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II. Discourse Structure (10%) Do you know the famous French writer Victor Hugo, the author of the Les Misérables, was alsoa visual artist? Hugo produced more than 4000 drawings. Originally pursued as a casual hobby, drawingbecame more important to Hugo shortly before his exile, when he made the decision to stopwriting in order to devote himself to politics. __57__ Hugo worked only on paper, and on a small scale; usually in dark brown or blackpen-and-ink wash, sometimes with touches of white, and rarely with color. The survivingdrawings are surprisingly accomplished and “modern” in their style and execution. __58__ He would not hesitate to use his children’s stencils (鏤花模板), ink blots, puddles and stains,lace impressions, or rubbing, often using the charcoal from match sticks (火材棒) or his fingersinstead of pen or brush. __59__ It is reported that Hugo often drew with his left hand or withoutlooking at the page in order to access his unconscious mind, a concept only later popularized bySigmund Freud. __60__ However, he enjoyed sharing his drawings with his family and friends, often in theform of gorgeous calling cards, many of which were given as gifts to visitors when he was inpolitical exile. __61__ The latter expressed the opinion that if Hugo had decided to become apainter instead of a writer, he would have outshone the artists of their century. 


(A) Sometimes he would even toss in coffee or soot to get the effects he wanted. 
(B) Hugo kept his artwork out of the public eye, fearing it would overshadow his literary work. 
(C) Drawing became his exclusive creative outlet during the period 1848-1851. 
(D) Those works of art foreshadowed the experimental techniques of Surrealism and AbstractExpressionism. 
(E) Some of his work was shown to, and appreciated by, contemporary artists such as Van Goghand Delacroix.
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答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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