Decide which of the choices given below wouldcorrectly complete the passage if inserted in thecorresponding blanks. Select the correct choicefor each blank.

Painting， the execution of forms and shapes on asurface by means of pigment， has beencontinuously practiced by humans for some 20，000years. Together with other activities (1)_____ritualistic in origin but have come to be designatedas artistic (such as music or dance)， painting wasone of the earliest ways in which man (2)_____ to express his own personality and his (3)_____ understanding of an existence beyond the material world. (4)_____ music and dance，however， examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The moderneye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction (5)_____ the 15，000-year-oldcave murals of Lascaux —— some examples (6)_____ to the considerable powers ofdraftsmanship of these early artists. And painting， like other arts， exhibits universal qualitiesthat (7)_____ for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.

The major (8)_____ examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found inWestern Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5，000 years ago， the areas in whichimportant paintings were executed (9)_____ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea andneighboring regions. (10)_____， Western shared a European cultural tradition —— theMiddle East and Mediterranean Basin and， later， the countries of the New World.

Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration (11)_____ therepresentation of the human (12)_____， whether in the heroic context of antiquity or thereligious context of the early Christian and medieval world. The Renaissance (13)_____ thistradition through a (14)_____ examination of the natural world and an investigation ofbalance， harmony， and perspective in the visible world， linking painting (15)_____ thedeveloping sciences of anatomy and optics. The first real (16)_____ from figurative paintingcame with the growth of landscape painting in the 17th and 18th centuries. The landscapeand figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that wasincreasingly (17)_____ “painterly” qualities of the (18)_____ of light and color and theexpressive qualities of paint handling. In the 20th century these interests (19)_____ to thedevelopment of a third major tradition in Western painting， abstract painting， which soughtto (20)_____ and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form.

1.A. may have been 　B. that may have C. may have 　D. that may have been

2. A. seek B. sought 　C. seek for 　D. sought for

3. A. emerging 　B. emergency C. merging 　D. merger

4. A. As B. Unlike 　C. Like D. Since

5. A. from B. to C. into D. for

6. A. ratify B. testify C. certify D. gratify

7. A. make easy B. make it easy C. make hard D. make it hard

8. A. extinct B. extent C. extant D. exterior

9. A. had shifted B. have shifted C. shifting D. shifted

10. A. Nevertheless B. Moreover 　C. However 　D. Therefore

11. A. to B. in 　C. on　D. for

12. A. figure B. shape C. shadow D. form

13. A. extracted B. extended C. extorted D. extruded

14. A. closing B. close C. closed 　D. closure

15. A. on B. for C. in 　D. to

16. A. break B. breakage 　C. breakdown 　D. breaking

17. A. concerned with B. concerning C. concerning with D. concerned for

18. A. reaction B. action C. interaction 　D. relation

19. A. distributed B. attributed C. contributed D. construed

20.A. discover B. uncover C. recover D. cover

答案：

1.D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B

7. B 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. C 12. A

13. B 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. C

19. C 20. B