GRE考试

【单选题】 It can be inferred from the passage that classicism has which of the following characteristics Ⅰ. Sensitivity toward emotional promptings Ⅱ. Emphasis on formal aesthetic criteria Ⅲ. Meticulous planning of artistic works
A．(A) Ⅱ only
B．(B) Ⅲ only
C．(C) Ⅰ and Ⅱ
D．(D) Ⅱ and Ⅲ
E．(E) Ⅰ, Ⅱ, and Ⅲ

网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
You can arrive at the correct answer by the process of elimination. Sensitivity towards emotional promptings is characteristic of romanticism; it is an unlikely characteristic of classicism. Therefore, you can eliminate Choices C and E. Emphasis on formal aesthetic criteria is a , likely characteristic of classicism. The passage talks of the formal beauty that distinguishes the classical works of Dante and Virgil. Therefore, you.can eliminate Choice B. Meticulous planning of artistic works is a likely characteristic of classicism. The passage talks of the carefully planned compositions of the classicist Dante; it also tells of the struc-turally flawed compositions of the romantic Goethe. Therefore, you can eliminate Choice A. Only Choice D is left. It is the correct answer. 查看试题解析出处>>