者提到他們是為了說明藝術(shù)家對(duì)快樂的 看法發(fā)生了改變。D選項(xiàng)是最佳答案。
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