Ⅰ.语法填空
Calligraphy,the art of writing,was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China.Painting was contemporary with calligraphy,sharing 1 same tools—namely,brush and ink.Yet calligraphy was regarded 2 a fine art long before painting.
The status of calligraphy reflects the importance of the word in China. 3 makes the written words distinctive is its visual form.However,despite its abstract 4 (appear),calligraphy is not an abstract form.Chinese characters are dynamic,closely connected with the forces of nature and the kinesthetic(动觉) energies of the human body.
How can a simple character convey all this?The use of brush and ink 5 (have) much to do with it.A calligrapher can control the 6 (thick) of the ink by varying both the amount of water and the solid ink.Once he starts writing,by loading the brush sometimes with 7 (much) ink or sometimes with less,he creates characters that resemble a shower of rocks here and a drop of dew(露水) there.
The Chinese written language 8 (begin) to develop more than 3,000 years ago and 9 (eventual) evolved into five basic scrip types.Over the centuries,calligraphers were free to write in any of them, 10 (depend) on the text’s function.The calligraphic tradition remains alive today.
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