Answer of Section 2, Question 6
It is highly significant that compared with fellow Renaissance artists Michelangelo and Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci was (i)______ the ancient world, which many in the Renaissance viewed as a model of heroic behavior in art. To be sure, Leonardo was not (ii)______ antiquity: a recently discovered drawing for a statue of Hercules sheds light on Leonardo's plan for a major work concerning that hero of ancient Greek mythology. But there was something in the Renaissance reverence for antiquity as a fixed value, as an ideal outside time, that (iii)______ Leonardo's fascination with the immediate, the mutable, and the elusive.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| (A) far less fascinated by | (D) indifferent to | (G) never quite accorded with |
| (B) not at all inspired by | (E) obsessed by | (H) provided the rationale for |
| (C) more slavishly devoted to | (F) uncritical towards | (I) served as the model for |
官方解說：
The first sentence compares the attitude of Leonardo da Vinci toward the ancient world to the attitudes of Michelangelo and Raphael. To figure out which answer choice belongs in Blank (i), we need to look for hints in subsequent sentences. The second sentence begins with a concession ("To be sure") and tells us that Leonardo had made a drawing of the ancient Greek hero Hercules, indicating that Leonardo had some interest in antiquity. Therefore, the answer choice that fits Blank (ii), which is preceded by the word "not," must be "indifferent to"—Leonardo was not indifferent to antiquity, as is demonstrated by his Hercules drawing. If we then go back and look at the answer choices for Blank (i), we can see that only "far less fascinated by," fits in the blank. Leonardo was less fascinated by the ancient world, but it would be wrong to say that he was "not at all inspired by" it because he did draw Hercules and it would be wrong to say that he was "slavishly devoted to" because the Hercules drawing was evidently somewhat atypical of Leonardo's output. Finally, the third sentence seeks to clarify Leonardo's relationship to "the Renaissance reverence for antiquity as a fixed value" The sentence tells us that Leonardo was fascinated with "the immediate, the mutable, and the elusive," so "never quite accorded with" is the only choice that fits in the blank: Leonardo's attitude was at odds with that of other Renaissance artists.
Thus the correct answer is far less fascinated by, indifferent to, and never quite accorded with.
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