Day 6

英文重现

For Black American artists working in the early twentieth century,the question of how best to gain support for their work was a compelling one.Some of them argued that they should incorporate their African heritage into their art production and choose themes representing the shared experiences of Black people.Others believed that Black artists should follow the prevailing styles of mainstream Europe and America in order to gain full acceptance in the art world.

——SAT 2009年1月题，Section 3

解析

1.“how,why,where,who,what,whether”等疑问词均可接不定式，组成的短语可充当主语、表语或宾语。第一个句子中，“how best to gain support for their work”作介词“of ”的宾语；而此处“of”在这里连接的是互为同位语的“the question”和“how best to gain support for their work”，表示“the question”的内容是“how best to gain support for their work”。

2.“a compelling one”中的“one”指的是“the question”，说明“how best to gain support for their work”这个问题是一个显著的问题。

3.“Some people argued that…,while others believed that…/Some people hold the opinion that…Others,on the other hand,claim that…（有些人认为……，另一些人认为……）”等表达两种对比观点的句型，大家可以在观点对比型作文中广泛应用。

词意辨析

参考翻译

对于20世纪早期的美国黑人艺术家们来说，如何使其作品得到最大的支持是一个重大问题。有些人认为应该将非洲的传统融入艺术创作中，并选择能展现黑人共同经历的主题。另外一些人则认为黑人艺术家应该追随欧美的主流风格，以获得艺术界的完全认可。

实战演练

For Black American artists working in the early twentieth century,the question of how best to gain support for their work was a compelling one.Some of them argued that they should incorporate their African heritage into their art production and choose themes representing the shared experiences of Black people.Others believed that Black artists should follow the prevailing styles of mainstream Europe and America in order to gain full acceptance in the art world.Modernist Lois Mailou Jones entered the debate in 1930,when she joined the faculty of Howard University and began to explore Africa in her paintings.Africa,both real and imagined,became a guide and an inspiration for Jones throughout her career.

The author of the passage suggests that“Others”believed it important to____.

(A)secure their reputations among established artists and critics

(B)honor their own personal artistic visions

(C)use African settings and themes in their works

(D)develop innovative stylistic techniques

(E)promote the works of fellow Black artists

答案：A

答案解析

本题相对比较简单，只要看懂了“Others”所在句子的意思就能得出答案了。“Others”所在的句子说“另外一些人则认为黑人艺术家应该追随欧美的主流风格，以获得艺术界的完全认可”，主流艺术是与黑人艺术及其他少数群体的艺术相对应的，是被大多数人接受的艺术，所以主流艺术是“established”（地位已经确定的），追随主流风格的目的就是获得主流艺术的认可，因此选项A“迎合已成名艺术家和评论家以确保自己的名声”正确；选项C“在作品中使用非洲的元素和主题”是跟“Others”对应的“Some of them”所提倡的。其他选项的意思为：选项B“尊重他们自己独到的艺术眼光”；选项D“发展具有创新风格的技术”；选项E“宣传其他黑人艺术家的作品”。