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题目：By citing the example of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire，the author intends to show that_____. - A 、poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music
- B 、art grows out of both positive and negative feeling
- C 、poets today are less skeptical of happiness
- D 、artists have changed their focus of interest
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参考答案【正确答案：D】
细节题。根据题干中的专有名词定位到第二段末句。该句句首but表明它与上文存在转折 关系。上文提到, 最早的艺术形式是最适合表达欢乐的;末句转折指出，更多的艺术家开始 把快乐看做是不好的东西。由句中from… to… 结构可推知，题干中提到的这两位诗人分别 是“表达欢乐”和“贬斥欢乐”两个阶段的代表。作者提到他们是为了说明艺术家对快乐的 看法发生了改变。D选项是最佳答案。
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