专四英语完形填写

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Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the

passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. select the correct choice for each blank.
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 (1)_____ natural beauty, the sublime, and

representation -- a trend reflecting the central position they had given to the

philosophy of nature. (2)_____ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more

(3)_____ and has begun to (4)_____ the philosophy of nature. Various issues (5)_____ to

the philosophy of art have had a (6)_____ impact (7)_____ the orientation of 20th-century

aesthetics. (8)_____ among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and

(9)_____ the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching

question has to do with the value of art. Two opposing theoretical positions (10)_____ on

this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, (11)_____ 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 (12)_____ with art as the prime

object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic

thought, (13)_____ have followed (14)_____ of two approaches. In one,

criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art.

(15)_____, it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic

object and to (16)_____ 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 (17)_____ problems

as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic

judgment to culture; the (18)_____ of a history of art; the (19)_____ of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticism;

and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical (20)_____ in the conduct of everyday affairs.

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