Unit 4 Meeting the muse

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1.The teacher told two fairy t in class this morning， which attracted the attention of all the students.

2.The author of the article is good at using q to express his ideas.

3.The book series， which will be published in English， tell about Chinese f lifestyle and culture.

4.As a hard-working musician， she spends most of her time c her songs in the recording studio.

5.This is an art museum rich in paintings by the （荷兰的） masters.

6. On his right he saw Molly， who was injured seriously， without （动作） and reaction.

7.The spiker （蹲下） down to make room for her teammate.

8.The intense （种族的） conflict is beyond everybody’s expectations.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

turn to bring out pass… down set… in motion on display

1. We should good traditions from one generation to another.

2. It’s time the wheels of the plan .

3. With no one in such a frightening situation， the girl felt helpless.

4. There will be varieties of artworks in the art exhibition to be held on Saturday.

5. He is a teacher who has the ability the best in his pupils.

课文语法填空

Every artist’s wish is to create something that expresses an idea. One way for Florentijn Hofman to find inspiration is 1 （turn） to his children’s toys. These objects have given him ideas    2 his animal sculptures， such as the famous Rubber Duck. Hofman’s inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales 3 （pass） down through the generations. When he visited Wuzhen， the sights he 4 （see） set his idea for Floating Fish in motion. Tan Dun is most 5 （wide） known for composing music for the film Crouching Tiger， Hidden Dragon and 6 2008 Beijing Olympics. To listen to Tan’s music is to experience a mix of Chinese 7 （music） traditions and Western influences. In his opinion， Chinese music should carry “universal 8 （express）” of the human spirit 9 （recognize） by the whole world. Yang Liping has been known as the “Peacock Princess”. The inspiration for her famous dances has come from the time she spent

in Xishuangbanna. In her opinion， her dance comes from the Dai people’s traditional belief 10 aims to bring out the Dai women’s beauty.

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阅读理解

Chinese painting， also known as the traditional national painting， one of the traditional paintings with a long history， has its unique and independent system. Using brushes， ink， and Chinese pigments （颜料）， a painting is drawn on a special kind of paper （Xuan paper） or silk. The traditional subjects are figures， landscapes， flowers and birds.

In comparison with Western painting， Chinese painting has its own artistic characteristics. After a careful study of the object， a painter can discover the rules of its structure， and then produce it by the mind’s eye. It is not merely a simple copy， but it combines the object with the artistic concept of the producer， turning a natural image into an “artistic image”. The object can show the artist’s feelings and personality to achieve the effect of “being alike not only in spirit， but also in appearance”. Not all the objects are to be drawn on the paper， and much space is left for the imagination. The use of lines is important in Chinese painting. Clear， swift， sharp and changeable lines are combined with the push， point and press of the brush and ink to show the quality of the object and variations of tone （色调）. Ancient Chinese artists listed 18 different ways of drawing lines with the brush in figure painting. Different ways of creating lines are used when painting  landscapes， flowers and birds， clouds， and bamboos.

Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy are different branches of art stemming （起源） from the same origin. They use the same kind of tools and all the lines used in painting are variations of the points and lines of calligraphy. Though they are different artistic forms， they are closely linked in terms of their expression of thoughts and feelings. They influence each other to create another artistic feature.

1. What word can describe the common subjects of traditional Chinese painting？

A. Independent. B. Valuable. C. Special. D. Natural.

2. The author believes a traditional Chinese painter’s picture ________.

A. tells a true story B. expresses his thoughts

C. describes mainly a natural image D. reflects social problems of his times

3. It can be inferred that a traditional Chinese painter spent much time ________.

A. mixing pigments B. learning to draw lines

C. copying paintings D. studying calligraphy before drawing