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Source : Korean 11th graders' mockup test, 2020. Sept, No 21
If creators knew when they were on their way to fashioning a masterpiece, their work would progress only forward: they would halt their idea-generation efforts as they struck gold. But in fact, they backtrack, returning to versions that they had earlier discarded as inadequate. In Beethoven’s most celebrated work, the Fifth Symphony, he scrapped the conclusion of the first movement because it felt too short, only to come back to it later. Had Beethoven been able to distinguish an extraordinary from an ordinary work, he would have accepted his composition immediately as a hit. When Picasso was painting his famous Guernica in protest of fascism, he produced 79 different drawings. Many of the images in the painting were based on his early sketches, not the later variations. If Picasso could judge his creations as he produced them, he would get consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings. But in reality, it was just as common that he got “colder.”
Q. What does the underlined "got colder.” mean?
① moved away from the desired outcome
② lost his reputation due to public criticism
③ became unwilling to follow new art trends
④ appreciated others’ artwork with less enthusiasm
⑤ imitated masters’ styles rather than creating his own
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1. Does the following underlined mean that he didn't know his goal clearly?
If Picasso could judge his creations as he produced them, he would get consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings.
2. Doesn't this have to be corrected to the second one? I think the conditional used is wrong.
If Picasso could judge his creations as he produced them, he would get consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings.
=>If Picasso had been able to judge/could have judged his creations as he produced them, he would have gotten consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings.
3.Does "got colder” mean "moved away from the desired outcome"? What does it mean exactly?
If creators knew when they were on their way to fashioning a masterpiece, their work would progress only forward: they would halt their idea-generation efforts as they struck gold. But in fact, they backtrack, returning to versions that they had earlier discarded as inadequate. In Beethoven’s most celebrated work, the Fifth Symphony, he scrapped the conclusion of the first movement because it felt too short, only to come back to it later. Had Beethoven been able to distinguish an extraordinary from an ordinary work, he would have accepted his composition immediately as a hit. When Picasso was painting his famous Guernica in protest of fascism, he produced 79 different drawings. Many of the images in the painting were based on his early sketches, not the later variations. If Picasso could judge his creations as he produced them, he would get consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings. But in reality, it was just as common that he got “colder.”
Q. What does the underlined "got colder.” mean?
① moved away from the desired outcome
② lost his reputation due to public criticism
③ became unwilling to follow new art trends
④ appreciated others’ artwork with less enthusiasm
⑤ imitated masters’ styles rather than creating his own
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1. Does the following underlined mean that he didn't know his goal clearly?
If Picasso could judge his creations as he produced them, he would get consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings.
2. Doesn't this have to be corrected to the second one? I think the conditional used is wrong.
If Picasso could judge his creations as he produced them, he would get consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings.
=>If Picasso had been able to judge/could have judged his creations as he produced them, he would have gotten consistently “warmer” and use the later drawings.
3.Does "got colder” mean "moved away from the desired outcome"? What does it mean exactly?
