2. 外语
  3. Painting has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______ritualistic in

Painting has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______ritualistic in

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问题     Painting has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic (such as music or dance), painting was one of the earliest ways in which man【C2】______to express his own personality and his【C3】______understanding of an existence. 【C4】______music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction【C5】______the 15,000-year-old cave murals of Lascaux—some examples【C6】______to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, like other arts, exhibits universal qualities that【C7】______for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.
    The major【C8】______examples of early painting anywhere are found in Western Europe. But long ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed【C9】______to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions.【C10】______, Western shared a European cultural tradition. Western painting is generally distinguished by its concentration【C11】______the representation of the human【C12】______, whether in the context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian . The Renaissance【C13】______this tradition through a 【C14】______examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance in the visible world, linking painting【C15】______the developing sciences of anatomy. The first real【C16】______from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting.The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in an atmosphere that was increasingly【C17】______"painterly" qualities of the【C18】______of light and color . In the 20th century these interests【C19】______to the development of a third major tradition in Western painting, abstract painting, which sought to【C20】______and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form.
【C6】
选项 A、ratify
B、testify
C、certify
D、gratify
答案B
解析 词义辨析题testify to意思为“证明，作证”，是固定搭配，例如：testify to hishonesty为他的诚实作证；ratify vt．“批准”。如，ratify the treaty“批准条约”；certify vt.“担保，保证”，certify the check“保证兑现支票”；gratify vt．“满足”，gratify my curiosity“满足我的好奇心”。
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