LR Drill Set 1, Question 11
Many people have a negative reaction to modern(79 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(5 more words not shown)
- Afor many people(18 more words not shown)
- Bpeople who have(15 more words not shown)
- Cthe dislike many(24 more words not shown)
- Dthe critics place(12 more words not shown)
- Epeople who dislike(20 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Maybe they don't dislike modern art because they're wired to hate it. Maybe they haven't learned what to notice yet.
The baseball example gives us that alternative. A person sees only the surface of the game and finds it boring. After learning its subtleties, that same person becomes enthusiastic. The initial dislike turned out not to be fixed. A better understanding changed the experience.
Now carry that explanation over to art. Someone could look at an abstract painting, miss what makes it interesting, and have a negative reaction. Becoming more familiar with the work's subtleties might change that reaction, just as understanding baseball changed the spectators' reaction.
What we’re looking for
The blank should complete this comparison: people who dislike modern art may not yet understand its subtleties. The author only says the critics' hypothesis may be wrong. We don't need to prove that every person will eventually love modern art. We need the possible explanation that the baseball analogy gives us.
Working the answers
- A
This puts the problem in the art: it supposedly lacks enough subtlety to interest people. The baseball analogy puts the problem in people's limited understanding of subtleties that are there. To carry the analogy across, we need unfamiliarity with the art, not an absence of interesting qualities in it.
- BCorrect
People who react negatively may not yet be sufficiently familiar with modern art's subtleties. That matches the baseball spectators, whose dislike changed after their understanding improved. It supplies an alternative to the critics' claim of an innate, unalterable dislike without promising that the alternative explains everyone.
- C
Imagine saying someone dislikes baseball because following it would distract from football. That might describe a possible situation, but it isn't the analogy we're given. The passage focuses on limited understanding, not a desire to protect an existing enthusiasm. C rejects an innate dislike but substitutes the wrong explanation.
- D
The comparison isn't about whether critics overvalue abstraction. It concerns why members of the public dislike modern art and whether that reaction might change with understanding. An accusation about the critics' tastes doesn't complete the proposed alternative explanation.
- E
Knowing an enthusiastic fan could help someone learn, but the passage never says that meeting a fan is needed. The baseball spectators change because they understand the game better, however they acquire that understanding. E adds a particular social cause and assumes the art critics' audience lacks it. B stays with the actual comparison.
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