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  3. The fact that people go to the Louvre museum in Paris to see the original painting Mona Lisa when they can see a reproduction an

The fact that people go to the Louvre museum in Paris to see the original painting Mona Lisa when they can see a reproduction an

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问题     The fact that people go to the Louvre museum in Paris to see the original painting Mona Lisa when they can see a reproduction anywhere leads us to question some assumptions about the role of museums of fine art in today’s world. But despite an implicit recognition that the spread of good reproductions can be culturally valuable, museums continue to promote the special status of original work. Unfortunately, this seems to place severe limitations on the kind of experience offered to visitors.
    One limitation is related to the way the museum presents its exhibits. As repositories of unique historical objects, art museums are often called "treasure houses". We are reminded of this even before we view a collection by the presence of security guards, attendants, ropes and display cases to keep us away from the exhibits. In many cases, the architectural style of the building further reinforces that notion. In addition, a major collection like that of London’s National Gallery is housed in numerous rooms, each with dozens of works, any one of which is likely to be worth more than all the average visitor possesses. In a society that judges the personal status of the individual so much by their material worth, it is therefore difficult not to be impressed by one’s own relative "worthlessness" in such an environment.
    Furthermore, consideration of the "value" of the original work in its treasure house setting impresses upon the viewer that, since these works were originally produced, they have been assigned a huge monetary value by some person or institution more powerful than themselves. Evidently, nothing the viewer thinks about the work is going to alter that value, and so today’s viewer is deterred from trying to extend that spontaneous, immediate, self-reliant kind of reading which would originally have met the work.
    The visitor may then be struck by the strangeness of seeing such diverse paintings, drawings and sculptures brought together in an environment for which they were not originally created. This "displacement effect" is further heightened by the sheer volume of exhibits. In the case of a major collection, there are probably more works on display that we could realistically view in weeks or even months.
    This is particularly distressing because time seems to be a vital factor in the appreciation of all art forms. A fundamental difference between paintings and other art forms is that there is no prescribed time over which a painting is viewed. By contrast, the audience encounters an opera or a play over a specific time, which is the duration of the performance. Similarly, novels and poems are read in a prescribed temporal sequence, whereas a picture has no clear place at which to start viewing, or at which to finish.
    Thus art works themselves encourage us to view them superficially, without appreciating the richness of detail and labor that is involved.
According to the writer, the "displacement effect" on the visitor is caused by________.
选项 A、the variety of works on display and the way they are arranged
B、the impossibility of viewing particular works of art over a long period
C、the similar nature of the paintings and the lack of great works
D、the inappropriate nature of the individual works selected for exhibition
答案A
解析 根据题干中的displacement effect定位到原文第四段。第四段说，参观者可能因各种各样的油画、图画、雕像在一个全新的场地汇聚一堂而惊叹不已。因为展品数量之多，这种“位移效应”效果更为突出。选项A与原文是相同含义，是正确选项。选项B是文中细节，并非造成“位移效应”的原因，属于答非所问。选项C中的similar与原文中的diverse paintings含义相反，属于正反混淆。选项D文中未提及，属于无中生有。第四段：博物馆展品数量之多，致使参观耗时较长。
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