大学英语专四考试完型填空加分训练题及答案.docx

大学英语专四考试完型填空加分训练题及答案

大学英语专四考试完型填空加分训练题及答案1

Painting,theexecutionofformsandshapesonasurfacebymeansofpigment,hasbeencontinuouslypracticedbyhumansforsome20,000years.Togetherwithotheractivities(1)_____ritualisticinoriginbuthavecometobedesignatedasartistic(suchasmusicordance),paintingwasoneoftheearliestwaysinwhichman(2)_____toexpresshisownpersonalityandhis(3)_____understandingofanexistencebeyondthematerialworld.(4)_____musicanddance,however,examplesofearlyformsofpaintinghavesurvivedtothepresentday.Themoderneyecanderiveaestheticaswellasantiquariansatisfaction(5)_____the15,000-year-oldcavemuralsofLascaux——someexamples(6)_____totheconsiderablepowersofdraftsmanshipoftheseearlyartists.Andpainting,likeotherarts,exhibitsuniversalqualitiesthat(7)_____forviewersofallnationsandcivilizationstounderstandandappreciate.

Themajor(8)_____examplesofearlypaintinganywhereintheworldarefoundinWesternEuropeandtheSovietUnion.Butsome5,000yearsago,theareasinwhichimportantpaintingswereexecuted(9)_____totheeasternMediterraneanSeaandneighboringregions.(10)_____,WesternsharedaEuropeanculturaltradition——theMiddleEastandMediterraneanBasinand,later,thecountriesoftheNewWorld.

Westernpaintingisingeneraldistinguishedbyitsconcentration(11)_____therepresentationofthehuman(12)_____,whetherintheheroiccontextofantiquityorthereligiouscontextoftheearlyChristianandmedievalworld.TheRenaissance(13)_____thistraditionthrougha(14)_____examinationofthenaturalworldandaninvestigationofbalance,harmony,andperspectiveinthevisibleworld,linkingpainting(15)_____thedevelopingsciencesofanatomyandoptics.Thefirstreal(16)_____fromfigurativepaintingcamewiththegrowthoflandscapepaintinginthe17thand18thcenturies.Thelandscapeandfigurativetraditionsdevelopedtogetherinthe1